Lincolnshire County Council issued 3,748 parking fines in just 10 Lincoln streets in the last year, with one address totting up £35,000 in penalties.
Figures obtained between March 2014 to February 2015 show that the most fined street in Lincoln was Silver Street, with 902 penalty charge notices handed to motorists.
The top 10 streets in Lincoln for the number of charges issued were:
1. Silver Street
Lincolnshire County Council issued 902 fines to motorists on Silver Street, the street with the most parking fines issued in the city. In total, the council received income of £34,649 from motorists parked illegally on the street. However, 62 fines were successfully appealed by drivers, again the highest in Lincoln.
Silver Street in Lincoln. Photo: Google Street View
2. Portland Street
Some 367 fines were handed out to motorists on Portland Street, making it the second most ticketed street in the city for the second successive year. The county council collected £10,109 in fines from this street. Only seven appeals were granted to motorists in the last 12 months.
Portland Street in Lincoln. Photo: Google Street View
3. Park Street
In third place for fines issued in Lincoln was Park Street, with 361 penalty charge notices given to motorists. Income generated from the street amounted to £11,312 and 14 appeals were granted.
Park Street in Lincoln. Photo Google Street View
4. Corporation Street
Lincoln’s fourth most ticketed street was Corporation Street, with 331 fines issued by the county council. However, income generated from the street was the second highest in the city, with £13,068 received in fines. This was still over £20,000 less than on Silver Street. Just eight appeals were successful.
Corporation Street in Lincoln. Photo: Google Street View
5. High Street
High Street in Lincoln city centre was in fifth place for parking fines issued. 327 were handed out at a cost of £8,562 to motorists, with 12 appeals granted.
Lincoln High Street. File: The Lincolnite
6. West Parade
In sixth place was West Parade with 324 penalty charge notices given out to motorists. The county council generated £10,137 in parking fines from the street with 28 appeals being successfully granted.
West Parade in Lincoln. Photo: Google Street View
7. Waterside South
Some 315 fines were issued to motorists on Waterside South, making it the seventh most ticketed street in Lincoln. The county council collected £10,756 in fines but motorists were more successful in overturning charges, with 30 appeals granted, the third highest in the list.
Waterside South in Lincoln. Photo Google Street View
8. Mint Street
Lincolnshire County Council parking wardens handed out 312 parking fines on Mint Street, receiving £8,201 in income from motorists. Some 15 appeals were granted.
Mint Street in Lincoln. Photo: Google Street View
9. Burton Road
Heading north of the city centre, ninth place goes to Burton Road, with 275 parking fines issued by the county council in the last 12 months. £8,934 was collected by the council from these fines and 22 appeals were successful.
Burton Road in Lincoln. Photo Google Street View
10. Swanpool Court
Rounding off the top 10 streets in Lincoln with the most parking fines issued to motorists is Swanpool Court. Some 234 notices were given out by the council, who received £6,390 in income from motorists parked illegally. However, 33 appeals were granted, putting it only behind Silver Street in fines being overturned.
Swanpool Court in Lincoln was the street with the tenth highest umber of parking fines last year.
Combined, the county council generated a total income of £122,118 from the ten roads.
However, 231 appeals were granted to motorists who had been given notices on these streets in this period.
Ring-fenced funds
Lincolnshire County Council are projected to make around £100,000 from parking enforcement between April 2014 and March 2015.
Executive Councillor for Highways and Transport, Richard Davies said, “We’re projected to make a relatively small surplus of around £100,000 from parking enforcement.
“This is ring-fenced and can only be spent on specific schemes such as improving parking provision, environmental projects or other schemes relating to transportation.
“We’re currently working on a variety of projects across the county including expanding residents’ parking schemes in Lincoln.
“We also have to set aside funds within the ring-fenced account to ensure we can manage any future deficit that could arise.
“The county council receives no income for on-street parking, as we prefer to provide free limited waiting parking in town centres, which helps to support local businesses and services by encouraging more visitors.
“During the last year we undertook a detailed review of all our parking operations, and looked at every location with parking restrictions.
“Since our review in May 2014, we’ve found that 95% of sites across Lincolnshire are now being patrolled to our specification, which benefits residents and businesses, and ensures we’re getting good value for money.”
