CAR park charges in the New Forest are set to increase for the first time in years.
The New Forest District Council will bring in the new fees from April next year.
Town and village car park charges will remain at £1 for the first hour. Other tariffs will rise by £1.
A spokesperson said: "Coastal car parks run by NFDC will also have new tariffs.
"Short stay annual clocks will increase from £30 a year to £40 a year."
Cllr Geoffrey Blunden, Portfolio Holder for Environment and Sustainability said: “These charges are reviewed each year and have not in many cases increased for five years.
"Keeping the £1 charge for the first hour in our town and village car parks means that people making short visits to local shops and businesses won’t pay any increase.
"And our parking clocks remain excellent value for money, with a resident using a short stay parking clock once a week to visit their local town or village paying less than £1 a time.
“We have carefully considered these charges and believe we are setting them at a fair and comparable rate.”
The charges were agreed at the meeting of the council on Monday.
Price changes will take effect from January 2024.
Full proposals from New Forest District Council
Parking Clocks:
Short stay annual clocks £30.00 to £40.00
Long stay annual clocks £140.00 to £220.00
Long stay quarterly clocks £40.00 to £65.00
Town and village centre car parks (all year)
1 hour Current: £1 Proposed 2024: £1.00 (no increase)
2 hours Current: £2 Proposed 2024: £3.00
3 hours Current: £2.50 Proposed 2024: £3.50
4 hours Current: £3.00 Proposed 2024: £4.00
5 hours Current: £4.00 Proposed 2024: £5.00
20 hours Current: £5.00 Proposed 2024: £8.00
Coastal car parks
For coastal (amenity) car parks, the winter tariff has been in place since 2018, and the summer tariff since 2021.
In comparison with other coastal car park areas on the south coast, short and long-term parking charges are low, and it is suggested that a £1 increase across all tariffs is applied throughout the year, except the 1-hour tariff which will remain at £1, and the up to 20 hours tariff which will increase by £3.
Winter (Oct-Mar) - higher amenity car park tariffs
1 hour Current: £1.00 Proposed 2024: £1.00 (no increase)
2 hours Current: £2.00 Proposed 2024: £3.00
4 hours Current: £4.00 Proposed 2024: £5.00
6 hours Current: £6.00 Proposed 2024: £7.00
20 hours Current: £8.00 Proposed 2024: £11.00
Winter (Oct-Mar) – lower amenity car park tariffs
1 hour Current: £1 Proposed 2024: £1.00 (no increase)
2 hours Current: £2.00 Proposed 2024: £3.00
4 hour Current: £3.00 Proposed 2024: £4.00
6 hours Current: £4.50 Proposed 2024: £5.50
20 hours Current: £6.00 Proposed 2024: £9.00
Summer (Apr-Sep) – higher amenity car park tariff
1 hour Current: n/a Proposed 2024: £1.00
2 hours Current: £3.00 Proposed 2024: £4.00
4 hours Current: £5.00 Proposed 2024: £6.00
6 hours Current: £7.00 Proposed 2024: £8.00
20 hours Current: £9.00 Proposed 2024: £12.00
Summer (Apr-Sep) – Lower amenity car park tariff
1 hour Current: n/a Proposed 2024: £1.00
2 hours Current: £3.00 Proposed 2024: £4.00
4 hours Current: £4.00 Proposed 2024: £5.00
6 hours Current: £5.50 Proposed 2024: £6.50
20 hours Current: £7.00 Proposed 2024: £10.00
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