FOI request (FOIR-149582233)

Parking

Requested Fri 11 October 2019
Responded Thu 19 December 2019

I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request the following information from Hastings Borough Council.

Within the area for which your organisation is responsible, please provide:

On Street Parking Information

1. The total number of on street parking spaces for which you are responsible (an estimate of capacity will suffice if no defined spaces).

2. What proportion of the spaces referred to in point 1 are free and what proportion paid?

Paid is defined as having to pay to park in the space for at least one period during a normal 7 day week.

3. The total number of physical parking meters for the paid spaces.

4. How many of the meters referred to in point 3 take cash?

5. How many of the meters referred to in point 4 give change?

6. The monthly revenue received from the meters referred to in point 3 for the 12 months from and including October 2018, to September 2019.

7. The total monthly revenue received from any form of payment for paid on street parking spaces for the 12 months from and including October 2018, to September 2019.

Public Car Park Information

8. The total number of parking spaces in public car parks for which you are responsible.

9. What proportion of the spaces referred to in point 8 are free and what proportion paid?

Paid is defined as having to pay to park in the space for at least one period during a normal 7 day week.

10. The total number of physical parking meters for the paid spaces.

11. How many of the meters referred to in point 10 take cash?

12. How many of the meters referred to in point 11 give change?

13. The monthly revenue received from the meters referred to in point 10 for the 12 months from and including October 2018, to September 2019.

14. The total monthly revenue received from any form of payment for paid public car park spaces for which you are responsible, for the 12 months from and including October 2018, to September 2019.

Parking Tickets

15. How many Penalty Charge Notice parking tickets were issued each month for the 12 months from and including October 2018, to September 2019.

16. In total how many of the tickets referred to in point 15 were appealed?

17. In total how many of the appeals referred to in point 16 were successful?

18. The total monthly revenue received by the council from paid PCN parking tickets for the 12 months from and including October 2018 to September 2019.

Other

19. What is the best estimate of the population of the area for which you are responsible?

Response

Q1-7 Information not held, on-street parking is dealt with by East Sussex County Council, please visit their website for further information.

Q8 - 2162

Q9 - All paid

Q10 - 44

Q11 - All

Q12 - Our machines do not give change

Q13 -

Oct 18 - £120,665

Nov 18 - £78,204

Dec 18 - £81,233

Jan 19 - £77,040

Feb 19 - £81,993

Mar 19 - £90,472

Apr 19 - £133,533

May 19 - £117,434

Jun 19 - £117,083

Jul 19 - £144,774

Aug 19 - £153,688

Sep 19 - £107,342

Q14 - £1,303,460.00

Q15 -

Oct 18 - 325

Nov 18 - 315

Dec 18 - 254

Jan 19 - 285

Feb 19 - 277

Mar 19 - 292

Apr 19 - 422

May 19 - 275

Jun 19 - 292

Jul 19 - 357

Aug 19 - 429

Sep 19 - 312

Q16 - 1423

Q17 - 551

Q18 -

Oct 18 - £8,013

Nov 18 - £7,701

Dec 18 - £5,296

Jan 19 - £7,586

Feb 19 - £7,580

Mar 19 - £7,156

Apr 19 - £8,324

May 19 - £7,116

Jun 19 - £5,440

Jul 19 - £6,542

Aug 19 - £8,527

Sep 19 - £7,135

Total - £86,418

Q19 - £92,855