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Parking data

As part of our commitment to data transparency the council will publish annual reports of the breakdown of income and expenditure on the authority’s parking account and the number of controlled parking spaces. Details can be found below.

The follow tables show Thanet District Council’s expenditure for both on and off street parking facilities.

Note: a minus figure denotes income.

Off-street Parking 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24
£ £ £ £
Total Expenditure 560,249 583,977 609,858 621,815
Income
Pay & Display -862,864 -1,514,784 -1,530,425 -1,605,630
Penalty Charge Notices -110,372 -100,422 -7,947 -54,011
Season/Resident’s Permits -88,028 -128,519 -157,026 -140,750
Other Income -224,413 -327,204 -381,559 -390,521
Total Income -1,285,677 -2,070,929 -2,076,957 -2,190,912
Net Expenditure -725,428 -1,486,952 -1,467,099 -1,569,097
Central Support 216,761 139,732 142,855 235,369
Capital Charges 34,356 43,480 21,338 4,725
Total charge -474,311 -1,303,740 -1,302,906 -1,329,002

 

ON-STREET PARKING 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24
£ £ £ £
Total Expenditure 675,323 658,844 736,743 911,013
Income
Pay & Display -710,039 -1,214,001 -1,188,882 -1,280,380
Penalty Charge Notices -696,827 -590,029 -85,157 -404,113
Season/Resident’s Permits -62,092 -67,691 -67,053 67,153
Dispensations/Waivers/Suspensions -10,109 -15,464 -9,250 -6,475
Other Income -24,423 -17,180 -12,902 18,414
Total Income -1,503,490 -1,904,365 -1,363,243 -1,776,534
Net Expenditure -828,167 -1,245,521 -626,501 -865,521
Central Support 725,927 701,890 452,494 393,612
Capital Charges 6,037 6,038 6,030 6,030
Total charge -96,203 -537,592 -167,976 -465,879

Expenditure of Decriminalisation account surplus/reserve

Year Parking Project(s) Benefit Expenditure
2018/2019 On-street pay & display payment machines

 

 

Off street health and safety compliance works to Mill Lane multi-story car park, Margate

Increased and updated pay machines that are solar powered and include debit card payment for public use.

Improved public and health and safety improvements.

 

£69,000 £187,000
2017/2018 Off-street surface condition works, including line painting to Albion Road car park, Broadstairs.

Off street surface condition works, including line painting and LED lighting to Mill Lane multi story car park, Margate.

Improved public and health and safety improvements.

Improved public and health and safety improvements.

£134,000

£80,000

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The following tables show how many parking permits have been sold for each financial year listed.

Residents permits sold by zone:

Residents Area

Zone Code

Number of permits issued 19/20 Number of permits issued 20/21 Number of permits issued 21/22 Number of permits issued 22/23
Margate West

W

166 164 297 288
Broadstairs Victoria

V

151 149 314 278
Margate Addington

A

207 226 410 334
Birchington

B

124 125 154 137
Ramsgate Maderia

M

59 80 120 116
Broadstairs Prospect

P

106 100 241 154
Margate Old Town

O

17 26 52 49
Ramsgate Harbour

H

48 65 102 117
Visitors’ Vouchers

All Zones

322 455 518 345
Visitors’ Vouchers (books of 20)

All Zones

140 146 200 188
Total Number of Permits Sold

1340

1536

2408 2006

Season discs (car parks) sold by type:

Season Disc Type Disc Code Number of discs issued 19/20 Number of discs issued 20/21 Number of discs issued 21/22 Number of discs issued 22/23
Valid in All Car Parks

A

141 120 261 311
Valid in Long Term Car Parks Only

B

823 672 641 595
Valid in Multi-Storey Car Parks Only

C

328 192 282 356
Total Number of Permits sold

1292 984 1184 1262

Income received from Season Disc’s & Residents Permits:

Year On-Street Off-Street Total
01/04/20 – 31/03/21 £62,092.00 £88,028.00 £150,120.00
01/04/21 – 31/03/22 £67,691.00 £128,519.00 £196,210.00
01/04/22 – 31/03/23 £67,053.00 £157,026.00 £224,079,00
01/04/23 – 31/03/24 £67,153.00 £140,750.00 £207,903.00
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The following tables show the number of Penalty Charge Notices issued for the years listed, broken down by various criteria.

