Parking charges to be increased by New Forest District Council
But it'll only apply to longer stays in town and village car parks
Last updated 11th Oct 2023
New Forest District Council are putting up parking charges for the time in years.
Town and village car parks will stay £1 for the first hour - with other tariffs each rising by a pound.
The District Council say the new charges still allow people to make short visits to local shops and businesses without paying anymore.
They'll come into effect from January 2024.
Short stay annual clocks will also increase from £30 a year to £40 a year and they're be new tariffs for coastal car parks too.
Cllr Geoffrey Blunden, Portfolio Holder for Environment and Sustainability at NFDC said:
“These charges are reviewed each year and have not in many cases increased for five years. Keeping the £1 charge for the first hour in our town and village car parks means that people making short visits to local shops and businesses won’t pay any increase. And our parking clocks remain excellent value for money, with a resident using a short stay parking clock once a week to visit their local town or village paying less than £1 a time.
“We have carefully considered these charges and believe we are setting them at a fair and comparable rate.”
The charges were agreed at a Full Council meeting earlier this week (9th October).