Parking account 2023 to 2024

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 2023/24
  £
Income  
Off street Parking Fines (PCN's) (51,058)
   
Total Income (51,058)
   
Expenditure  
Enforcement and Processing 72,568
Support Services  33,153
   
Total Expenditure 105,721
   
(Surplus) / Deficit 54,662

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 2023/24
  £
Income  
Off-Street Parking Permits (61,190)
Off-Street Parking Fees (492469)
Off-Street Parking Fines (PCN's) (51,058)
   
Total Income (604,717)
   
Expenditure  
Premises 250,748
Supplies and Services 29,999
Third Party Payments 84,558
Support Services 99,458
   
Total Expenditure  464,764
   
(Surplus) / Deficit (139,953)

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 expenditure was incurred in 2023/24.

  £
Outdoor Recreational Facilities 1,459,031.05
Public Passenger Transport 0.00
Car Parks 238,699.83
  1,697,730.88
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