SLDC Parking Account

This dataset contains an annual summary of the car parking account from South Lakeland District Council.

Please note; figures published in April are interim figures and will be updated later in the year once the final accounts have been audited.

These include a breakdown of the income and expenditure on the parking account. SLDC’s car parking account only relates to the off-street car parks that it owns or manages; it does not collect for, or enforce any on-street parking.

Expenditure includes cost for the provision and maintenance of designated off street parking places by the local authority.

Surplus statement:
There are strict rules established by Government that stipulate how surplus parking funds are spent, but there are differences between on and off-street parking Any surpluses from on-street parking and both on and off-street enforcement must be used in accordance with section 55 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984. This means that any income remaining after enforcement costs must be used for transport. Income from off-street parking fees and charges can be for general use by the local authority.

The Council only operates off-street car parks and enforcement of them. This authority has to balance the parking needs of residents plus a much-increased transient population visiting the area. We are always looking at ways of improving use of our car parks, such as increasing capacity of underused car parks. There has been no overall increase in tariffs since 2011-12 and lower charges or new tariffs have been established with the aim of making best use of resources and reducing congestion. For example, we have introduced an ‘Early Bird’ tariff in Westmorland Shopping Centre car park saving £3.80 on the daily rate, and set a tariff of £1.20 for all-day parking in a car park in Grange-over-Sands, saving £4.50. Any surplus funds raised from off-street parking facilities after expenditure including car park maintenance and improvement, are used to offset the costs to the Council of providing services to the public, which would otherwise have to be met through Council Tax.

Further information about the council’s car parks including location, number of parking bays, number of disabled parking spaces and charges can be found in the Car Parks in South Lakeland dataset.

本数据集收录了来自南拉克兰德区议会的年度停车场账户概要。请注意，四月份发布的数字为临时数据，将在年度最终账目审计后进行更新。

该概要包括对停车场账户收入和支出的详细分解。南拉克兰德区议会的停车场账户仅涉及其拥有或管理的道路外停车场；不涉及街道停车场的收费或执法。

支出包括地方政府提供和维护指定道路外停车位的成本。

盈余报表：

政府制定了严格的规则，规定了如何使用停车盈余资金，但街道停车和道路外停车之间存在差异。街道停车和道路外执法产生的任何盈余都必须根据1984年道路交通管理法第55条的规定使用。这意味着在执法成本之后剩余的收入必须用于交通。道路外停车费的收入可用于地方政府的公共用途。

该议会仅运营道路外停车场及其执法。该当局必须平衡居民的停车需求和大量临时访问该地区的游客。我们一直在寻找改进停车场使用效率的方法，例如增加利用率较低的停车场的容量。自2011-12年以来，收费标准没有整体上涨，并已设立较低的费用或新收费标准，旨在充分利用资源并减少拥堵。例如，我们在韦斯特莫兰德购物中心停车场引入了‘早鸟’收费标准，每日费用节省3.80英镑，并在格兰奇-奥弗-桑兹的停车场设立了全天停车收费1.20英镑，节省4.50英镑。从道路外停车设施中筹集的任何盈余资金，在扣除停车场维护和改善等支出后，都用于抵消向公众提供服务给议会的成本，否则这些成本将通过地方税来承担。

有关议会的停车场包括位置、停车位数量、残疾人停车位数量和收费的更多信息，可在《南拉克兰德停车场》数据集中找到。