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Private parking code of practice: call for evidence (28 July 2023)
Open consultation
Private parking code of practice: call for evidence
- From:
- Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
- Published
- 28 July 2023
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Applies to England, Scotland and Wales
Summary
The government is seeking to gather evidence to inform our review of parking charges and debt recovery fees in the private parking industry.
This consultation closes at
11:59pm on 24 September 2023
Consultation description
The government is running a call for evidence as part of plans to better regulate the private parking sector, including considering options for private parking charges (issued for a perceived breach of a car park’s rules) and debt recovery fees.
The measures considered are part of developing a code of practice, as required by the Parking (Code of Practice) Act 2019, which will ensure greater regulation of the private parking industry.
The call for evidence is examining the effects that could be expected from the code of practice and 5 options relating to parking charges and debt recovery fees to help the decision-making process.
A draft impact assessment on each of the options has been published alongside the call for evidence.
This call for evidence provides an opportunity for anyone interested in this area to assist the government’s decision making on parking charges and debt recovery fees by improving the available evidence. It aims to improve the available evidence and inform government decision-making by:
1. Testing assumptions underpinning the current draft impact assessment.
2. Strengthening the evidence base underpinning the government’s understanding of the implications of the proposed measures.
3. Gathering information to better understand the industry’s current use of parking charges and debt recovery fees so that we can better understand the impacts on different operators.
Once introduced, the private parking code of practice will allow drivers to more easily challenge an unfair parking charge through a new independent appeals service, and all private parking operators will also have to follow the code.
Responses are invited and welcomed from all who wish to respond. Respondents are strongly encouraged to familiarise themselves with the draft impact assessment before responding.
The call for evidence is running for 8 weeks, closing on 24 September 2023, with a further consultation then planned on the options for parking charges and debt recovery fees.
Documents
Private parking charges and debt recovery fees: Call for evidence
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Draft impact assessment
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Published 28 July 2023