Issue - meetings

Review of Parking Charges and Season Tickets

Purpose

The report proposes changes to the day tariffs and season ticket fees in the district car parks to take effect from 1April 2025.

Recommendation

That Cabinet resolves to:

Approve the freezing of car park charges for short stays of ½ hour or 1 hour at all the Council’s Car Parks;
Approve the car park charges for stays of 2 hours or more being increased by 2.7% (rounded to 10p), to reflect CPI inflation between October 2023 and October 2024 as per Annex B;
Note the proposed charges for Rissington Road Car Park include the tourism levy increases from 50p to 60p agreed November 2024;
Approve increasing the fee for season tickets as per Annex D, reflecting a higher than inflationary increase to reflect the high level of subsidy offered for season tickets;
Approve the updating of the Parking Order to reflect agreed changes.

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Decision:

The purpose of the report was to detail proposed changes to the day tariffs and season ticket fees in the district car parks to take effect from 1st April 2025.

The Cabinet Member for Health, Culture, and Visitor Experience introduced the item.

The recommendations were proposed by the Cabinet Member for Health, Culture, and Visitor Experience, Councillor Hodgkinson and seconded by Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for Finance and Transformation, Councillor Evemy.

RESOLVED that Cabinet

1. Approved the freezing of car park charges for short stays of ½ hour or 1 hour at all the Council’s Car Parks;

2. Approved the car park charges for stays of 2 hours or more being increased by 2.7% (rounded to 10p), to reflect CPI inflation between October 2023 and October 2024 as per Annex B;

3. Noted the proposed charges for Rissington Road Car Park include the tourism levy increases from 50p to 60p agreed November 2024;

4. Approved increasing the fee for season tickets as per Annex D, reflecting a higher than inflationary increase to reflect the high level of subsidy offered for season tickets;

5. Approved the updating of the Parking Order to reflect agreed changes.

Voting Record 5 For, 0 Against, 0 Abstention

Minutes:

The purpose of the report was to detail proposed changes to the day tariffs and season ticket fees in the district car parks to take effect from 1st April 2025.

The Cabinet Member for Health, Culture, and Visitor Experience introduced the item.

It was confirmed that charges for the first hour would be frozen, recognising that the short stay tariff was used by residents for errands, whilst other, longer stay tariffs would be increased slightly to account for inflation.

The impact on businesses was discussed and it was confirmed that Cirencester businesses remained resilient, and that parking charges seem to have minimal effect on footfall.
It was noted that the revenue from parking fees helped to fund essential council services, including cost-of-living support and planning services.
It was agreed that small increases were preferable to financial instability for the Council.
Extra parking spaces designated as mother and child spaces were welcomed as was the online information available about access to parking permits.
It was noted that the proposed charges for Rissington Road Car Park would include a 10p increase in the tourism levy previously agreed in November 2024

Thanks were extended to the Parking Manager, her team, and to the parking enforcement officers for their work.

The recommendations in the report were proposed by Councillor Hodgkinson, Cabinet Member for Health, Culture, and Visitor Experience, seconded by Councillor Evemy, Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for Finance and Transformation, put to the vote and agreed by Cabinet.

Voting Record 5 For, 0 Against, 0 Abstention

Issue - meetings

Review of Parking Charges and Season Tickets

Meeting: 06/02/2025 - Cabinet (Item 65)

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