Car Parks
Rochford District Council welcomes careful drivers to the
District. Provision for parking your car includes over 1000
Off-Street car parking spaces together with free On-Street limited
waiting bays in the town centres. There are also several bays
marked for blue badge holders. Operational times and
tariffs for Off-Street car parks can be found via the Related
Links section further down the page.
The Council operates a number of 'Pay and Display' Car
Parks. The charges apply from 7a.m. to 7p.m., Monday to
Friday and 7a.m. to 1p.m. on Saturday, excluding Bank Holidays and
Sundays.
Drivers are required to park in a marked bay, purchase a ticket
or parking session using one of the payment options. The
ticket should be displayed on the front windscreen of the vehicle
to enable it to be checked by the Parking Attendants. The
machines will accept an overpayment if you do not have the exact
coinage. The vehicle must display a valid Road Fund Licence
and be removed from the car park when the period for which payment
has been made expires. If the conditions shown on the
information boards adjacent to the ticket machines are not
observed, the driver of the vehicle concerned will be issued with a
Penalty Notice.
Vehicles displaying a valid Blue Badge denoting use by a
disabled person are permitted to use one of the number of bays that
are specifically reserved for the use of Blue Badge Holders but, if
these are full, any available bay may be used.
Please Note: Blue Badge Holders are
not exempt from the requirement to purchase and clearly display a
valid ticket unless they hold vehicle excise licence exemption.
All motorists are required to park wholly within a marked
bay. Failure to do this will result in a Penalty Charge
Notice being issued.
Car Parks in the Rochford District
The council is a member of the Parking and Traffic Regulations
Outside London (PATROL) Adjudication Joint Committee.
The Joint Committee publishes an Annual Statement of Accounts which
is subject to External Audit and the arrangements and timetable for
2009/10 can be found by following the link to
the PATROL website below.