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(Report of Director of
Street Scene, Leisure and Technical Services)
 
The report set out
proposals for changes to car parking tariffs in the Borough
Council’s Haysden Country Park in Tonbridge.  The proposed changes were outlined in the Formal
Consultation Notice attached at Annex 1.
 
A number of objections and comments had been
received during the statutory consultation period and these
responses were set out in Annex 2.
 
Cabinet noted that
the proposed changes were reviewed within the context of a set of
guiding principles, the cost of the parking service to the Borough
Council and ongoing investment in the parking management
service.  It was anticipated that the
new charges would be introduced in late July 2023.
 
Careful
consideration was given to the legal, financial and value for money
implications and the responses to the public consultation were
taken into account.
 

RESOLVED:  That
 
(1)            
the objections to the proposed changes to the off-street parking
charges (as detailed in Annex 2) be set aside; and
 
(2)            
the appropriate Traffic Regulation Order be approved to facilitate
the variation of the off-street parking charges (as detailed in
Annex 1 and summarised below) to come into effect as soon as
possible:
 

·       
an increase of 20p (to £2.00) to the ‘up to 4
hour’ tariff

·       
an increase of 50p (to £4.50) for the ‘over 4
hour’ tariff

·       
an increase of £5 (up to £65) for 12 month car park
season tickets