Norfolk County Council is putting up on-street parking fares in Norwich from Monday (April 20) and in King's Lynn and Great Yarmouth from next Friday (April 24).

In Norwich, the rise will affect drivers parking in on-street bays in 35 Norwich streets.

The Norfolk Parking Partnership - made up of councillors from authorities across the county - agreed in 2022 that the prices in the city would automatically increase each April.

The amount tickets are going up by year varies, depending on which of two bands a street's parking bays are in.

A driver gets a fine for flouting parking restrictions (Image: Newsquest)

Those in Band A will go up to £2.40 for up to 30 minutes, from the current £2.30 for up to 30 minutes.

The charge for each additional 15 minutes will also increase, from the current 90p to 95p.

Streets with Band A bays are Bank Street, Ber Street, Bethel Street, Chapelfield East, Crown Road, Greyfriars Road, Magdalen Street, Prince of Wales Road, Princes Street, Rouen Road and St Giles Street.

In Band B, charges will be raised from £1.70 for up to 30 minutes to £1.80 for that period of stay.

The cost of each additional 15 minute stay will increase from 60p to 65p.

The Band B bays are in Bedding Lane, Ber Street, Bishopgate, Blackfriars Street, Calvert Street, Cathedral Street, Colegate, Cow Hill, Elm Hill, Fishergate, Garden Street, King Street, Mountergate, Muspole Street, Oak Street, Recorder Road, Rouen Road, St Benedicts Street, St Faiths Lane, St Margaret’s Street, St Martin's at Palace Plain, St Marys Plain, Surrey Street and Upper St Giles.

In Great Yarmouth, the pay and display bays which will see a price hike are in Marine Parade, South Beach Parade and North Drive.

The cost of pay and display tickets in Marine Parade in Great Yarmouth is going up (Image: Newsquest)

In Marine Parade the price for up to four hours will go up from £5.70 to £6.40, while stays in excess of fours hours (up to a maximum of 10 hours) increases from £9.10 to £10.20.

Parking for up to four hours in South Beach Parade will go up by 20p, from £6.20 to £6.40, while stays longer then four hours (up to the maximum 10) will set drivers back £10.20, rather than the current £9.90.

Charges in North Drive increase to £6.40 from £6.20 for up to four hours, while stays beyond four hours (up to the 10-hour maximum) increase from £9.90 to £10.20.

Pay and display charges are also going up in King's Lynn's South Quay area.

South Quay in King's Lynn (Image: Matthew Usher)

Up to an hour remains free and the £3 overnight charge after 7pm remain is unchanged, but drivers parking for other durations face increase.

Between an hour and two hours will cost £3.95, up from £3.80, while two hours to two-and-a-half hours rises from £4.40 to £4.60.

Up to three hours is increased from £5 to £5.20, up to three-and-a-half hour goes up from £5.60 to £5.80 and drivers will pay £6.40, rather than £6.20, for up to four hours.

Parking permits in Great Yarmouth and King's Lynn are also going up.

The cost for annual resident permits - and for resident visitor permits - is going up from £60.70 a year to £62.60.

Businesses will also have to pay more for their annual parking permits. They will go up from £183.20 to £188.70.

The cost of annual business visitor permits will also increase from £60.70 to £62.60.

Council officers say the money generated by charges goes into the running costs of the civil parking enforcement scheme and pays for new parking schemes and initiatives.

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