General Information
Tariffs from 9
April 2009
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Short Stay |
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Long Stay |
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Cash |
Smartcard |
Cash |
Smartcard |
| Up to 1 hour |
£1.00
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50p |
£1.00 |
50p |
| Up to 2 hours |
£1.80 |
90p |
£1.60 |
80p |
| Up to 3 hours |
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£2.20 |
£1.10 |
| Up to 6 hours |
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£3.50 |
£1.75 |
| Up to 24 hours |
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£4.90 |
£2.45 |
| HGV's |
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£5.00 |
£2.50 |
| Coaches |
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Free |
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Please note: The disabled may not park
free of charge on Ryedale District Council off-street car
parks. However, they may park for three hours for the same
price as two in all Short Stay car parks. Disabled parking
spaces are available in all car parks, located either close to the
pay & display machines and/or the public conveniences.
Please ensure the Blue Badge is displayed at all times.
Permits and Smartcards
If you are a regular user of the car parks (more than once per
week) the Council has a number of good value and convenient
payment methods.
If you use the car park more than once a week for shopping and
other trips for which 2 hours parking would be sufficient, a Short
Stay Permit offers great value. From 1 April 2009 the permit
is £41 per year (79p per week) for Ryedale residents, or £102 per
year (£1.96 per week) for Non-residents. There are no restrictions
on how many times a day or week the permit may be used, but you
must abide by the local car park bylaws.
If you use the car parks less than once a week, a Smartcard
offers the best value. This is a card payment system whereby
the card comes pre-loaded with £20 worth of parking for £10,
saving you the need to ensure that you have change when you arrive
on the car park.
The Long Stay Permit for use on the Council's Long Stay Car
Parks only, costs £173 per year or £43.25 per quarter (from 1
April 2009). This may save you a significant amount of money if you
use long stay parking as the cost equates to only £3.33 per
week.
Permits and smartcards are available from Ryedale House,
Malton, the Council's Area Offices in Pickering, Helmsley and
Kirkbymoorside and the Tourist Information Centres in
Pickering, Malton and Helmsley.
Ryedale Residents - Please provide either your vehicle
log book, driving license or Council Tax bill which shows that you
are a permanent resident of Ryedale
Car Parks
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Town
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Car Park
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Duration
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Kirkbymoorside
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Town Farm
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Long Stay (max. 24 hrs)
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Malton
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Market Place
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Short Stay (max. 2 hrs)
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Water Lane
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Long (max. 24 hrs) & Short Stay (max. 2 hrs)
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Wentworth Street
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Long Stay (max. 24 hrs)
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Pickering
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Ropery
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Short Stay (max. 2 hrs)
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Vivis Lane
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Long Stay (max. 24 hrs)
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Eastgate
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Long Stay (max. 24 hrs)
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Helmsley
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Market Place
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Short Stay (max. 2 hrs)
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Cleveland Way
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Long Stay (max. 24 hrs)
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Norton
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St Nicholas Street
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Free
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If you have any comments or require information on the
condition or use of Ryedale District Council car parks please
contact Streetscene on 01653 600666 ext 481 or 476 or
email to
streetscene@ryedale.gov.uk.
Instructions, Terms and Conditions for
Use of the Car Park
- Bays marked for use by the disabled are for the exclusive use
of vehicles displaying a disabled badge.
- Vehicles displaying a disabled badge are not exempt from the
payment of the appropriate charge
- Motorcyclists are not exempt from payment of the appropriate
car park charges. Press yellow button to obtain to tickets,
place one on the motorcycle and retain the other as proof of
purchase.
- A valid ticket or permit must be displayed at all times.
- All vehicles must be parked wholly within a marked bay.
- All vehicles using the car park must conform to all signs and
directional arrows.
- A separate ticket must be purchased for trailers and
caravans.
Conditions of Use
- No sleeping, cooking, camping or lighting of fires
- No servicing or washing of vehicles
- No advertising or business use
- No deposit of litter or other substances
- No unnecessary use of horns or sirens
- No threatening or abusive conduct
- No engines to run while parked
- No vehicle to be parked without displaying a valid excise
licence
Penalties
Failure to display a valid ticket or permit will incur an
excess charge
Contravention of any other conditions including failure to pay
an excess charge may lead to a prosecution and if found guilty
could result in a fine not exceeding level 2 on the standard scale
or level 3 in the case of offences in respect of disabled
bays.
Disclaimer
Ryedale District Council accepts no responsibility for loss or
damage to car parked in this car park or the contents thereof
unless such loss or damage is caused by the negligence of Ryedale
District Council.
