A report presenting financial and statistical data on the Council’s civil parking enforcement activities during 2023-2024.

The Sub-Committee received a report that presented financial and statistical data on the Council’s civil parking enforcement activities during 2023/2024.  A copy of the Parking Services Annual Report was attached to the report at Appendix 1.

The report stated that it was intended to publish the Annual Report for 2023/2024 in March 2025.

The Sub-Committee discussed the report and in answer to some of the question raised officers confirmed that enforcement of yellow box junctions should start covering the associated costs now that the six month warning period had been completed and that a 32% cancellation rate for informal challenges to parking PCNs was the average rate compared to previous years.  The Sub-Committee also asked about the increase in the number of Blue Badges and the fact that of the total number of car park spaces available in the Borough only 70 (3%) were for Blue Badge holders.  The increase in enforcement action relating to cars parked in cycle lanes was also queried and it was suggested that mobile cameras could be used particularly on Whitley Street.  Finally, in answer to a question, officers explained that the reason the number of PCNs issued was not shown in the table that set out figures for illegally parked vehicles for the year 2022/23, when there had been a significant increase in enforcement requests received, was because the records had been held by a previous contractor who had deleted the information.

Resolved –

(1)      That the report and the availability of previous annual reports on the Council’s website be noted;

(2)      That publication of the annual report for 2023-2024 in March 2025 be noted.