\n The \u201cnegative impact\u201d of charges at parks including Roundhay Park and Golden Acre Park in Bramhope will be discussed at a Leeds City Council meeting.\n<\/p>\n
\n Alan Lamb, leader of the city\u2019s Conservative group, has tabled a motion against the charges, introduced in February\u00a0last year.\n<\/p>\n
\n The council has said the charges would fund better facilities at the parks and help address a multi-million pound budget gap.\n<\/p>\n
\n The motion says: \u201cThis council regrets the administration\u2019s decision to introduce car park charges in parks and district centres and the hugely negative impact this is having on local communities.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n Coun Lamb, who represents Wetherby, said not enough cash was being raised to justify introducing the charges.\n<\/p>\n
\n The motion said the number of visitors to the parks had reduced since the charges were brought\u00a0in and people were choosing to park on nearby streets.\n<\/p>\n
\n It said: \u201cCouncil also notes that revenue collected from some car parks has been minimal, undermining the financial case for charging as a way of addressing the council\u2019s budget position.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n Charges were brought in at the parks and other locations including Otley Chevin, Marsh Street in Rothwell, Netherfield Road in Guiseley and Barley Hill Lane in Garforth.\n<\/p>\n
\n Fink Hill in Horsforth, Wilderness and Station Gardens in Wetherby, Middleton Park Bike Hub and Temple Newsam were also affected.\n<\/p>\n
\n The Labour-controlled council will debate Coun Lamb\u2019s motion at a meeting at Leeds Civic Hall on Wednesday, January 14.\n<\/p>\n
\n Drivers can pay \u00a34 per day at the parks or buy an annual season ticket for \u00a380, around \u00a31.50 a week. Blue badge holders are exempt from the charges.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The \u201cnegative impact\u201d of charges at parks including Roundhay Park and Golden Acre Park in Bramhope will be…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":680905,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8814],"tags":[748,393,4884,1860,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-680904","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-leeds","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-leeds","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115856258082022451","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/680904","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=680904"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/680904\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/680905"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=680904"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=680904"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=680904"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}