The Great Yorkshire Parking Rip Off

‘On Monday 7th December 2015, the Royal Automobile Club (RAC) published a report on Council parking revenue throughout the UK.

Steve GOODING, Director of the RAC Foundation, has been quoted in the national and regional press as stating:

‘The legal position is that parking charges are to be used as a tool for managing traffic. But with local government budgets under ever-greater pressure the temptation to see them as a fund-raiser must be intense. When a parking profit is made the law states that, essentially, the money can only be spent on transport and environment projects. We are simply asking that all councils publish annual reports to tell drivers exactly where this huge excess ends up.’

In simple terms, revenue from parking fines and permits is by law limited to recovering the costs of managing the parking restrictions. The law prohibits the use of this money for any other purpose.’

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