Charges for parking permits and on-street parking will change on Tuesday 16 July to make parking fairer, simpler, and more consistent for residents and visitors.
The council’s new parking charges offer a balanced approach for parking, taking into consideration all vehicle types, while still recognising the environmental impacts of vehicles, and retains the emission-based parking charges for on-street parking. With the changing vehicle fleet since 2019, the uptake of electric vehicles has increased and as such the council has reviewed the discount offer for this vehicle type.
The discount offer now more fairly reflects 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. The maximum stay has increased to two hours, with reduced fees for the second hour, encouraging residents to enjoy more time at their local shops. The no return period at all on-street parking spaces will be standardised to two hours.
Other changes include reducing parking charges in West Croydon Station car park and reducing the charges for longer stays in areas where there are 12-hour maximum on-street bays.
The updated parking charges are intended to encourage lower emission vehicles and to help address air quality and public health objectives. They are also intended to improve access to amenities to serve local shoppers and the economies of the district and local centres.
“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.”
Jason Perry, Executive Mayor of Croydon
