07-07-2025
New car park charge to be introduced - with cameras ready to catch motorists
Automatic number plate recognition cameras (ANPR) will be used to fine motorists that haven't paid a soon-to-be-introduced charge at a car park.
Liberal Democrat-led Didcot Town Council has voted in favour of introducing charges to Civic Hall car park in Britwell Road.
Three companies put forward their proposals to operate the ANPR cameras in the car park.
National Parking Control (NPC) offered to have parking wardens patrol the car park five times per week.
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It also said all parking fares will go to the town council's pockets while all fines collected would go towards the company.
There will also be the option to pay by cash or on a RingGo app with NPC being the ones offered the 12-month contract with Didcot Town Council.
Support would also be available to those struggling to pay on a 24/7 basis.
The pricing of the car park's fares is to be determined at a later date once a report has been written for councillors to decide.
Minutes published by deputy town clerk Lucy Blake said: 'The committee would like a policy and procedure to be prepared for the car park to help with a conflict regarding car parking and charges.'
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Meanwhile the other two unnamed companies that came with proposals to operate the cameras would have made less financial sense for the council.
They both asked for 20 per cent of each parking ticket goes to them while collecting the income from the parking fines.
One company didn't even have any wardens available, but said it would train some while the other would have patrols at 'regular intervals'.
