Response 2574533

Response to request for information

Reference

2574533

Response date

19 February 2024

Request

1. Do you have a standard parking bay size which is in place across your car parks?
   1. For Q1, Are there plans to enlarge the standard parking bay size in car parks?
2. Since 23rd January 2014, how many PCNs have been issued for parking outside of the lines in car parks?
   1. For Q2, please provide a year-by-year breakdown of the figures
   2. For Q2, please provide the value in (£) of the PCNs paid, also providing a year-by-year breakdown
3. Are cars exceeding a certain length banned from any of your car parks?
   1. For Q3, if size rules are enforced, from what date did the council start doing so. 
   2. For Q3, if size rules aren’t enforced, are there plans to do so?
4. How many PCNs have been issued to people for parking these banned cars in car parks since 23rd January 2014?
   1. For Q4, please provide a year-by-year breakdown of the figures
   2. For Q4, please provide the value in (£) of the PCNs paid, also providing a year-by-year breakdown
5. What is the total number of PCNs issued in car parks from 23rd January 2014?

Response

1. Do you have a standard parking bay size which is in place across your car parks?

   Parking bay sizes average between 2.4 -2.5 metres in width and between 5 – 6 metres in length depending on the age of the car park in accordance with the national average.  Apart from disabled parking blue badge bays which all meet the national regulations in width, length and hatched areas.

   1. For Q1, Are there plans to enlarge the standard parking bay size in car parks?

      There is no intention at this point to alter the current sizing of parking bays, however when new car parks are constructed or existing car parks are altered parking bays are increased to the maximum permitted to ensure appropriate space utilisation.

2. Since 23rd January 2014, how many PCNs have been issued for parking outside of the lines in car parks? 1,239
   • For Q2, please provide a year-by-year breakdown of the figures

     2014 - 1

     2015 - 4

     2016 - 4

     2017 - 26

     2018 - 272

     2019 - 263

     2020 - 206

     2021 – 239

     2022 - 102

     2023 - 122

   • For Q2, please provide the value in (£) of the PCNs paid, also providing a year-by-year breakdown

     2017 – £932.00

     2018 – £6982.00

     2019 – £6857.00

     2020 – £5274.00

     2021 – £6485.27

     2022 -  £2534.00

     2023 -  £2968.00
     • £32032.27 (financial data to a maximum of 7 years)
3. Are cars exceeding a certain length banned from any of your car parks? No
   1. For Q3, if size rules are enforced, from what date did the council start doing so. 
   2. For Q3, if size rules aren’t enforced, are there plans to do so? Not currently
4. How many PCNs have been issued to people for parking these banned cars in car parks since 23rd January 2014?
   1. For Q4, please provide a year-by-year breakdown of the figures
   2. For Q4, please provide the value in (£) of the PCNs paid, also providing a year-by-year breakdown
5. What is the total number of PCNs issued in car parks from 23rd January 2014? 26,277 (to 31 December 2023)