Car Parking Charges - Traffic Regulation Orders Consultation 2024
We Asked
A public consultation was conducted from 25 September 2024 – 23 October 2024 regarding proposed changes to car parking charges.
The council currently charges the public for parking at certain car parks and at on-street locations and these charges are used to help manage traffic, congestion and to help keep people moving so that everyone who needs to, is more likely to have access to a car parking space. The council now have some proposed changes to parking charges that will affect car parking across the borough. The purpose of these changes is to deliver against Wirral’s Parking Strategy, approved by the Environment Climate Emergency and Transport committee in December 2023, and in particular the short-term policy aims. In line with the Parking Strategy and also the council approved Cool 2 Climate Strategy, these proposed changes will help meet the costs of continuing to provide dedicated public car parking in a fair way as well as to address future parking impacts by ensuring that any new parking plans are self-financing.
The proposals include the introduction of charges in on-street parking bays and introduction of a £1 charge to park overnight (between 6.30pm and 8am) at Kings Parade / Coastal Drive, New Brighton (TO/24/40), North Parade / Meols Parade, Hoylake and Meols (TO/24/41) and South Parade, West Kirby (TO/24/42), inflationary increases at on-street parking bays where fees already apply (including on-street parking permits) and introduction of a £1 charge to park overnight (between 6.30pm and 8am) in the Birkenhead Controlled Parking Zone (TO/24/39) ant the introduction of charges at council-owned off-street car parks and Introduction of a £1 charge to park overnight (between 6.30pm and 8am) (TO/24/38) .
You Said
The questionnaire was responded to by 3070 people. 86.3% objected to the introduction of scheme TO/24/40 at Kings Parade / Coastal drive, New Brighton. 86.3% objected to the introduction of scheme TO/24/41 at North Parade / Meols Parade, Hoylake and Meols. 85.9% objected to the introduction of scheme TO/24/42 at South Parade, West Kirby. 74.9% objected to the introduction of scheme TO/24/39 in the Birkenhead Controlled Parking Zone. 93.9% objected to the introduction of scheme TO/24/38 in Other Off-Street Car Parks. 80.6% objected to all schemes.
We Did
At the meeting of the 03/12/2024 - Environment, Climate Emergency and Transport Committee, the proposed changes to Parking Charges were approved.
