Car Parks Usage, Income and Costs

The information below relates to off-street parking (car parks) only.
General Car Park information
FINANCIAL YEAR 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 2024/25

Number of car parks

30 

30 

28 

28 

28 

29 

29 

Total number of spaces (inc. blue badge spaces)

890 

890 

841 

841 

841 

841 

841 

Total number of blue badge spaces

78 

78 

77 

77 

77

75

75

Total number of charging spaces

782 

782 

661 

661 

661

665

665

Number of Pay & Display machines

31 

31 

29 

29 

29

28

28

 

Pay & Display Use
FINANCIAL YEAR 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 2024/25

Total number of vehicles using Pay & Display car parks

 746,087

707,959 

 310,542

 472,529

518,843

448,364

330,577

 Total Pay & Display Income (net) *

 £192,546.17

£208,717.74

£76,182.54

£152,061.78

£182,901.30

£233,803.18

£383,227.72

% using free hour 

76.3% 

75.6% 

82.9% 

 76.7%

75.20%

74.70%

N/A

% paying £1.00 

17.0% 

16.7% 

12.5% 

 17.3%

18.70%

18.60%

77.20%

% paying £1.50 

2.7% 

2.5% 

1.5% 

 2.9%

3.20%

3.80%

0.30%

% paying £2.00 

3.5% 

4.2% 

3.0% 

 2.7%

2.50%

2.30%

17.50%

% paying £3.00 plus  0.5%  1.0%  0.1%  0.3%  0.40% 0.60% 5.00%

 

Penalty Charge Notices and Permits
 FINANCIAL YEAR 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 2024/25

PCN's issued 

3474 

2879 

1212 

1387 

1214

1224

1095

Parking Permits 

£13,771.42 

£1,331.58 

£7,247.10 

£19,422.08 

£11,156.69

£9,606

£20,157.65

Income from Nottinghamshire County Council/Rushcliffe Borough Council

£60,936.49 

£50,921.52 

£27,052.03 

£22,195.63 

£33,870.75

£26,082.80

£22,524.91

Total Income (*including Pay & Display income)

£367,904.91 

£347,436.17 

£150,327.12 

£232,799.77 

£264,202.87

£302,559

£425,910.28

Total Income (*including Pay & Display income)

£367,904.91

£347,436.17 

£150,327.12 

£232,799.77 

£264,202.87

£276,477

£425,910.28

 

Costs
 FINANCIAL YEAR 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 2024/25

Employee related costs

£178,284.72 

£161,967.62 

£150,723.80

 £137,331.63

£133,764.63

£127,867.00

£98,034.00

Repairs & Maintenance

£42,368.07 

£59,456.05 

£56,874.34 

 £47,770.98

£51,470.15

£40,941.91

£36,307.96

Supplies & Services

£35,509.13 

£39,744.32 

£35,171.27 

 £37,127.72

£40,139.84

£62,226.83

£58,846.90

Utilities 

£83,108.26 

£69,437.10 

£76,407.47 

 £61,241.63

£60,968.10

£49,457.99

£50,330.07

Cash Collection

£14,705.60 

£16,856.56 

£6,120.31 

 £5,940.10

£7,578.48

£8,382.52

£10,949.98

Capital Charges 

£0.00 

£15,649.00 

£0.00 

£0.00

£0.00

£0.00

£0.00

Central support recharge

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

£38,911.00

PCN Processing charges 

£23,342.95 

£18,972.61 

£9,393.00 

 £9,306.77

£9,032.16

£9,241.20

£0.00

Total Expenditure 

£377,318.73 

£382,083.26 

£334,690.19 

£298,718.83 

£302,953.36

£298,117.45

£293,571.91

 

Net Cost of Parking Service
 FINANCIAL YEAR 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 2024/25

Total expenditure less total income

£9,413.82 

£34,647.09 

£184,363.07 

£65,919.06

£38,750.49

-£4,441.53

-£132,338.37

 

Any surplus from penalty charge notice (PCN) income is ring-fenced and can only be invested back into the service provision (parking) and not used for any other council service or function. 


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Parking Services
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