Parking charges to rise as Croydon Council reviews spending
MOTORISTS are to be hit in the pocket as parking permits, fines and pay & display charges are set to rise.
Penalty Charge Notices for parking offences are to increase for the second time in less than a year.
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Fines went up £10 for the most serious offences in April.
The increased charges are a result of Transport for London's changes to the way in which it designates certain zones within Croydon.
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The council estimates that a further increase will bring in £253,000 in 2012/13.
It also said it would "review options" of pay & display charges but that there would be no increase in the town centre. It will also keep half an hour free parking in the district centres.
The most controversial change will see the cost of residents' parking permits increase by 9 per cent.
This means new applications for an annual permit will cost more than £100, including a £27 administration fee which covers admin and stationery costs.
It currently costs £97 per year for a new application, twice as much as in neighbouring Sutton and parts of Bromley.
More than 600 streets are subject to controlled parking zones. Council leader Mike Fisher said: "As part of the budget process, as well as looking at how we can reduce our costs, we do look at income."
Cllr Dudley Mead added: "The Labour party were moaning about it but it's typically less than £2 a week to park your car on the road."
Comments
by Ivor_Shed
Sunday, December 11 2011, 8:25PM
“At least Boris should be OK for cash. He saved money when Bendy Buses were introduced and now he's saving even more money getting rid of them. That's what you call a win-win!
I'm sure the last time I went on a bus it had poles on top to pick up the power from overhead cables - along Mitcham Common to Croydon it was.”
by meatydonkey
Sunday, December 11 2011, 5:03PM
“******** to that, I went on Pubic Transport once, it was awful”
by Ivor_Shed
Saturday, December 10 2011, 10:21PM
“The government is trying to stop us driving, drinking and smoking - but what would they do for Revenue if we all did.
I suggest EVERYONE in Croydon has a 'Public Transport day' - perhaps Wednesday 1st Feb.
Everyone leave your car at home and take public transport - see how it copes!
I'll be thinking of you while I stay at home with a drink and a fag!”
by tbabygib
Saturday, December 10 2011, 9:07PM
“Every thing we pay to keep our vehicles on the road, MOT, TAX AND Insurance, It goes into the Thousands of pounds, For younger people, Extreme thousands. There are Million's of cars, Vans, Lorries,Scooters and Motorbikes on the roads, The revenue the goverment gets is surely enough to pay for road repairs and such like! isn't that what it meant for? or am I so out of date? And the fines are outrageously High, Where is that money going? to pay some highflying jobsworth? Not worth it at all.We are Being DONE whichever way you turn.”
by roomster
Saturday, December 10 2011, 8:04PM
“To be truthful I have never believed the line that all monies raised must be put back into transport and the hiving off of the £27 in admin charges ensures that the council will raise a bit more from car owners.Both the Government and local authorities will continue to raise vast sums of money from vehicle owners.”
by Krystal333
Friday, December 09 2011, 8:52PM
“nickname_why - perhaps the increases can go towards the manypot-holes we seem to get every year .... money well spent then!
If fines are to go up - don't park illegally, simple really!”
by plimosol
Friday, December 09 2011, 12:24PM
“There's always a way to take increasing amounts of money from people!”
by nickname_why
Friday, December 09 2011, 11:04AM
“As I understand it parking revenue is hypothecated. The money raised has to be spent on traffic management and the provision of parking. As the councils own website (http://tinyurl.com/837mtrg) says, "The TMA states repeatedly that the goal of parking enforcement is to increase motorist compliance with the law and should be used as a traffic management tool and not for raising revenue."
So, perhaps the council would like to tell us what they intend to spend the extra quarter of a million on. If they are reducing their costs, which presumably includes sacking traffic wardens, one would have thought parking charges would be coming down.”