Decision details

A review of the Preston bus station car park pay and display charges and permit charges, Preston on-street pay and display charges and Lancaster on-street pay and display charges has taken place and the following recommendations are made.

This is deemed to be a Key Decision and the provisions of Standing Order No. 25 have been complied with.

The Cabinet Member for Highways and Transport approved:

(i)  that negotiations to introduce a pay by phone option for both on-street parking and the Preston bus station car park are progressed and that district councils be encouraged to join this scheme to implement a single county wide system,

(ii)  that the recommended changes to the bus station car park permits and permit charges set out in this report are approved and that the relevant consultation and legal process is followed,

(iii)that the bus station pay and display charges and bandings are amended in line with this report following the required legal process,

(iv)that the proposals for blue badge parking on the bus station set out in this report are approved and that the relevant consultation and legal process is followed,

(v)  that the on-street pay and display parking charges in Lancaster are increased as set out in this report and the relevant legal process is followed in order to introduce these changes, and

(vi) that the management of the on-street pay and display machines in Lancaster   is brought back in-house.