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Revealed: How much the council makes from local parking fines
North Yorkshire Council has revealed the amount of money it has made from parking fines in the Harrogate district over the last 18 months.
The Stray Ferret submitted a freedom of information request to the local authority requesting total revenue generated from parking fines between January 1, 2024, and June 10, 2025 – when the request was submitted.
We also asked the council how many parking fines were issued across the Harrogate district within the same period and asked for both the number of fines and income received to be broken down by area.
The council said a total of 24,299 penalty charge notices were issued between January 1, 2024, and June 10, 2025.
A total of 21,620 of those were issued in Harrogate, while 1,299 were in Knaresborough.
The council issued 1,036 parking fines in Ripon, 141 in Boroughbridge, 91 in Pannal and 42 in Pateley Bridge.
The council made a total of £568,172 from the parking fines issued within that 18-month period.
Fines given to Harrogate motorists made up the bulk of the figure, amounting to £509,151.
Fines in Knaresborough brought in £27,408, closely followed by Ripon with £25,123.
A total of £21,405 was generated from fines in Pannal, Boroughbridge fines totalled £3,315 and Pateley Bridge accounted for just £1,030 of the total figure.
The figures comes as the council faces an increasingly bleak financial position.
Cllr Gareth Dadd, the Conservative-run authority’s deputy leader and executive member for finance, said in a report ahead of a full council meeting on Wednesday:
In preparation for the 2026/27 budget cycle and beyond, further efficiencies and savings proposals are sought by understanding relative performance, quality and costs. Over the next few months, there will be in-depth discussions with each directorate across the local authority asking each part of the council to reflect on their financial and operational performance with a view to identifying transformation opportunities. Service challenge sessions will be undertaken with each directorate leadership team during autumn to ensure that we identify savings opportunities that enable us to continue to deliver for residents and protect the most vulnerable.
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