Parking: Fees and Charges
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent discussions she has had with local councils on the provision of free parking near (a) parks (b) recreational areas and (c) high streets.
Answered by Alex Norris
Local authorities are empowered to determine their parking arrangements, as they are best suited to understand the best way of responding to local needs.
They must do so in a way which meets standards set by national government that parking policies should be proportionate, support town centre prosperity, and reconcile competing demands for kerb space, and ensure traffic moves freely and quickly on their roads and the roads of nearby authorities as required in the Traffic Management Act 2004.
As such the Secretary of State has not held any discussions with local councils regarding the provision of parking.
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