Parking public notice – 2023/4

NOTICE OF VARIATION OF CHARGES OF OFF STREET AND ON STREET PARKING PLACES 2023

Reading Borough Council gives notices of variation of some of the charges at the Council’s car parks and On Street Parking Places as authorised by Section 35C and 46a of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984.  The revised charges are due to come into force on 1 January 2024 as per below. All other charges and tariffs remain unchanged.

Civic B car park

Time Band	Current Weekdays	Proposed Weekday	Change
Up to 1 hour	£1.80	£2.10	+0.30
Up to 2 hours	£3.00	£4.10	+1.10
Up to 3 hours	£4.00	£6.10	+2.10
Up to 4 hours	£5.50	£8.10	+2.60
Up to 5 hours	£7.00	£10.10	+3.10
Up to 6 hours	£9.00	£12.20	+3.20
6 hours up to 24 hours	£13.00	£16.00	+3.00

Broad Street Mall car park

Time Band	Current Weekdays	Proposed Weekday	Change
Up to 1 hour	£1.60	£2.10	+£0.50
Up to 2 hours	£4.10	£4.10	–
Up to 3 hours	£6.10	£6.10	–
Up to 4 hours	£8.10	£8.10	–
Up to 5 hours	£10.10	£10.10	–
Up to 6 hours	£12.20	£12.20	–
From 6 hours up to 24 hours	£14.20	£16.00	+£1.80

Chester Street car park

Time Band	Current Weekdays	Proposed Weekday	Change
Up to 30 mins	£0.00	Removed	–
Up to 1 hour	£0.60	£1.00	+£0.40
Up to 2 hours	£1.20	£2.10	+£0.90
Up to 3 hours	£1.80	£3.00	+£1.20
Up to 4 hours	£2.50	£4.00	+£1.50
From 4 hours up to 24 hours	–	£10.00	+£10.00

Dunstall Close car park

Time Band	Current Weekdays	Proposed Weekday	Change
Up to 30 mins	£0.00	Removed	–
Up to 1 hour	£0.60	£1.00	+£0.40
Up to 2 hours	£1.20	£1.50	+£0.30
Up to 3 hours	£1.80	£2.00	+£0.20
Up to 4 hours	£2.50	£2.70	+£0.20
From 4 hours up to 12 hours	£4.50	£5.00	+£0.50
From 12 hours up to 24 hours	£7.00	£10.00	+£3.00

Cattle Market car park

Days	Time Band	Current Charge	Proposed Charges	Change
Sunday – Friday	Up to 2 hours	£2.10	£3.30	+£1.20
Sunday – Friday	Up to 4 hours	£3.10	£4.30	+£1.20
Sunday – Friday	Up to 24 hours	£9.00	£11.00	+£2.00

Hills Meadow car park

Days and times	Charge Period	Current Charge	Proposed Charges	Change
Monday – Friday (6am-6pm)	Up to 2 hours	£3.10	£3.50	+£0.40
Monday – Friday (6am-6pm)	From 2 hours up to 5 hours	£6.00	£6.50	+£0.50
Monday – Friday (6am-6pm)	From 5 hours up to 24 hours	£10.00	£11.00	+£1.00

Kings Meadow car park

Days and times	Charge Period	Current Charge	Proposed Charges	Change
Monday – Friday (6am-6pm)	Up to 2 hours	£3.20	£3.50	+£0.30
Monday – Friday (6am-6pm)	Up to 5 hours	£6.00	£6.50	+£0.50
Monday – Friday (6am-6pm)	Up to 24 hours	£11.00	£11.00	N/A

