Annual parking and enforcement report 2024 - 2025

Financial information

Parking income and Penalty Charge Notice (PCN) payments add to the operating costs of the service. Any additional income is used for other important highway services.

These tables show the:

  • income and payments received
  • the costs of the service
  • where excess funds are allocated

Income (£’000)

Desciption 2024/25 2023/24 2022/23 2021/22
Paid on-street 3,402 3,400 3,102 3,064
Paid off-street 4,270 4,491 3,985 3.548
Multi-storey 14 8 11 18
Resident Permits 266 236 203 153
Season tickets 375 380 346 287
Parking suspensions 95 136 217 122
Other - 1,397 521 149
Southend Pass* 1,099 - - -
PCN 2,502 1,662 1,901 2,076
Total income 12,023 11,710 10,286 9,417

* Southend Pass income previously reported under 'other' category.

Expenditure (£’000)

Desciption 2024/25 2023/24 2022/23 2021/22
Staff costs 454 432 394 423
Premises related costs 1,207 1,690 1,579 1,447
Transport related costs 0 0 0 1
Central and Departmental support 438 462 128 128
Other agencies 410 428 484 362
Other** 800 - - -
Parking enforcement contracted services 1,892 1,541 1,322 1,295
Total Expenditure 5,199 4,553 3,907 3,656
Highway Investment Surplus 6,824 7,157 6,379 5,463

** Transaction fees/Bank changes previously reported under 'premises related costs' category.

Application of surplus on parking account (£'000)

Desciption 2024/25 2023/24 2022/23 2021/22
Highways Investment Surplus 6,824 7,157 6,379 5,463
Highways Maintenance 1,870 1,634 2,047 1,753
Traffic Signals 307 334 268 282
Concessionary Fares 2,963 2,680 2,411 3,102
Traffic Signs and carriageway markings - 144 219 172
Resurfacing programme 876 1,323 1,434 154
Footway Improvements 808 1,042 - -
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