Parking account 2024 to 2025

A section 55 Parking Account must be produced each year end and must include:

  • income from on-street parking charges and on-street parking fines and off street fines
  • expenditure on the provision and maintenance of designated parking places and enforcement.

These finances are governed by section 55 (as amended) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984.

For details of on-street parking please view Lancashire county council parking.

Section 55 Parking Account 2024/25
  £
Income  
Off street Parking Fines (PCN's) (87,925)
   
Total Income (87,925)
   
Expenditure  
Enforcement and Processing 88,250
Support Services  34,863
   
Total Expenditure 123,113
   
(Surplus) / Deficit 35,188

Additional Information

The number of off street pay and display parking spaces provided by CBC is detailed in the link below.

Number of parking spaces on each car park

The Local Government Transparency Code requires that all local councils must publish their parking account information showing revenue collected from on-street parking, off-street parking and penalty charge notices and associated expenditure.

For details of on-street parking places please consult Lancashire County Council parking account.

Parking Account 2024/25
  £
Income  
Off-Street Parking Permits (64,447)
Off-Street Parking Fees (538,029)
Off-Street Parking Fines (PCN's) (87,925)
   
Total Income (690,401)
   
Expenditure  
Premises 212,619
Supplies and Services 10,570
Third Party Payments 112,068
Support Services 104,588
   
Total Expenditure  439,845
   
(Surplus) / Deficit (250,556)

Section 55 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act (1984) allows for a number of areas which car parking income can fund. This includes, but is not limited to, public passenger transport services, highways, road and environmental improvements including works to open spaces and the provision of outdoor recreational facilities.

The following capital expenditure was incurred in 2024/25.

  £
Environmental Improvements 0
Highways and Roads 0
Open Land and Water 0
Outdoor Recreational Facilities 640,395 
Public Passenger Transport 314,785 
Car Parks 682 
  955,862