News Analysis - Council parking charges: Nottingham Council's private parking charges pile pressure on businesses

Cars in car park

The profession has reacted with horror to newspaper reports that car parking charges could be levied by councils on private spaces.

Nottingham City Council has already introduced a legal obligation for employers to obtain parking licences by October 2011: as of April 2012, if an employer in the city has 11 or more spaces then it will have to pay £250 a year for each space.

The council estimates that the scheme will raise £14m a year and affect only 15% of businesses because business car parks with fewer than ten spaces incur no charges.

The Department for Transport confirmed to PB that it is responsible for giving approval

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