FOI Request - Parking Measures

Request 101002990133

1. Please state the total number of roads which had parking restrictions throughout your council area in the last three years*?
• 2019
• 2020
• 2021

2. In the last three years, please state the total number of roads that had residential parking permits:
• 2019
• 2020
• 2021

3. In the last three years, how many penalty charge notices have been handed out for breaching parking restrictions in your council area?
• 2019
• 2020
• 2021

4. What was the total value of these fines?
• 2019
• 2020
• 2021

*Please note that if data for the calendar year (January-December) is not available then financial year (April-March) is ok as long as you can please flag this distinction.

Response 04-03-2022

The Council  has no central location where all parking restrictions and waiting orders are held and sorted, meaning any relevant records would need to be manually searched. There are 1799 public roads in Moray. It would be reasonable to say that checking each road for a restriction, at a conservative 5 minutes per road, would involve around 150 hours of staff time (1799 x 5 = 8995 mins). The cost to Council in staff time would be in excess of £600 - as such, the requested information is exempt from disclosure in accordance with section 12 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (excessive cost).