Parking Services
The Acacia Hall car park will be closed when events finish on New Years Eve. The gates will be locked and will not reopen until Tuesday 3rd January 2012.
Dartford
Borough Council has a team dedicated to the operational activities for Civil
Parking Enforcement (CPE). The team is known as Parking
Services and comprises Civil Enforcement
Officers (CEOs) patrolling the streets of the borough and office
based administrative support officers. All officers are trained for their
respective duties and provide a professional service for the delivery
of CPE.
The Parking Services team assist the local highway authority (Kent County Council) in its explicit duty under the Traffic Management Act 2004 to tackle congestion and disruption on the road network. CEOs ensure the expeditious movement of traffic on Dartford’s road network by ensuring that any parking management regulations are adhered to by highway users.
The team also manages the operation of Dartford Borough Council’s off-street car parks and on-street parking places endeavouring to provide appropriate parking for specific purposes.
Much of the kerb-space in the Borough is uncontrolled and so drivers of motor vehicles are able to choose for themselves where and how to park their vehicles. Increasingly though, Dartford Borough Council officers are advised by residents and business owners that vehicles are left on the highway without any consideration to other highway users.
The Parking Services team are working with colleagues to ensure that appropriate measures are implemented in order to ensure that vehicles are parked safely and responsibly so as not to delay and frustrate other highway users or in extreme cases contribute to road traffic crashes.
Parking information
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 can be found at www.patrol-uk.info.
Penalty Charge Notices (PCNs) - Parking Fines
Your PCN details will not be available to the Parking Office until 10am on the next working following the issue date; however, you may appeal or pay online on the same day.