Number of PCN’s issued on or off street and by which level:

PCNs issued

On Street

Off Street

Total

01/04/19 – 31/03/20 22262 7080 29342
01/04/20 – 31/03/21 18170 3720 21890
01/04/21 – 31/03/22 16933 3848 20781
01/04/22 – 31/03/23 10047 2266 12313

Number of PCN’s paid within 14 days at the reduced and after 14 days at the full rate:

Year

On Street

Off Street

Total

Paid within 14 days Paid in full Paid after 14 days Paid in full
01/04/19 – 31/03/20 11573 1083        3598 365 16,619
01/04/20 – 31/03/21 9692 879 1877 182 12,630
01/04/21 – 31/03/22 8994 935 1990 202 12121
01/04/22 – 31/03/23 5558 2792 1216 437 10003

Number of appeals that were received against PCN’s and the % of against issued:

Year

Informal and formal Representations for PCNs issued

Percentage of informal and formal representations received against PCNs issued

01/04/19 – 31/03/20

4,372 14.9%

01/04/20 – 31/03/21

3,193 14.8%
01/04/21 – 31/03/22 2420 11.6%
01/04/22 – 31/03/23 1686 13.6%

Numbers of PCNs that were cancelled or written off:

Year

Cancelled

Written-off

Total

01/04/19 – 31/03/20

3584 1563 5147

01/04/20 – 31/03/21

1793 678 2146
01/04/21 – 31/03/22 1338 206 1544
01/04/22 – 31/03/23 777 113 890

Number of cases that have been sent to our bailiff companies:

Year

Case’s sent to debt collection

01/04/19 – 31/03/20

5395

01/04/20 – 31/03/21

4300
01/04/21 – 31/03/22 4204
01/04/22 – 31/03/23 1740

Income received from PCN’s:

Year

On-Street

Off-Street

Total

01/04/20 – 31/03/21

£696,827.00 £110,372.00 £807,199.00
01/04/21 – 31/03/22 £590,029.00 £100,422.00 £690,451.00
01/04/22 – 31/03/23 £85,157.00 £7,947.00 £93,104.00
01/04/23 – 31/03/24 £404,113.00 £54,011.00 £458,124.00

Number of appeals that have been taken to the Traffic Penalty Tribunal by an appellant:

Year

Dismissed

Allowed

No Contest

Withdrawn

Total

01/04/19 – 31/03/20

20 39 4 0 63

01/04/20 – 31/03/21

6 12 2 0 20
01/04/21 – 31/03/22 6 9 4 0 19
01/04/22 – 31/03/23 3 1 1 0 5

Income received from Pay & Display:

Year

On-Street

Off-Street

Total

01/04/20 – 31/03/21

£710,039.00 £862,864.00 £1,572,903.00
01/04/21 – 31/03/22 £1,214,001.00 £1,514,784.0 £2,728,785.00
01/04/22 – 31/03/23 £1,188,882.00 £1,530,425.00 £2,719,307.00
01/04/23 – 31/03/24 £1,280,380.00 £1,605,630.00 £2,886,010.00

 

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The following tables show the number of abandoned vehicles removed within the Thanet District.

Number of vehicles that were removed as abandoned during the years listed:

Shows the number of vehicles that were removed as abandoned during the year.

Year

Number Removed

01/04/2020 – 31/03/2021 32
01/04/2021 – 31/03/2022 45
01/04/2022 – 31/03/2023 23
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There are 2,046 streets in the District, comprising approximately 400 miles of highway (52 miles of which is yellow lined). 883 on-street pay and display bays serviced by 84 pay and display machines; 8 residents parking schemes with shared limited parking providing 778 spaces; 24 surface car parks serviced by 35 pay and display machines providing 1930 spaces; 2 multi-storey car parks (MSCPs) serviced by 8 pay and display machines providing a total of 800 spaces;

Off-street parking

View details of off-street parking in the district here

On-street parking

Location Number of spaces
Birchington
Crescent Road 7
Station Road 30
Paddock Road 14
Eastfield Road 5
Station Approach Road 10
Broadstairs
High Street 61
Charlotte Street 7
Belvedere Road 9
Victoria Parade 27 (including 3 blue badge bays)
Lloyd Road 13
Lawn Road 38
Vere Road 9
Carlton Avenue 11
Dundonald Road 5
York Street 22
Pierremont Avenue 6
Margate
Hawley Square 64
Marine Parade 9
Albert Terrace 29 (including 1 blue badge space)
Union Crescent 22
High Street Lower 22
Marine Drive 7 (including 1 blue badge space)
New Cross Street 6
New Street 7
Broad Street 11
Fort Road 15
The Parade 6
Northdown Road 83
Cecil Square 31 (including 2 blue badge spaces)
Mill Lane 14
High Street Higher 25
Ramsgate
Cavendish Street 15
Brunswick Street 12 (including 2 blue badge bays)
Broad Street 10
Hardres Street 12
Harbour Parade 31
Albion Place 27
King Street 13
Wellington Crescent 44
Paragon 9
Nelson Crescent 29
Cliff Street 6
Sion Hill 13
Rose Hill 11
Prospect Terrace 10
Queen Street 16 (Including 2 blue badge bays)
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