Town Centre Car Parking Income
Case reference FOI2026/02319
Received 26 September 2026
Published 21 October 2026
Request
I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 regarding council-operated town centre car parks. For the purposes of this request, please use the Council's own definition or designation of a "town centre" rather than undertaking any new analysis to determine whether a car park falls within a town centre. For each of the financial years 2024/25 and 2025/26, please provide:
1. The total income from parking charges received from council-owned or council-operated off-street car parks located within town centres.
2. The direct operating expenditure associated with those car parks.
3. The resulting net income/surplus or deficit, if this is already calculated by the Council.
4. The number of car parks and total number of parking spaces covered by the figures above, where this information is readily available.
5. The names of the car parks included within the figures, so that we can understand how the Council has interpreted "town centre".
Please exclude income from Penalty Charge Notices or other parking enforcement activity. If season tickets, permits or other non-casual parking income are included within the income figure, please either identify the amount separately or indicate that they are included.
Where information is not held in precisely this format, I would be grateful if you could provide the closest information already held by the Council rather than undertaking new calculations. If possible, please provide the information electronically, preferably in spreadsheet or table format.
Response
I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 regarding council-operated town centre car parks.
For the purposes of this request, please use the Council's own definition or designation of a "town centre" rather than undertaking any new analysis to determine whether a car park falls within a town centre.
For each of the financial years
2024/25 and
2025/26,
please provide:
1. The total income from parking charges received from council-owned or council-operated off-street car parks located within town centres.
Answer:
Question 1 - Income from parking charges
Answer:
|
2024/25 |
|
|
Town |
Income |
|
Ross |
£445,194.07 |
|
Ledbury |
£369,083.21 |
|
Leominster |
£352,048.57 |
|
Kington |
£14,693.94 |
|
Total |
£1,181,019.79 |
|
2025/26 |
|
|
Town |
Income |
|
Ross |
£464,469.12 |
|
Ledbury |
£362,310.58 |
|
Leominster |
£376,587.12 |
|
Kington |
£11,566.58 |
|
Total |
£1,214,933.40 |
2. The direct operating expenditure associated with those car parks.
Answer: The service area has advised that the car parking service cost
2024/25 £1,109,899
2025/26 £1,142,018
3. The resulting net income/surplus or deficit, if this is already calculated by the Council.
Answer: The service area has advised that they do not hold a specific breakdown of net surplus/deficit for the town centre car parks included within this response.
Therefore, this information is not held.
4. The number of car parks and total number of parking spaces covered by the figures above, where this information is readily available.
Answer:
|
Town |
Car Park |
Spaces |
|
Ross |
Corn Exchange |
55 |
|
Crossfields |
19 |
|
|
Edde Cross Street |
49 |
|
|
Homs Road |
39 |
|
|
Kings Acre Upper |
78 |
|
|
Kings Acre Lower |
45 |
|
|
Kyrle Street |
29 |
|
|
Red Meadow |
126 |
|
|
The Maltings |
107 |
|
|
Wilton Road |
279 |
|
|
Leominster |
Broad Street |
269 |
|
Central Area |
79 |
|
|
Dishley Street |
64 |
|
|
Etnam Street |
163 |
|
|
Ledbury |
Bridge Street |
52 |
|
Bye Street |
72 |
|
|
Lawnside |
58 |
|
|
St. Katherine's |
130 |
|
|
Kington |
Mill Street |
41 |
Total number of car parks included: 19
Total number of parking spaces included: 1,754
5. The names of the car parks included within the figures, so that we can understand how the Council has interpreted "town centre".
Answer: Please see above.
Please exclude income from Penalty Charge Notices or other parking enforcement activity.
If season tickets, permits or other non-casual parking income are included within the income figure, please either identify the amount separately or indicate that they are included.
Where information is not held in precisely this format, I would be grateful if you could provide the closest information already held by the Council rather than undertaking new calculations.
If possible, please provide the information electronically, preferably in spreadsheet or table format.
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