Sunday parking charges for Horsham town centre agreed by council

By The Newsroom
Published 29th Jan 2016, 11:39 BST
Updated 8th Jun 2018, 06:46 BST
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Sunday parking charges for Horsham town centre's car parks were agreed by the council's cabinet last night (Thursday January 28).

The £1.50 flat fee on Sundays and bank holidays is set to be introduced in April could raise an extra £140,000 a year as Horsham District Council looks to mitigate the impact of a decline in central Government funding.

But when proposals were announced before Christmas they were overwhelmingly opposed by readers, with one branding the idea ‘absolute madness’, and a petition was also launched against the new charges.

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Brian Donnelly (Con, Pulborough and Coldwaltham), cabinet member for finance and assets, explained that the multi-storey car parks were expensive to maintain, and that Horsham was an ‘excellent destination of choice’ for shoppers and visitors.