Parking accounts

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 consult Lancashire County Councils parking account.

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

Chorley also operate a small number of free off street car parks, Parker Street and Duke Street have a small number of unmarked spaces.

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.

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 2021/22