Recreation Road car park

Days and times	Charge Period	Current Charge	Proposed Charges	Change
Monday-Saturday 06.00-18.00	Up to 30 mins	£0.00	Removed	–
Monday-Saturday 06.00-18.00	Up to 1 hour	£0.60	£1.00	+£0.40
Monday-Saturday 06.00-18.00	Up to 2 hours	£1.20	£1.50	+£0.30
Monday-Saturday 06.00-18.00	Up to 3 hours	£1.80	£2.00	+£0.20
Monday-Saturday 06.00-18.00	Up to 4 hours	£2.50	£2.70	+£0.20
Monday-Saturday 06.00-18.00	Up to 12 hours	£4.50	£5.00	+£0.50
Monday-Saturday 06.00-18.00	Up to 24 hours	£7.00	£10.00	+£3.00

Thames Promenade car park

Charge Period	Current Charge	Proposed Charges	Change
Up to 1 hour	Free	£1.00	+£1.00
Up to 2 hours	Free	£1.50	+£1.50
Up to 3 hours	£1.80	£2.00	+£0.20
Up to 4 hours	£2.50	£2.70	+£0.20
Up to 5 hours	£3.00	£3.50	+£0.50
Saturday 8am to Monday 8am	Free	Free	–

Car park season tickets

Car Park Season Tickets	Current Monthly Charge	Proposed Monthly Charge	Current Quarterly Charge	Proposed Quarterly Charge	Current Annual Charge	Proposed Annual Charge
Queens Road	£177.00		£510.00		£1700.00	£1760.00
Civic B	£135.00	£150.00	£390.00	£430.00	£1300.00	£1430.00
Broad Street Mall	£167.00	£177.00	£480.00	£510.00	£1600.00	£1760.00
Cattle Market	£130.00	£150.00	£358.00	£394.00	£1300.00	£1430.00
Chester Street					£525.00	£578.00
Recreation Road	£46.00	£51.00	£135.00	£150.00	£525.00	£578.00
Dunstall Close					£525.00	£578.00

Current on street parking charges

Time	Tariff 1	Tariff 2	Tariff 3	Tariff 4	Tariff 5	Tariff 6	Tariff 7
20 mins	£0.90	£0.80		£0.60
30 mins					£0.80
40 mins	£1.80	£1.30		£1.10
1 hour	£2.70	£1.60	£1.60	£1.50	£1.50	£1.00	£0.60
1 hour 20 min	£4.50	£2.30		£2.10
1 hour 30 mins			£2.50		£2.30
1 hour 40 mins	£5.00	£2.80		£2.60
2 hours	£6.00	£3.30	£3.20	£3.10	£3.00	£2.00	£1.00
2 hours 20 mins		£3.80
2 hours 30 mins					£3.80
2 hours 40 mins		£4.10
3 hours		£4.40			£4.50	£3.00	£1.50
3 hours 30 mins					£5.30
4 hours					£6.00	£4.00	£2.00
6 hours					£9.00
7 hours							£3.00
Max					£10.00	£5.00

Proposed on-street parking charges

Time	Tariff 1	Tariff 2	Tariff 3	Tariff 4	Tariff 5	Tariff 6	Tariff 7
20 mins	£1.00	£1.00		£0.70
30 mins			£0.50
40 mins	£2.00	£1.50		£1.40
1 hour	£3.00	£2.00	£2.00	£1.50	£1.50	£1.00	£1.00
1 hour 20 min	£4.00	£2.50		£2.20
1 hour 30 mins			£2.50		£2.50
1 hour 40 mins	£5.00	£3.00		£3.00
2 hours	£6.00	£3.50	£3.50	£3.50	£3.50	£2.50	£1.50
2 hours 20 mins		£4.00
2 hours 30 mins					£4.00
2 hours 40 mins		£4.50
3 hours		£5.00			£5.00	£3.50	£2.00
3 hours 30 mins
4 hours					£6.00	£4.50	£2.50
6 hours					£9.00
7 hours							£3.00
Max					£12.00	£6.00

Dated: 7 November 2023

Assistant Director of Legal and Democratic Services Reading Borough Council Civic Offices, Bridge Street Reading RG1 2LU