Parking Accounts

The Local Government Transparency Code 2015 applies to Hythe Town Council because it is classified as a larger local council. Larger local councils must publish on their websites:

Breakdown of income and expenditure on the council’s parking account, (income must include details of revenue from on-street parking, off-street parking and penalty charge notices)
Breakdown of how the council has spent a surplus on its parking account
Number of marked out controlled on and off-street parking spaces or an estimate of the number of spaces were not marked out
Hythe Town Council owns and manages a small chargeable car park at Portland Road, Hythe. The income goes into the council’s general fund and is not ring-fenced. The funds are used for projects including grass cutting, provision of toilets for car boot sales, maintaining the boundaries and general maintenance of Hythe Green. There were 53 total off-street chargeable managed spaces for financial years 2016/2017 to 2018/2019.

Income Off-Street Parking £6628.62

Expenditure Off-Street Parking £1588.86

Surplus £5039.76

Income Off-Street Parking £7672.09

Expenditure Off-Street Parking £1906.66

Surplus £5765.43