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Council plans 7% price hike for city car parks

Miles Davis
BBC Devon political reporter
BBC A sign saying 'pay here' next to the Exeter City Council sign on a glass and metal structure housing a parking ticket machineBBC
Exeter City Council will consider plans to increase car parking charges across the city

Car park charges could go up by about 7% in Exeter with the price of a two-hour ticket in the city centre hitting nearly £5.

Exeter City Council is considering putting up the cost of parking across the city with a two-hour stay in a central car park going from £4.50 to £4.90.

If the price increases are approved by the council's executive car parks are expected to raise about £11.5m for the authority every year.

A council report says the number of car park users is expected to decrease over time and the council relies on car park income to fund many of its services.

Plant machinery knocking down the old buildings on the former bus station site. Workmen in hi-vis looking at machinery.
Exeter's old bus station site was demolished in 2024 and the city council will now build a temporary car park on the site

A charge for using the RingGo parking app - which has previously been covered by the council - could be passed on to the customer under the proposed changes.

The report says the council's car park team will "put a greater focus on parking enforcement" as there is a "potential that customers of city centre car parks opt not to pay for parking".

The city council previously announced plans to build a new temporary car park in the city centre on the site of the old bus station and has said money raised from that car park will be spent on the authority's Net Zero work.

A decision is due to be made on the proposals at a meeting of the council's executive on Tuesday.

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