The figures were revealed as the green light was given by the Department for Communities and Local Government for stricter laws on parking enforcement.
Under new laws, drivers in Lincolnshire will have the “grace period” extended from five to 10 minutes.
Communities Secretary Eric Pickles said: “For too long parking rules have made law-abiding motorists feel like criminals, and caused enormous damage to shops and businesses.
“Over-zealous parking enforcement undermines our town centres and costs councils more in the long term.”
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A woman living in her car, a man with £30,000 debts and a mum-of-three struggling to get by are among the thousands of people who have turned to Citizens Advice Lincolnshire.
A surge in calls as energy bills soar has left the service unable to help everyone.
Around 14,500 Lincolnshire people in the 2021/22 financial year received help overall with 70,000 different issues – a significant rise from the previous year.
The service is answering more questions than ever before, and it says it doesn’t have the resources to meet the growing demand.
The scale of the crisis has been laid out in a report to go before Lincolnshire County Council next week.
Among the success stories are a woman who had contemplated suicide because she was living in her car with no one to turn to. Citizens Advice Lincolnshire helped her to get a new home.
A man suffering from anxiety due to his £30,000 debt was given help in applying for a debt relief order.
A struggling mum who was behind on her energy bills was supported in applying for £300 of energy vouchers, which she said would help her to cope.
There has been a big increase is people asking the service for help with debt, Universal Credit and tax credits, according to the report.
Energy bills are going through the roof for many households and organisations. | Photo: Adobe Stock
As bills rose in the last quarter of the financial year, more people also enquired about food and fuel vouchers.
Nearly 2,400 people were given help with Universal Credit in the last quarter of the 2021/22 financial year alone.
The advice service says:“Demand has significantly increased in quarter four. This is mainly due to cost-of-living enquiries and dealing with the Household Support Fund. We have answered more calls than ever before, but [are] still unable to meet the increased demand due to a lack of resource.
“Although we did receive some modest funding provided via LCC Household Support Fund to answer calls, demand was so high that we were unable to meet it.
“Waiting times currently for generalist and debt appointments can be up to three weeks, due to increased demand and limited resources.”
The service has also warned the price of the cheapest food is jumping rapidly.
The report will be discussed by the council’s Public Protection and Communities Scrutiny Committee on Tuesday, May 31.
The PRSA Mass Vaccination Centre in Boston will be running a series of walk-in sessions for children aged five to 15 to get their COVID-19 jabs during half-term next week.
This will be in addition to the now regular pop-up vaccination sessions around the county, a number of which will continue to offer vaccinations to children in these age groups without the need for an appointment.
For those who prefer to book an appointment, rather than attend a pop-up or walk-in session, this can be done by visiting the National Booking System or by calling 119.
The team at PRSA will be offering the following walk-in vacations for five to 11-year-olds and 12 to 15-year-olds:
Five to 11-year-olds
Tuesday, May 31 (4pm-6pm)
Friday, June 3 (10am-1.30pm)
Sunday, June 5 (10am-1.30pm)
12 to 15-year-olds
Monday, May 30 (4.30pm-7.30pm)
Tuesday, May 31 (4.30pm-7.30pm)
Wednesday, June 1 (4.30pm-7.30pm)
Thursday, June 2 (10am-1.30pm)
Saturday, June 4 (10am-1.30pm)
Rebecca Neno, director of COVID and influenza vaccination programmes for NHS Lincolnshire CCG, said: “We try and time our pop-up sessions where possible to allow for school-aged children to attend and, of course, half-term week gives us more flexibility to be able to do this.
“The pop-up sessions allow us to take the vaccination out to people and our new vaccination bus will help hugely with this, but the key benefit the pop-ups bring – including those for school-aged children – is that no appointment is necessary.
“Whether you’re coming along to get vaccinated yourself or you are bringing your child for their vaccination, you can just turn up without pre-booking. All that we ask if you are bringing your child to be vaccinated is that, as their parent/guardian, you are present to consent.”
