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Report ES18090

Parking charges had been reviewed borough-wide (in line with the agreed Parking Strategy) with on and off street parking fees recommended, including permit fees and changes to Bromley Zone A. Proposed changes to parking controls in Sundridge Park Village car park and Biggin Hill were also recommended. The proposed charges had been benchmarked against inflation since the previous increase in 2015.

Report ES18090 proposed:

·  a 10p increase per hour to all on and off-street pay and display tariffs with the minimum charge increasing from 40p to 50p per hour;

·  a 20p increase at premium locations with a higher demand where the charge is currently £1.50 or more;

·  that charges in the Lebanon Gardens Car Park, Biggin Hill are not included in the increase (following a recent petition), leaving the charge at 40p per hour (to be the cheapest in the borough). 

Details of proposed charges for all on and off street parking bays were appended to the report. For parking permits, prices are based on the cost of scheme management including administration and level of enforcement needed (related to hours of operation for permit bays). Prices for all permits have been frozen since at least 2015. Any restriction of four hours or less is currently charged at £40 for an annual permit; any restriction over four hours is charged at £80. The charging differential covers extra costs of enforcement by Civil Enforcement Officers.

Proposed charges for Resident, Business and Visitor Vouchers are:

For Visitor Vouchers, a charge is proposed for residents in Controlled Parking Zones (CPZs) restricted for four hours or less and another is proposed for CPZs restricted over four hours. As such, the cost of a pack of 15 visitor vouchers for residents in a CPZ of four hours or less would increase from £35.00 to £45.00 (increasing each voucher from £2.33 to £3.00) and for residents in a CPZ of more than four hours, the cost of a pack (of 15 visitor vouchers) would increase from £35.00 to £55.00 (increasing each voucher from £2.33 to £3.66). A second pricing tier would add fairness and equality for residents of all CPZs. Currently, a visitor in a lesser-enforced CPZ pays the same for a two-hour restriction as a visitor parking in a ten-hour restriction. CPZs that would be affected by the £55.00 visitor voucher cost are:

(Residents in other Town Centre/Community shopping centre areas are excluded from buying visitor vouchers and this was proposed to  ...  view the full minutes text for item 50