Shropshire Council

Parking strategy - section 2

  • Period: 21 July 2017 - 17 October 2017
  • Status: Closed
  • Audiences: Everyone
  • Topics: Traffic management
  • Type: Public

This section of the parking strategy consultation covers a new policy and tariff framework for weekly tickets, season tickets, residents’ off-street permits, and coach and HGV parking.

Proposal 1 - Weekly tickets

We’re proposing the provision of weekly season tickets in all off-street pay and display and pay on foot car parks (bands 2 to 6), including off-street band 2 car parks within Shrewsbury’s river loop. Banding will be organised as follows:

Band 1

Band 2

Band 3

Band 4

Band 5

Band 6

Band 7

£2.50

£2.00

£1.00

£0.70

£0.50

£0.30

Free

To provide maximum flexibility, weekly tickets will be valid for any of our car parks of the same band level, or higher. For example, if a weekly season ticket is purchased for band 3 it will also be valid for use in all band 4, 5 and 6 car parks.

The proposed banding level for each identified on and off street parking area is as follows:

Car Park

Town

Band

Shrewsbury on-street

Shrewsbury

Type 1

 

£2.50/hour

Quarry Swimming & Fitness Centre

Shrewsbury

 

Ludlow on-street (Red)

Ludlow

Type 2

 

£2/hour

Bridge Street

Shrewsbury

St Austin’s

Shrewsbury

Raven Meadows

Shrewsbury

St Julian’s Friars

Shrewsbury

Castle Street

Ludlow

Type 3

 

£1/hour

Listley Street North & South

Bridgnorth

Sainsbury’s

Bridgnorth

Festival Square

Oswestry

Ellesmere on-street

Ellesmere

Riverside

Bridgnorth

Type 4

 

70p/hour

Beatrice Street

Oswestry

Frankwell Main, Riverside & Quay

Shrewsbury

Smithfield

Bridgnorth

Ludlow on-street (Blue)

Ludlow

Back Lane

Much Wenlock

Galdeford Zone A

Ludlow

Type 5

 

50p/hour

Frogmore Road

Market Drayton

Easthope Road

Church Stretton

Queen Street

Market Drayton

Abbey Foregate

Shrewsbury

St Mary’s Lane

Much Wenlock

Falcons Court

Much Wenlock

Pepper Street

Whitchurch

Castle Hill

Whitchurch

Innage Lane

Bridgnorth

Type 6

 

30p/hour

Severn Street

Bridgnorth

Galdeford Zone B

Ludlow

Oswald Road

Oswestry

Towers Lawn 1 & 2

Market Drayton

Smithfield

Ludlow

Oak Street

Oswestry

Newtown

Whitchurch

St John’s Street

Whitchurch

Brownlow Street

Whitchurch

New Road

Much Wenlock

Talbot, Cross, Spar bridge

Ellesmere

High Street

Wem

Mill Street

Wem

Prees Heath HGV/coach/cars

Prees Heath

Crossways

Church Stretton

Newport Road

Market Drayton

Gobowen Station

Gobowen

Crown Hotel, High Street 

Albrighton

 

Church Street

Bishop’s Castle

Type 7

 

Free

Harley Jenkins

Bishop’s Castle

Dark Lane

Broseley

Clun

Clun

Lloyd Street

Oswestry

High Street

Highley

Auction Yard

Bishop’s Castle

Bridgnorth Road

Broseley

Childe Road East & West

Cleobury Mortimer

Corvedale Road

Craven Arms

Newington Way

Craven Arms

Gatacre

Oswestry

Sherrymill Hill

Whitchurch

Church Street

Prees

Proposed discount for buying a weekly season ticket:

Band

Hourly Rate

8 hour day

5 day week

Proposal

 

 

(flat rate)

 

2

£2.00

£16.00

£80.00

£70.00

3

£1.00

£8.00

£40.00

£35.00

4

£0.70

£5.60

£28.00

£24.00

5

£0.50

£4.00

£20.00

£17.00

6

£0.30

£2.40

£12.00

£10.00

To comment on this proposal, click on the 'How to get involved' tab above.

Proposal 2 - Season tickets for cars and vans

Season tickets are currently available for 29 of our 78 car parks (including on-street parking areas). Very few of the existing 29 locations offer the option to buy for all periods of season tickets – one month, three months, six months, or annual. There are also 19 different charging regimes in place, meaning that’s there not much consistency across market towns.

What we’re proposing

A/ Price levels for season tickets be standardised and modelled based on the seven banding levels:

Band 1

Band 2

Band 3

Band 4

Band 5

Band 6

Band 7

£2.50

£2.00

£1.00

£0.70

£0.50

£0.30

Free

Why?

To give consistency in charging across the county.

Note: To see the proposed season ticket tariff see tables 20-23 in appendix 10 of the parking strategy cabinet report.

B/ Only one type of season ticket, that will be valid at all times.

Why?

To standardise and simplify the season ticket price structure whilst offering a discount that is proportionate to the needs of most users.

C/ A standard initial primary discount for season tickets that assumes usage eight hours a day, 200 days per year.

Why?

This is a standard industry practice and allows for days when commuters aren’t attending their place of work (eg holidays, working at home etc).

D/ For standard season tickets (valid all hours), a further standard secondary tiered discount level will be set for the four standard durations of season tickets – one month, three months, six months, and annual -  based upon the flat rate hourly linear charge for an eight-hour day in each band.

Why?

We want to give flexibility in the duration of available season tickets, whilst ensuring a consistent discount. We’re proposing that every car park of the same band type should have its own standard rate irrespective of its location.

