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Fees and Charges Review - 2017/18

 

 

Meeting: 14/02/2017 - Cabinet (Item 62)

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(Cabinet Members with Special Responsibilty Councillors Leyshon & Whitehead)

 

Joint Report of Chief Officer (Resources) and Chief Officer (Environmental Services)

 

 

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Minutes:

(Cabinet Members with Special Responsibility Councillors Whitehead and Leyshon)

 

Cabinet received a joint report from the Chief Officer (Resources) and Chief Officer (Environment) to consider the annual review of fees and charges for 2017/18.

 

The options, options analysis, including risk assessment and officer preferred option, were set out in the report as follows:

 

The policy attached to the report remains substantively unchanged and it is considered that it remains fit for purpose (at least in the short term) and it adequately covers Cabinet’s budget proposals.  As such, no options are presented and Cabinet is simply requested to endorse the policy.

 

Options regarding car parking charges are covered in Appendix C to the report.

 

Off Street Pay and Display Charges

 

Option 1

 

           To introduce a range of options for car parking fees and charges for 2017/18 that support the ongoing management of car parks and the wider objectives of the Council:-

           

Advantages

Disadvantages

Risks

 

Option 1A

 

This option freezes the most popular parking tariffs of 1 and 2 hours that account for 71% of short stay transactions and nearly 62% of overall parking transactions.

 

The 1 and 2 hour parking tariffs often provide a guide or perception of the overall level of charging and maintaining these tariffs at their current levels for as long as possible is beneficial.

 

By not increasing the 1 hour tariff the differential charge is maintained in Lancaster with on-street parking charges as agreed with the County Council.

 

 

Option 1B

 

This option limits the increases to stays of 3 hours and longer and avoids the most popular tariffs of 1 and 2 hours that affect a large proportion of customers as previously reported.

 

Again, by not increasing the 1 hour tariff the differential charge is maintained in Lancaster with on-street parking charges as agreed with the County Council.

 

This option maintains the current cost of all-day long stay parking in Morecambe.

 

Increased charges at Williamson Park are broadly in line with the main proposals.

 

 

Option 1C

 

This option maintains the traditional free off street parking in the Council’s car parks and supports local shops and businesses leading up to Christmas.

 

This option encourages residents and visitors to shop locally and to improve the viability of the city and town centres at Christmas.

 

 

Option 1D

 

This option introduces formal management of the car park and allows leisure users and shoppers to use the car park.

 

This option prevents the long-term parking of vehicles on the car park and commuter parking.

 

The 4 hour maximum stay allows for the turnover of spaces and gives leisure users and shoppers greater opportunity to use the car park.

 

 

 

 

 

The 2 hour tariff car park tariff could be increased without affecting the differential charge for the limited number of 2 hour on-street spaces.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Although this option avoids the most popular tariffs 33% of parking transactions would still be affected by the increased charges.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This does lead to the loss of income but this has been factored into previous year’s budgets and the  ...  view the full minutes text for item 62