Under the Local Government Transparency Code Norwich City Council is required to publish or place a link providing the following information:
- Annual parking income and expenditure
- How any surplus is re-invested
- The number of controlled on and off-street parking spaces.
Introduction
Norwich City Council is a district council providing parking services (and facilities) to residents, businesses and visitors through its own off-street car parks and through an agency agreement with Norfolk County Council for on-street parking.
Parking in Norwich
The council operates 13 off-street public car parks providing 2943 spaces and around 500 public spaces for on-street parking. There are also approximately 15,000 on-street designated permit parking spaces. More information on charges and the location of the car parks/on-street spaces can be found via the following links:
- Car parks
- On-street parking
The council also has a number of residents' priority parking schemes within the city which give priority to residents, their visitors and local businesses. More information on residents and business parking can be found via the following link:
- Resident permits
- Visitor parking permits
- Business and non-residential parking permits
- Parking season tickets
- Business dispensations
- Contract parking
Civil Parking Enforcement
Norwich City Council uses the Norfolk Parking Partnership civil parking enforcement manual on the Norfolk County Council website (650 KB pdf). to ensure a continuity of enforcement across the county.
Parking fines are issued to owners of vehicles who breach the council’s parking regulations. Payment of parking fines can be made in cash or by debit/credit card and also online via the council’s website.
Parking account 2018/19
The council is also required to publish details of the annual income and expenditure on the parking account and to show how any surplus has been re-invested in council services.
Off-street
The surplus of £2,273,759 was invested in essential Council services to support the residents of Norwich
On-street
There was a surplus of £280,779 to pass on to Norfolk County Council under the terms of the agency agreement. This is required to be used to support highway related projects within the Norwich Area Transportation Strategy.
Parking account income and expenditure for 2018/19
Published in accordance with Section 55 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 as modified by Regulation 25 of the Civil Enforcement of Parking Contraventions (England) General Regulations 2007, the Government's Transparency Code and Local Government Association guidance (December 2014)
| Year end 2018/19 off-street parking income | £ |
|---|---|
| Penalty charge notice (fines) | (86,558) |
| Parking fees | (5,978,941) |
| Advertisement | (40,279) |
| Other income | (37,930) |
| Total income | (6,143,709) |
| Year end 2018/19 off-street parking expenditure | £ |
|---|---|
| Employee | 308,459 |
| Premises | 1,540,773 |
| Transport | 3,337 |
| Supplies and services | 515,349 |
| Highways recharges | 11,894 |
| Recharges (accommodation, IT finance, HR) | 310,994 |
| Capital/depreciation | 562,130 |
| Bad debt | 2,137 |
| Interest payments | 425,794 |
| Total expenditure for running the service | 3,680,886 |
| Total income to Norwich City Council for environmental services | (2,462,843) |
| Year end 2018/19 on-street parking income | £ |
|---|---|
| Penalty charge notice (fines) | (734,760) |
| Parking fees | (682,421)/td> |
| Permits | (996,565) |
| Dispensation income | (49,174) |
| Other income | >(31,447) |
| Total income | (2,494,367) |
| Year end 2018/19 on-street parking expenditure | £ |
|---|---|
| Employee | 941,630 |
| Premises | 23,902 |
| Transport | 26,403 |
| Supplies and services | 197,850 |
| Capital charges | 12,817 |
| Highway recharge | 108,974 |
| Recharges (accommodation, IT, finance, HR) | 866,371 |
| Total expenditure for running the service | 2,177,948 |
| Purchase of cameras | 0 |
| Contribution towards capital for replacement of machines 10 years | 35,640 |
| (Profit)/loss to County | (280,779) |
| Year end 2018/19 total off and on-street parking income | £ |
|---|---|
| Penalty charge notice (fines) | (821,318) |
| Parking fees | (6,661,362) |
| Permits | (996,565) |
| Advertisement | (40,279) |
| Dispensation income | (49,174) |
| Other income | (69,378) |
| Total income | (8,638,076) |
| Year end 2018/19 total off and on-street parking expenditure | £ |
|---|---|
| Employee | 1,250,089 |
| Premises | 1564,675 |
| Transport | 29.741 |
| Supplies and services | 713,199 |
| Highways recharge | 120,868 |
| Recharges (accommodation, IT, finance, HR) | 1,777,364 |
| Capital/depreciation | 574,948 |
| Bad debt | 2,137 |
| Interest payments | 425,794 |
| Total expenditure for running the service | 5,858,814 |
| Purchase of cameras | 0 |
| Purchase of new on street machines | 35,640 |
| Total income | (2,743,622) |
