Following the public meeting held in the Town Hall a couple of months ago, Cornwall Council's Parking Panel has agreed recommendations for new parking rates for Launceston from next April.
The option they are recommending to Cabinet is for all Cornwall Council owned car parks (ie Walk House, Tower Street, Pannier Market and Cattle Market):
1 hr - rate abolished, minimum charge for 2 hours
Up to 2 hours - £1
2-3 hours - £3.30
3-4 hours - £4.80 in Cattle Market only
All day - £5 in Cattle Market, £5.80 in Walk House
The biggest change is the move from charging 50p for the first hour and then charging £1.60 for two hours to a single 'up to two hours' rate. This option was preferred by a small majority of those who returned consultation forms. On the positive side, it encourages people coming to town to stay longer. On the negative side, it means that the minimum charge for parking (for those who only want to stay a few minutes) rises by 66%.
It should be noted that the parking panel was constrained in the options they were allowed to recommend. Despite the overwhelming view of the public meeting being that Cornwall Council should stop treating car parks as a cash cow, the panel had to make a recommendation based on 'cost neutral' options. However, even that is a misleading term as many people believe that far more cars will use our car parks if the costs drop - meaning more profit for the council. Cornwall is already the second highest earning council in the UK outside London from parking.
On the subject of season tickets, the panel chose to support the trial currently taking place and is not going to make a recommendation before seeing the outcome of the trial.
These are just recommendations at this stage. They go to the Cabinet to make the final decision which then goes out to public consultation.
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The option they are recommending to Cabinet is for all Cornwall Council owned car parks (ie Walk House, Tower Street, Pannier Market and Cattle Market):
1 hr - rate abolished, minimum charge for 2 hours
Up to 2 hours - £1
2-3 hours - £3.30
3-4 hours - £4.80 in Cattle Market only
All day - £5 in Cattle Market, £5.80 in Walk House
The biggest change is the move from charging 50p for the first hour and then charging £1.60 for two hours to a single 'up to two hours' rate. This option was preferred by a small majority of those who returned consultation forms. On the positive side, it encourages people coming to town to stay longer. On the negative side, it means that the minimum charge for parking (for those who only want to stay a few minutes) rises by 66%.
It should be noted that the parking panel was constrained in the options they were allowed to recommend. Despite the overwhelming view of the public meeting being that Cornwall Council should stop treating car parks as a cash cow, the panel had to make a recommendation based on 'cost neutral' options. However, even that is a misleading term as many people believe that far more cars will use our car parks if the costs drop - meaning more profit for the council. Cornwall is already the second highest earning council in the UK outside London from parking.
On the subject of season tickets, the panel chose to support the trial currently taking place and is not going to make a recommendation before seeing the outcome of the trial.
These are just recommendations at this stage. They go to the Cabinet to make the final decision which then goes out to public consultation.
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