Annual parking services performance report 2024/25
Report produced in accordance with statutory guidance.
Financial information
Section 87 of the Traffic Management Act 2004 provides for guidance to be supplied by the Secretary of State in relation to civil parking enforcement and as set down in Sections 113 through to 117 of the “Secretary of State’s guidance to Local Authorities on the Civil Enforcement of Parking Contraventions”.
Section 55 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, (as amended), and as modified by regulation 25 of the Civil Enforcement of Parking Contraventions (England) General Regulations 2007 sets out the financial provisions relating to designation orders, and specifies how any surplus must be spent, e.g., in the provision or maintenance of off-street parking, highway improvements, etc. Further details on Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984.
The following table is an extract of the council’s Parking Account for 2024/2025, (on-street only)
Total on-street parking account (2024/2025) Total parking account (£000s) Parking fees £3,213 Permit fees £858 Penalty charge income £5,445 Total income £9,516 Total expenditure £3,918 Net surplus for on-street parking (2024/2025) Net surplus for the year (£000s) Balance brought forward £0 Application of fund surplus in 2024/25 £5,598 Balance carried forward £0 Application of on-street parking surplus to capital schemes (as of 31 March) Application of fund surplus towards the following schemes capital expenditure at 31 March 2025 (£000s) Traffic management schemes £160
Maintenance of car parks £50 Improvement schemes £1,983 Proportion of concessionary fares £3,405 Total application of parking surplus (2024/2025) Total application of surplus £5,598 Statistical information
Penalty charges bands for on-street parking (2024/2025) Penalty charge bands Higher/more serious Lower/less serious Band A (penalty charges issued within the Bromley Town Centre Controlled Parking Zone) £130.00 reduced to £65.00 if paid within reduced payment period £80.00 reduced to £40.00 if paid within reduced payment period Band B (penalty charges issued outside of the Bromley Town Centre Controlled Parking Zone) £110.00 reduced to £55.00 if paid within reduced payment period £60.00 reduced to £30.00 if paid within reduced payment period Moving traffic contraventions £130.00 reduced to £65.00 if paid within reduced payment period N/A Off street / Car park penalty charges £110.00 reduced to £55.00 if paid within reduced payment period £60.00 reduced to £30.00 if paid within reduced payment period Total parking charges (2024/2025) On and off street Total for 2024/25 period (Financial) Higher-level parking penalty charge notices issued 43,456 Lower-level parking penalty charge notices issued 38,451 Moving traffic penalty charge notices issued 19,369 Bus lane penalty charge notices 6,177 All types of penalty charge notices issued 107,453 All types of penalty charge notices paid, (of those issued in the same period) 82,076 All types of penalty charge notices paid at a discount rate 68,125 All types of penalty charge notices against which an informal challenge, (pre-Notice to Owner representation), received in the same period 18,604 All types of penalty charge notices against which a formal representation, (post Notice to Owner representation), received in the same period 7,701 Each year London Councils publishes performance statistics for all London Boroughs - Parking enforcement and appeals statistics | London Councils.
Performance
A: Parking contraventions - Top 10 highest contraventions
Top 10 highest parking contraventions (2023/2024) Rank Parking Contravention description Number of penalty charges issued 1 11: Parked without payment of charge (on-street) 19,461 2 73: Parked without payment of charge (off-street) 12,841 3 01: Parked in a restricted street (yellow line) 12,439 4 16: In a permit space without a valid permit 7,886 5 12: Parked in Resident or Shared Use parking bay 4,843 6 62: Parked with wheel/s not on the carriageway (footway parking) 4,006 7 02: Parked on a loading ban, (yellow stripe/s on pavement edge) 3,762 8 25: Parked in a loading bay no loading observed 3,745 9 05: Parked after expiry of time (on-street) 2,188 10 24: Not within markings of bay or space 1,804 B: Notice processing - Cases resolved and written off
Cases resolved and written off in parking notice processing (2024/2025) Resolved A PCN is resolved when we accept a challenge or representation made on statutory grounds or mitigating circumstances. For example, a vehicle parked in a loading bay and a delivery note provided proving loading/unloading was taking place or if we are unable to pursue recovery action and have to write off a case, such as when there has been an error in processing or the DVLA hold no information about the registered keeper / owner. 26,305 A total of 26,305 of the PCNs issued between 01/04/2024 and 31/03/2025 were resolved for reasons other than payment as of 31.01.2026.
The team will continue to operate in line with the principles established in the 2012 Parking strategy.