Agenda item - Parking Tariffs

To consider the report of the Service Manager Community Safety & Enforcement.

Place Scrutiny Committee considered the report at its meeting on 11 January 2018 and its comments will be reported.

Agreed

That the following be approved:-

(1) To increase tariffs at Premium, Zone 1, Zone 2 and Zone 3 car parks by between £0.20 and £5.00 within the existing linear pricing structure as set out in the table below.

(2) To increase the price of parking permits by between £25.00 and £300.00 per annum as set out in the table below;

Premium Car Parks (Guildhall, Mary Arches, John Lewis)
Stay	Current Tariff	Proposed Tariff

1 hour	£2.20	£3.00
2 hours	£3.30	£4.00
3 hours	£4.40	£5.00
4 hours	£5.50	£6.00
5 hours	£6.60	£7.00
6 hours	£7.70	£8.00
7 hours	£8.80	£9.00
All day	£12.00	£15.00

Zone 1 Car Parks (Bampfylde Street, Bartholomew Terrace, Harlequins, King William Street, Magdalen Road, Magdalen Street, Matthews Hall, Princesshay 2, Princesshay 3, Smythen Street)
Stay	Current Tariff	Proposed Tariff

1 hour	£1.10	£2.00
2 hours	£2.20	£3.00
3 hours	£3.30	£4.00
4 hours	£4.40	£5.00
5 hours	£5.50	£6.00
6 hours	£6.60	£7.00
7 hours	£7.70	£8.00
All day	£10.00	£12.00

Zone 2 Car Parks (Belmont Road, Bystock Terrace, Cathedral & Quay, Haven Road 1, Howell Road, Richmond Road, Parr Street, Topsham Quay, Triangle)
Stay	Current Tariff	Proposed Tariff

1 hour	£1.10	£2.00
2 hours	£2.20	£3.00
3 hours	£3.30	£4.00
4 hours	£4.40	£5.00
5 hours	£5.50	£6.00
All day	£6.00	£10.00
Zone 3 Car Parks (Flowerpot, Haven Road 2 & 3, Holman Way, Okehampton Street, Tappers Close, Turf Approach)
Stay	Current Tariff	Proposed Tariff

1 hour	£0.50	£0.50
2 hours	£1.00	£1.00
3 hours	£1.50	£1.50
4 hours	£2.00	£2.00
All day	£2.50	£3.00

Zone 3 Car Parks with Maximum Stay (Bromhams Farm, Clifton Hill, Gordons Place, Station Road (Exwick))

1 hour	£0.50	£0.50
2 hours	£1.00	£1.00
3 hours maximum stay	£1.50	£1.50

Coach Parking at Haven Road 3 (per day)	£5.00	£10.00

Quarterly Commuter Season Ticket	£300.00	£375.00
Residents Annual Season Ticket	£125.00	£150.00
Bartholomew Terrace Business Permit	£205.00	£250.00
Cathedral & Quay Business Bays	£565.00	£750.00

(3) To convert and include the following additional car parks in the Parking Places Order 2014:

(a) Bromhams Farm (Appendix 1) and

(b) Turf Approach (Appendix 2)

by way of pay and display.

(4) To designate the following car parks as Zone 3 Car Parks as set out in paragraph 2.1 of the above table in the Parking Places Order 2014:

(a) Bromhams Farm and

(b) Turf Approach

(5) To restrict parking to a maximum 3 hour stay at the new Bromhams Farm and Tuerf Approach car parks.

(6) To ring-fence income from the above two new sites and re-invest it in improving the upkeep of the canal and associated facilities.

(7) To increase the charging period in Zone 1 and 2 car parks by 2 hours (8am to 8pm) with the exception of Topsham car parks and overnight resident car parks at Bartholomew Terrace and Richmond Road.

(8) To alter the boundary of Matthews Hall car park with the Parking Places Order to reflect recent land change to create an additional parking bay (Appendix 3).

RECOMMENDED to Council that:-

(1) £60,000 capital funding be made available to undertake necessary surfacing and lining works in order to convert both Bromhams Farm and Turf Approach into pay and display car parks; and

(2) £10,000 be ring fenced from the expected increase in parking income to investigate ways to address traffic congestion in the city.

Reason for Decision:

As set out in the report.

The Director (DB) presented the report increasing both car park tariffs and the number of pay and display parking sites from April 2018. He explained that the increase would support the Council’s ambition to reduce congestion in the city and that compared to other authority’s permit fees were disproportionally behind the daily parking tariff rates. The new charges would compare favourably with other cites which included Bath, Bristol, Cambridge and Plymouth.

The Leader proposed that £10,000 be ring fenced from the expected increase in parking income to investigate ways to address traffic congestion in the city. This was agreed by Members, who considered the increase would be a measure to tackle congestion and deter driving in the city without impacting city centre businesses.

Place Scrutiny Committee considered the report at its meeting on 11 January 2018 and its comments were reported.

RESOLVED that the following be approved:-