Parking charge changes will support transport across the city
As part of the Annual Council Budget setting process, agreed changes to on street and off-street parking charges will come into effect next week.
Agreed by the Transport & Sustainability Committee and Budget Council earlier this year, new pricing will appear on the PayByPhone parking app from Monday 22 April.
The cost of parking in council car parks and parking permits will also change from the same date.
Most changes will see prices increase by an average of 6%.
However, following feedback from residents, we have halved a planned increase to the cost of parking permits in all Light Touch zones.
Last year, the Committee also reversed a planned increase to parking charges in four areas of Brighton & Hove, including near the Royal Sussex County Hospital.
How the money is spent
By law, any surplus generated by parking fees and charges must be spent on provision of public transport services, road safety schemes, air quality or environmental improvements.
This includes helping to maintain our roads, pavements and cycle routes and fixing potholes and other improvements.
In 2022/23 £10 million of the surplus was spent on providing older and disabled people with concessionary bus passes and more than £1.6 million on supporting bus and other public transport services.
Without this parking surplus, bus services to outlying communities, some evening bus services, buses to less privileged communities and buses to the countryside wouldn’t operate.
This funding is essential to providing access to communities, health, education and leisure services for residents, businesses and visitors across the city.
More information on how our fees and charges surplus is spent can be found in our Parking Annual Reports.
City wide parking review
The changes come as the council undertakes a comprehensive review of its parking services in the city.
Parking needs to work well for the city as a whole. The strategic parking review is looking at ways to make parking simpler, fairer, inclusive and accessible for our residents, businesses and visitors.
More information will be published later this year.