More than one thousand parking ticket were issued last year on a small street in town centre. Almost 9,000 parking fines were issued overall by in 2023/24. Remarkably, one small street accounted for one-in-nine of all parking fines issued.
West St Mary's Gate, off Bethlehem Street in Grimsby, had the dubious distinction of having more council penalty charge notices (PCNs), issued than anywhere else. Its total of 1,018 was more than double the next most ticketted location. asked as part of a parking tickets Freedom of Information (FOI) request to North East Lincolnshire Council for the top 20 most fined locations last year and this current financial year.
While a number of car parks feature, Grimsby and streets dominate - . West St Mary's Gate is the location that raised the most revenue through parking tickets in 2023/24 and April. College Street, Cleethorpes, was next, followed by Welholme Road.
The only inclusions in the top 20 parking tickets revenue list not in the most fined sites last year were Elm Road, Cleethorpes, Grimsby's Victoria Street South, and William Street, Cleethorpes. West St Mary's Gate has stood out before for its parking tickets. In 2022, spoke to motorists after of them, totalling nearly £20,000, were issued there the year before.
All parking tickets FOI-obtained data was put to the council. Commenting on the West St Mary's Gate figure, a council spokesperson said: "The restrictions in place and the accompanying signage are compliant. It is the motori.