Croydon Council has announced that it has changed the charges for parking permits and on-street parking to make parking fairer, simpler, and more consistent for residents and visitors.
The council’s new parking charges will seek to offer a balanced approach for parking, taking into consideration all vehicle types, while still recognising the environmental impacts of vehicles, and retaining the emission-based parking charges for on-street parking.
Croydon intend for the updated parking charges to encourage a higher uptake of lower emission vehicles and to help address air quality and public health objectives.
Since 2019, the uptake of electric vehicles has increased and as such the council has reviewed the discount offer for this vehicle type.
Croydon council claims that the new discount offer will now more fairly reflect the vehicles parking on the borough’s streets, while not penalising less efficient vehicles that are often used by those that are less likely to be able to upgrade their vehicle.
The new policy will see shoppers benefit from one hour’s free parking at district and local centres.
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The maximum stay has increased to two hours, with reduced fees for the second hour, will the council hopes will encourage residents to enjoy more time at their local shops.
The no return period at all on-street parking spaces will also be standardised to two hours.
Executive mayor for Croydon, Jason Perry, said: “We have updated our parking charges policy to make it fairer, simpler and more consistent across Croydon, while helping our high streets to thrive.
“Residents will benefit from one-hour free parking at all district centres, which we hope will encourage more visits to our local shops.
“Changes to our emissions-based parking charges aim to bring Croydon more in line with the rest of London. The disproportionate 90% discount we were providing to some motorists, was not fair or sustainable.
“We are still offering an incentive for choosing less polluting vehicles whilst making it a more equitable system for all.”
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