Car Parking Fines
Payment of an Excess Charge can be made at any Council Office
by cash or cheque (directions and opening times are available
from the Contact Us link above), online by following the Online
Payments link below or, alternatively, by post to:
PO Box 3
Ryedale House
Malton
North Yorkshire
YO17 0QE
Cheques should be made payable to "Ryedale District Council".
Please do not send cash by post.
Online Payments
Appeals
If you are submitting an appeal
please do not pay the Excess Charge until you have received a
decision on your appeal. The Excess Charge will not increase while
your case is at the appeal stage. If your appeal is
unsuccessful you will have 7 days to pay at the discounted rate
from the date of the letter informing you of the decision.
If you feel you have cause to appeal against the Excess
Charge, your appeal must be
made in writing and addressed to:
The Streetscene Manager
The Depot
Showfield Lane
Malton
North Yorkshire
YO17 6BT.
Alternatively, you may complete an
Excess Charge Appeal Form available from all Council offices and
Tourist Information Centres or online to download (please see
below).
Please see below a summary of the Council's Enforcement
Policy.
Car Park Enforcement Policy
Authorised staff of the Council (Car Park Attendants) may
issue one of the following notices to car park users who have not
parked in accordance with the relevant local bylaw.
Excess Charge
The Excess Charge is currently (2009-10) £92.00, discounted to
£46.00 if paid within seven days of the date of the notice. Excess
Charges are issued to any vehicle for the following reasons:
- valid ticket or permit not displayed;
- permit expired;
- ticket expired;
- permit time expired;
- overstaying two hour limit;
- returning within one hour;
- no ticket for trailer.
Excess Charges will be enforced as described below.
Offence: Valid ticket or permit not
displayed.
1. If no valid ticket is displayed, all Excess Charges will be
enforced except in exceptional circumstances or subject to the
criteria detailed below (see Discretionary Charge).
2. Point 7 on the back of the Short Stay Permit states that
“It is an offence under Section 35A of the Road Traffic Regulation
Act 1984…..to fail to display a valid ticket or permit or to commit
any other contraventions of the Ryedale District Car Park Orders”.
Therefore an excess charge issued to a valid permit holder failing
to display the permit will be enforced, except in exceptional
circumstances or subject to the criteria detailed below (see
Discretionary Charge).
Discretionary Charge
The Council may, in certain circumstances, levy a reduced
Discretionary Charge if the Excess Charge has been correctly issued
as detailed below.
Tickets: If an Excess Charge has been
correctly issued for failing to pay & display and, on appeal,
the driver concerned can produce a valid ticket which for some
reason had not been displayed, a discretionary charge may be
levied.
Permits: If an Excess Charge has been
correctly issued for failing to pay & display and on appeal the
driver concerned states that, despite their best intentions, the
permit had fallen or been removed from view, a discretionary charge
may be levied.
Offence: Permit expired
The Council allows a grace period of 14 days after the expiry
of a permit for the customer to purchase a replacement. Any Excess
Charge issued for an expired permit after the grace period has
elapsed will be subject to full enforcement.
Offence: Ticket Expired; Permit time expired;
Overstaying two hour limit; Returning within one hour; No ticket
for trailer
An Excess Charge issued for any of the above offences should
be enforced except in exceptional circumstances.
Notice of Contravention and Warning
Notice
A Car Park Attendant may issue a Notice of Contravention (for
improper parking) or a Warning Notice (failing to clearly display a
permit).
Notice of Contravention: issued for failing to park
within a marked bay, illegal use of a disabled bay, not parked
wholly within a bay.
Warning Notice: issued when all details on a Council
Parking Permit cannot be clearly seen by the Car Park
Attendant.
If a similar offence has been committed within two years prior
to the offence the Council may consider prosecuting the offender
for a breach of the appropriate bylaw.
Appeals Procedure
An appeal, in writing only (email acceptable), may be
submitted against the issue of a Notice of Contravention, Warning
Notice or Excess Charge, email
carparks@ryedale.gov.uk
When appealing against an Excess Charge, it is not necessary
to pay the charge. Whilst the case is in the appeal stage, the
charge remains at the discounted rate until the appellant has
received a reply from the Council.
If the appeal has been successful the charge is cancelled. If
the excess charge has been enforced the appellant will be informed
they have seven days to pay the charge at the discounted
rate.
Enforcement of Excess Charges
If there is no communication or payment made within seven days
of issue, the Council will request the details of the vehicle’s
registered keeper from the DVLA. On receipt of this information the
Council will send a “Notice to Owner” to the registered keeper
requesting either payment of the full charge or, if they were not
the driver, details of the driver of the vehicle on the day the
Excess Charge was issued. Failure to provide this information may
result in prosecution.
Document Links
Summary of Car Parking Strategy
2006-11 (PDF, 125k).
Summarised Car Parking
Order July 2009 (PDF, 26k) .