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Consideration was given to recommendation CE 23/45 of the
Communities and Environment Scrutiny Select Committee of 6 November
2023 in respect of proposals for existing on street and
off street parking fees and
charges.
 
Due
regard was given to the set of guiding principles for the setting
of fees and charges, the legal, financial and value for money
implications together with the views expressed by the Scrutiny
Select Committee.  It was also noted
that the last annual review of car parking charges was in 2021 and
since those charges were implemented in June 2022, the high level
of inflation had impacted on the cost of providing the parking
service.
 
RESOLVED: 
That
 

(1)       
the proposed fees and charges for existing on street
and off street parking, as set out
below, be approved for formal public consultation in November 2023
and the outcomes reported to future meetings of the Joint
Transportation Board and the Cabinet as appropriate, with
implementation from 1 April 2024:
 

(i)         the
schedule of proposed charges for off-street short and long stay
parking in Tonbridge as shown in Table 1 of the report, be
approved;

 

(ii)        the schedules
of proposed Peak and Off-Peak Season Ticket charges in Tonbridge as
shown in Tables 2 and 3 respectively, be approved;

 

(iii)        the charges
for the Tonbridge Town Centre Residents Season ticket be increased
to £90 for a 3-month ticket and £360 for an annual
ticket respectively as set out in 1.6.4 of the report;

 

(iv)       the designated area
for the Tonbridge Town Centre Residents Season ticket be extended
to include residential properties in the area shown in orange in
the Plan attached at Annex 1 and as detailed in 1.6.1 of the
report;

 

(v)        the schedules
of proposed charges for long stay and short stay parking in West
Malling as shown in Tables 4 and 5 respectively and as detailed in
1.8.4 of the report, be approved, including increasing the charge
for Ryarsh Lane car park annual season
ticket to £290;

 

(vi)       the schedule of
proposed charges for parking in Borough Green Western Road car park
as shown in Table 6, be approved;

 

(vii)       the schedule of
proposed charges for Residents Permits as shown in Table 7, be
approved; the charge of 6-month Residents Permits offered to non-UK
registered vehicles belonging to residents be increased to
£28.50, as detailed in 1.9.2 of the report;

 

(viii)      the schedule of proposed
charges for Business and Carers Permits and Dispensations as shown
in Table 8, be approved;

 

(ix)       the charge of
Visitor Permits be increased to £14 for a book of 10 permits,
with the current offer of 10 free permits to new applicants being
retained, as set out in 1.10.2 of the report;

 

(x)        the schedule
of proposed charges for Haysden Country
Park car park as shown in Table 9, be approved; and

 

(xi)       the schedule of
proposed charges for on-street Pay & Display parking in
Tonbridge as shown in Table 10, be approved; and
 

(2)      investigation be
undertaken in respect of the facility of card reader ticket
machines and/or adding card reading facility to existing car park
ticket machines, and the outcomes be reported back to a future
meeting of the Communities and Environment Scrutiny Select
Committee.