Councillors recommended to Cabinet that parking charges should change at the Street Scene and Environment Advisory Board meeting held 30 October 2019. The report can be seen in full here as part of the Review of Parking Fees and Charges item.
Members of Cabinet considered those recommendations at their meeting 06 January 2020. They agreed with the recommendation and that this should now proceed to formal consultation (change the Off Street Parking Places Order). The report to Cabinet, and their decision, can be seen here.
The outcome of the formal consultation, which ran from 17 January 2020 and ended 9 February 2020, was reported to councillors at their 05 March 2020 meeting of the Street Scene and Environment Advisory Board where they referred to Cabinet that the objections to the proposed changes to off street charges be set aside and the variation to the off street charges is made prior to the proposed parking charges outlined in the report coming into effect on 5th April 2020.
The Cabinet meeting of 17 March 2020 was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Members of Cabinet resolved at the meeting 03 June 2020 Cabinet that the recommendations be deferred until the next annual review of car parking arrangements in autumn 2020, to enable the financial implications and the impact to the community arising from the coronavirus pandemic to be fully assessed.
Members of Cabinet resolved at their meeting 14 October 2020 that ‘the revised off-street parking fees and charges as previously agreed by the Street Scene and Environment Services Advisory Board (as set out at Annex 1 to this report) be progressed to come into effect from 4 April 2021 in line with all relevant legislation’ This is shown in page 4 of the 12 pages of Decisions.
Tonbridge - off peak season tickets - annual charge
Angel
Botany
Bradford Street
Kinnings Row
Lamberts Yard
Lower Castle Fields
River Lawn
Sovereign Way East
Sovereign Way Mid
Sovereign Way North
Upper Castle Fields
Vale Road
Waterloo Road
Current charge
Proposed charge
£270
£290
West Malling - High Street car park
Current charge
Proposed charge
30 minutes 40p
30 minutes 40p
1 hour 70p
1 hour 80p
2 hours £1.40
2 hours £1.60
3 hours £2.10
3 hours £2.40
4 hours £2.80
4 hours £3.20
West Malling - Ryarsh Lane car park - season ticket annual charge
Season Ticket Current charge
Season Ticket Proposed charge
Annual £175
Annual £255
Country Parks - Haysden and Leybourne Lakes
Current charge
Proposed charge
0-4 hours £1.20
0-4 hours £1.40
4+ hours £4
4+ hours £4
Annual Season Ticket £40
Annual Season Ticket £50
Introduction of parking charges in some car parks that are currently free
There is also a separate proposal to introduce charges in some of our car parks that are currently free. These car parks are Bailey Bridge car parks in Aylesford, Martin Square car park in Larkfield and Snodland car park. The proposed charges are the same as the proposed charges for Western Road, Borough Green car park. More information is available from;