We’ve looked at how our current tariffs fit compared to other areas across the UK, and we propose to offer season tickets for 1, 3, 6 and 12 months in every car park that has the capacity to do so, with a consistent application of discount. At the moment there is no consistency.

Using the existing annual 12-month season ticket charges as a starting point, we've applied a best-fit approach to give two standard discount rate options. We've then worked back and reduced the discounts in 10% increments for the lesser period season tickets.

Summary of season ticket option proposals (all proposed rates rounded to the nearest £) as follows:

E/ Season tickets will be valid for all of our car parks of the same or lower band level, rather than just at one specified car park.

Why?

This will enhance service provision and flexibility, and help to reduce on-street parking congestion. Additional season ticket parking will be provided to the following car parks:

Town

Car park

Band

Bridgnorth

Listley Street North & South

3

Oswestry

Beatrice Street

4

 

Oswald Road Coach park

6

Whitchurch

Pepper Street

5

 

Castle Hill

5

Market Drayton

Queen Street

5

 

Newport Road

6

Church Stretton

Crossways

6

Gobowen

Gobowen Station

6

Prees Heath

Prees Heath HGV/Coach/Cars

6

Albrighton

Crown Hotel, High Street

6

To give priority to shoppers and visitors, reduce carbon emissions and provide pollution control measures it is also proposed not to allow provision of season tickets to any car park within the Shrewsbury town centre river loop. Season ticket provision will therefore be removed from St Julian’s Friars car park.

F/ The proposed new season ticket framework will be introduced at the same time as the programme for proposed hourly linear tariff / banding.

Why?

To ensure an overview of all proposals is made available during consultation and ensure a better understanding of the ‘big picture’.

To comment on this proposal, click on the 'How to get involved' tab above.

Proposal 3 - Residents' off-street parking permits

What we're proposing

A/ All off-street car park residents’ permits will be issued and valid for a period of 12 months only. Permits will be available pro-rata for shorter periods in special circumstances.

Why?

To help ensure a more efficient service and spread customer costs over the year.

B/ Refunds on cancellation of permits will be available for the number of valid whole calendar months remaining.

Why?

To promote and support the proposal for issuing 12 month permits only.

C/ Two types of off-street car park residents’ permits will be made available, with a discount applied accordingly:

  1. Residents’ permits that are valid all of the time
  2. Residents’ permits that are only valid from 4pm in the evening until 10am in the morning on weekdays, and at all times on Saturday, Sundays and bank holidays.

Why?

To ensure that residents are offered a permit that best meets their needs.

D/ Tariff levels for off-street car park residents’ permits will be standardised based on the seven banding levels established for each identified car park:

Band 1

Band 2

Band 3

Band 4

Band 5

Band 6

Band 7

£2.50

£2.00

£1.00

£0.70

£0.50

£0.30

Free

Why?

To ensure consistency in charging across the county

E/ As with season tickets a standard initial primary (flat rate) discount will be applied that assumes usage 200 days per year.

Why?

To maintain a standard comparable discount with season tickets.

F/ Off-street car park residents’ permits will be subject to a further standard secondary tiered discount level dependent on the type of permit.

Why?

To ensure appropriate discounts are made available to residents who have little or no other parking provision available within a reasonable distance of their homes.

G/ A residents’ off-street parking permit shall be allocated for use in specified car parks, usually in locations in close proximity of a resident’s home.

Why?

To ensure residents’ parking permit concessions are maintained.

H/ The programme for introduction of the new proposed off-street residents’ permits shall be run alongside the programme for the introduction of the main proposed hourly linear tariff / banding.

Why?

To ensure that people can see the ‘big picture’ during consultation, and that there is effective implementation across towns and areas.

Town Car park Band
Ludlow Castle Street Type 3
  Galdeford zone A Type 5
  Galdeford zone B Type 6
  Smithfield Type 6
Bridgnorth Listley Street north and south Type 3
  Innage Lane Type 6
Oswestry Beatrice Street Type 4
  Oswald Road Type 6
  Oswald Road Coach Park Type 6
  Oak Street Type 6
Whitchurch Pepper Street Type 5
  Newtown Type 6
  Sherrymill Hill Type 6
Market Drayton Queen Street Type 5
  Towers Lawn 1 Type 6
  Newport Road Type 6
Much Wenlock St Mary's Lane Type 5
  Falcons Court Type 5
  New Road Type 6
Church Stretton Easthope Road Type 5
  Crossways Type 6
Wem Leek Street Type 6
Prees Heath Prees Heath HGV/coach/cars Type 6
Albrighton Crown Hotel, High Street Type 6

To comment on this proposal, click on the 'How to get involved' tab above.

Proposal 4 - Coach and HGV parking permits

What we’re proposing

A/ To retain all current HGV and coach parking provision with the exception of Crossways, Church Stretton

Why?

There appears to be no take up of the HGV and coach parking provision at Crossways.

B/ A standard tariff of £10 per 24 hour stay for HGV and coach parking – and that HGV season ticket provision be made available (monthly, six-monthly and annual) at a tariff rate three times that of the smaller vehicle season tickets for the appropriate band type of each car park.

Why?

A coach/HGV is considered to take up space and hence incur maintenance provision equivalent to three times that of a car.

C/ A coach parking ticket shall be valid to park in any allocated Shropshire Council coach parking facility across the county rather than a 24-hour coach parking tickets for use in a specific car park.

Why?

To assist in the promotion of tourism.

To comment on this proposal, click on the 'How to get involved' tab above.

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