In April, new pricing for car parking was introduced after being approved at Budget Full Council.
Changes to those new car parking charges have since been agreed at a council meeting in June.
- Changes to parking charges
- New car parking area charges
- Introduction of new parking charges
- Parking permit charge refunds
Changes to parking charges
At a Council Executive Meeting on Tuesday 3 June the Executive agreed to a range of changes to car parking charges.
This was in response to feedback from residents and businesses most affected by the changes.
These changes include:
- approving an increase in the discount for the Minster Badge permit to 30% of the standard parking charge, from the current 24%, to reduce the impact of increased parking charges on residents
- maintaining existing charges at all city centre car parks
- introducing an 'outer car parks' (for car parks located outside the inner ring road) lower parking rate, including at Bishopthorpe Road car park, which it’s proposed is moved in line with charges approved for community car parks at East Parade car park and Rowntree Park car park in the council’s 2025 to 2026 Budget
- this would mean Bishopthorpe Road car park will become £3.00 per hour (£2.10 per hour for Minster Badge holders), with a maximum stay of 3 hours
- it will also mean no higher rates for Friday, Saturday or event parking, and no evening charge in these car parks
- approving the adjustment of charges in the Micklegate and Priory Street on-street parking areas to the outer car parks parking rates, rather than its existing higher city centre rate
- this will be reviewed in the future; city centre evening parking rates for this area will still apply
- approving that East Parade car park should remain matched to the outer car parks parking rates, to ensure consistency across out of city centre parking and reflect the different nature of local shopping areas outside of the immediate city centre
- removing the proposed charges for dedicated motorcycle bays, to recognise that the motorcycle bays are generally in locations where a car space is not possible
- increase the discount for Low Emission vehicle permits to 20%, from the current 16% discount, to set a discount that better reflects the contribution of all types of vehicles to congestion and takes in account the land-use impact of vehicle parking
- approve that resident contract parking permits are no longer linked to season tickets, and will be set at 2024 to 2025 prices, plus an approximate 5% increase, with a 20% discount for low emission vehicles to recognise the unique circumstances of the small number of residents who live within the city walls without access to resident parking schemes
- to undertake a review and develop a policy position around travel to places of worship
- to accept the challenge to review parking charges under the Traffic Management Act 2004, this will include consultation with businesses and residents and community groups
New car parking area charges
We’ve assigned 2 new car parking areas:
- Central car parks - for car parks located inside the inner ring road
- Outer car parks - for car parks located outside the inner ring road
Different car-parking charges will be applied depending which of these areas a car park is located in, with lower rates at the outer car parks.
The different rates are applicable for standard charges, for Minster Badge holders, at evenings and at weekends.
The car parks within these areas are as follows.
Central car parks:
- Bootham Row car park
- Castle car park
- Coppergate car park
- Esplanade car park
- Foss Bank car park
- Marygate car park
- Monk Bar car park
- Nunnery Lane car park
- St George's Field car park
- Union Terrace car park
Outer car parks:
Introduction of new parking charges
The new car parking charges must be advertised for a statutory 21-day notice period before they can be introduced, in accordance with legislation.
This means that the charges will come into effect late in June to early July. When the changes come into effect the new prices will be added to relevant car parking webpages, including:
Over the summer we'll conduct a review of pricing at Bishopthorpe Road car park, following a challenge under the Traffic Management Act 2004. This will include engagement with communities. We'll promote how you can get involved in the car-parking charges review on our website at the appropriate time.
We'll also continue to monitor the impact of the charges across the city every 3 months. This will include monitoring parking data and economic analysis of city centre, urban and residential areas, to understand the impact of these changes.
You can view York Urban Shopping District Spend Data 2022 to 2025 on York Open Data.
Parking permit charge refunds
Following Executive approval of a change to the amount paid for the low vehicle emission discount, holders of discounted resident contract parking permits, season tickets and Residents Priority Parking Scheme permits will be refunded the difference.
We intend to automatically apply these refunds, so permit holders don’t need to get in touch with us.
We'll share details of how refunds will be issued on our website at the appropriate time.