ePetition - Reduce Resident Parking Permit Fees

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Reduce Resident Parking Permit Fees

We the undersigned petition Brighton & Hove Council to Reduce the cost of resident parking permit fees in Brighton and Hove. The cost of the parking permit for residents should be reduced significantly. Residents should not have to pay to park their cars outside their own houses in the city. After paying council tax for road maintenance and road tax on a car, residents still have to pay to park their cars at home, this is extortion.

We demand that the council considers this petition and reduces the cost of resident parking permits, possibly to an admin only fee or at least a significant reduction to make it affordable.

This ePetition ran from 27/10/2020 to 24/03/2021 and has now finished.

58 people signed this ePetition.

Council response

Response provided at the Environment, Transport & Sustainability Committee on 22 June 2021

"Parking charges are reviewed annually by the Council alongside wider environmental considerations that aim to reduce congestion, improve traffic management and improve air quality. The surplus generated from charges after direct costs contributes towards the part funding of bus subsidies, concessionary bus fares and Local Transport Plan costs. Recent charges were voted on at a meeting of all councillors back in February, when we hold budget council.

As part of this we also wanted to specifically address concerns about affordability and so brought forward proposals, agreed as part of the fees & charges proposals for 21/22, that a discount for low income households would be introduced - which is planned to be brought in within a few months"

 


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