Other pop-up walk-in sessions in Lincolnshire
Saturday, May 28 at Franklin Hall, Halton Road in Spilsby – between 4pm and 6pm for spring boosters for people aged 75 and over, plus vaccinations for anyone eligible aged 16 and over, and also for 5-11 year-olds and 12-15 year-olds.
Saturday, May 28 at Nettleham Village Hall, Brookfield Avenue in Nettleham – between 10am and 1pm for spring boosters for people aged 75 and over, plus vaccinations for anyone eligible aged 16 and over, and between 1.30pm and 4pm for 12-15 year-olds.
Sunday, May 29 at Springfields Events and Conference Centre, Camel Gate in Spalding – between 10am and 4pm for 5-11 year-olds only.
Sunday, May 29 at Ruston Sports and Social Club, Newark Road in Lincoln – between 10.30am and 4pm for 5-11 year-olds only.
Sunday, May 29 at Sainsbury’s, Tritton Road in Lincoln (vaccination bus) – between 10.30am and 3.30pm for spring boosters for people aged 75 and over, plus vaccinations for anyone eligible aged 18 and over.
Monday, May 30 at The Venue in Navenby – between 10.30am and 1pm for spring boosters for people aged 75 and over, plus vaccinations for anyone eligible aged 16 and over, and between 1.30pm and 4.30pm for 5-11 year-olds and 12-15 year-olds.
Monday, May 30 at Gainsborough Adventure Playground, Riseholme Road, Gainsborough – between 11am and 4pm for 5-11 year-olds only.
Tuesday, May 31 at Stickney Youth Centre, Stickney, Boston – between 9am and 5pm for 5-11 year-olds and anyone eligible aged 12 and over.
Tuesday, May 31 at Nettleham Village Hall, Brookfield Avenue in Nettleham – between 10.30am and 1pm for spring boosters for people aged 75 and over, plus vaccinations for anyone eligible aged 16 and over, and between 1.30pm and 4.30pm for 5-11 year-olds and 12-15 year-olds.
Tuesday, May 31 at St Marks Square (Vaccination Bus) – between 10am and 3.30pm for 5-11 year-olds only.
Wednesday, June 1 at Stanhope Hall, Boston Road in Horncastle – between 9am and 1pm for spring boosters for people aged 75 and over, plus vaccinations for anyone eligible aged 18 and over, and between 1pm and 6pm for 5-11 year-olds and anyone eligible aged 16 and over.
Wednesday, June 1 at St Faiths Parish Hall, West Parade, Lincoln – between 10.30am and 1pm for spring boosters for people aged 75 and over, plus vaccinations for anyone eligible aged 16 and over, and between 1.30pm and 4.30pm for 5-11 year-olds and 12-15 year-olds.
Wednesday, June 1 at Whisby Nature Park, Moor Lane, Thorpe on the Hill (Vaccination Bus) – between 10.30am and 3.30pm for 5-11 year-olds only.
Thursday, June 2 at Ruston Sports and Social Club, Newark Road in Lincoln – between 10.30am and 1pm for spring boosters for people aged 75 and over, plus vaccinations for anyone eligible aged 16 and over, and between 1.30pm and 4.30pm for 5-11 year-olds and 12-15 year-olds.
Thursday, June 2 at Tesco, Water Mill Road in Horncastle (Vaccination Bus) – between 10.30am and 3.30pm for 5-11 year-olds only.
Friday, June 3 at X Church, St Johns, St Johns Terrace, Church Street, Gainsborough – between 10.30am and 4pm for 5-11 year olds only.
Saturday, June 4 at The Ruby Hunt Centre, Church Street, Donington, Spalding – between 9am and 5pm for 5-11 year-olds and anyone eligible aged 12 and over.
Saturday, June 4 at The Venue, Navenby – between 10.30am and 4.30pm for 5-11 year-olds only.
Sunday, June 5 at Springfields Events and Conference Centre, Camel Gate in Spalding – between 10am and 4pm for 5-11 year-olds only.
Sunday, June 5 at The Engine Shed, University of Lincoln, Brayford Pool, Lincoln – between 10.30am and 1pm for spring boosters for people aged 75 and over, plus vaccinations for anyone eligible aged 16 and over, and between 1.30pm and 4.30pm for 5-11 year-olds and 12-15 year-olds.
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