Car Parking Charges - Traffic Regulation Orders Consultation

Thank you for your feedback, this consultation has now closed, the results are being analysed and the findings will be reported once available.

In June 2021 and August 2021, the council’s Environment Climate Emergency and Transport Committee and Decision Review Committee, respectively, approved raising an additional £1million from parking charges as part of the process of setting a balanced budget for 2021/22 financial year.

This decision approved the introduction of standardised charges across all council owned car parks and parking locations, both on-street and off-street. These standardised charges were introduced on 6 September 2021.

The decision made also allows the council to bring in parking charges at some new locations that are currently free. These parking charges and controls are planned to be introduced at a number of on-street and off-street parking spots and car parks both in coastal and town centre locations.

Charging will allow the council to provide a fair and sustainable parking policy and continue to provide public car parks and access areas into the future in a fair and sustainable manner, given the financial strains on other areas. Charges are already in place in many other Council-provided car parks in other communities.

Blue (disabled) badge holders would be exempt from the requirement to pay for parking as long as a valid badge is clearly displayed.

The areas affected include:

Kings Parade / Coastal Drive, New Brighton - Scheme ref no. TO/18/06

North Parade / Meols Parade, Hoylake and Meols – Scheme ref no. TO/18/07

South Parade, West Kirby – Scheme ref no. TO/18/08

Bayview Drive / Harrison Drive – Scheme ref no. TO/18/09

Derby Pool Car Park, New Brighton – Scheme ref no. TO/18/10A

The Gunsite Car Park, Leasowe – Scheme ref no. TO/18/10B

Other Off-Street Car Parks (See list below) – Scheme ref no. TO/21/19 - Fort Perch Rock Car Park, New Brighton. / Chamberlain Street Car Park, Birkenhead. / Old Chester Road-Chamberlain Street Car Park, Birkenhead. / Turner Street Car Park, Birkenhead. / Banks Road Car Park, Heswall. / Roslin Road Car Park, Irby. / Fishers Lane Car Park, Pensby. / Carr Lane Car Park, Hoylake. / Charles Road Car Park, Hoylake. / Market Street Car Park, Hoylake. / Barlow Avenue Car Park, Bebington. / Church Road Car Park, Bebington. / Roland Avenue Car Park, Bebington. / Allport Lane Car Park, Bromborough. / Mill Park Drive Car Park, Eastham. / Manor Road Car Park, Liscard. / Garden Lane Car Park, Moreton. / Holt Avenue Car Park, Moreton. / Pasture Road Car Park, Moreton. / Rappart Road Car Park, Seacombe. / Thurstaston Common Car Park, Thurstaston.

For each named scheme further information can be downloaded in the Documents section of this website. Also available is a Frequently Asked Questions document about parking charges.

Please use the survey below to comment on your views of the proposals. For any objections, please provide the reason why you object to the introduction of charges. The survey will close on Friday 24^th December 2021.

All feedback provided will be taken back to the Environment, Climate Emergency and Transport Committee before any decisions are taken to introduce charges at new locations.

Due to this process, parking charges are not likely to be introduced at any new locations until 2022.

Resident parking schemes are separate to the above procedure. Applications for resident parking schemes will be dealt with individually and only after the new charges have been decided.

A strategic review of parking within the borough is currently underway, with public consultation due to take place in early 2022. The purpose of the review is to produce a Parking Strategy which will aim to manage the impact of traffic on the borough’s main centres, support local economies, businesses and communities, improve the local environment and increase the use of sustainable transport.