Ealing Council has raised the price of visitor parking in the borough with all day parking going up by 21% and hourly parking by 11%.
The new prices to allow friends and family as well as businesses to use controlled parking zone parking bays when visiting residents went up last Friday (13 December 2024) for both hourly as well as all day parking.
Prior to 13 December, hourly visitor parking across Ealing was 90p and has now gone up to £1, a rise of 11% while all day parking was £4.95 and is now £6 an increase of 21%.
Neighbouring borough Brent charges £1.75 for 2 hours, £3.50 for 4 hours and £5.25 for all day. In Hammersmith & Fulham the cost is £1.80 an hour or discounted to 90p an hour for disabled residents.
While over at Hounslow, residents pay £23.63 for a book of 30 tickets with each one valid for one hour’s parking while in Harrow, the cost of a book of 10 all day parking permits is £26.60 and discounted to £13.30 for residents who are over 65 or disabled.
Councillor Gary Malcolm, leader of Ealing Liberal Democrats told EALING.NEWS of his concerns. He said: “After Ealing Labour have not managed their budgets efficiently they now are making big local increases which will include visitors seeing their older relatives or others who need caring help.”
Speaking to EALING.NEWS, an Ealing Council spokesperson said: “Ealing Council is making a small increase to its parking fees and visitor permits across the borough, bringing its fees in line with other boroughs and as part of its work to make the borough a healthier, safer and greener place to live. Ealing is a well-connected borough with great transport connections but the way we travel – especially short car journeys – is causing high levels of congestion, air pollution and carbon emissions.”
The spokesperson added: “The council is working on a new transport strategy that will address these issues, but changes also need to be made to the way we park and use parking spaces to reduce the number of cars on the roads and prioritise parking for residents and vulnerable members of the community who need parking the most.”
