Decision details

Pay & Display Replacement Programme & Emissions Based Car Park charges

Decision Maker: Director of Place Management

Decision status: Approved

Is Key decision?: No

Is subject to call in?: No

Purpose:

Approve £530k of capital budget to replace and upgrade obsolete Pay & Display assets across on street and car park locations. The upgraded machines will also allow for emissions based car parking charges to be made.

Decision:

To fully approve £530,000 of capital budget for 2023/24, funded by Council borrowing.

Alternative options considered:

1. To not introduce an emissions based parking charge in car parks.
2. To introduce emissions based charges via MI permit (the digital cashless supplier) only, with cash customers paying the highest tariff.
3. Removal of all machines so cash not accepted at car parks.

The proposal ensures that the new charges are accessible by all customers through existing payment channels, noting that some vulnerable users may only be able to pay by cash. Replacement of the machines is essential to ensuring ongoing collection of cash payments and to ensure details of these parking transactions are shared in real time with enforcement officers to allow more efficient deployment of staff.

Publication date: 29/03/2023

Date of decision: 29/03/2023