Parking accounts

A section 55 Parking Account must be produced each year end and must include:

• income from on-street parking charges and on-street parking fines and off street fines
• expenditure on the provision and maintenance of designated parking places and enforcement.

These finances are governed by section 55 (as amended) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984.

For details of on-street parking please view Lancashire county council parking.

Additional Information

The number of street pay and display parking spaces provided by the council is detailed below:

Pay and display bays: 479

Restricted bays: 1,010

Total number controlled off street parking spaces: 1,489

The Local Government Transparency Code requires that all local councils must publish their parking account information showing revenue collected from on-street parking, off-street parking and penalty charge notices and associated expenditure. 

For details of on-street parking please view Lancashire county council parking.

Section 55 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act (1984) allows for a number of areas which car parking income can fund. This includes, but is not limited to, public passenger transport services, highways, road and environmental improvements including works to open spaces and the provision of outdoor recreational facilities.

The following expenditure was incurred in 2023/24.