Bradford District Local Infrastructure Baseline Study - working draft ...

• Main Street Car Park
• Victoria Street Car Park
Keighley:
• Scott Street Car Park
• Church Green Car Park
Haworth:
• Museum Car Park
• Bronte Village Car Park
• Gas Street Car Park
• Rawdon Road Car Park
Ilkley:
• South Hawksworth Street
One of the key parking issues is to keep balance between long stay and short stay parking in
the main city and town centres. As a general comparison, parking in Bradford is cheaper
than in other West Yorkshire centres and may need to be addressed in the context of wide
area congestion measures.
The city centre car parking provision is currently undergoing a review which is expected to
create new parking spaces together with increased provisions for hackney carriages,
disabled parking spaces and loading facilities.
Council parking charges however have been increased by 50p a day or 10p per hour from
3rd August 2009. The move is part of a budget deal struck by Bradford Council in February
to raise £170,000 over the year by increasing short-stay parking charges. It applies to the
majority of car parks and on-street parking in Bradford, Shipley, Bingley, Keighley, Haworth
and Ilkley.
The charges at some car parks remain unchanged. These are: Shipley: Swimming Pool and
Oastler Road; Baildon: Ian Clough Hall; Esholt: Car and Coach park; Silsden: Wesley Place
and Bridge Street; Haworth: Gas Street and Rawdon Road.
Although the Council has no current proposals to open any new car parks in the city centre,
the Broadway retail development is expected to provide the largest parking facilities in the
city centre. Other changes in car parking provision may occur to those sites on land
earmarked for development, which include Crown Court car park, Alexandra car park and
Burnett Street car park and this could result in a loss of significant number of parking
spaces.
In addition to the car parking spaces managed by Bradford Council, there are also a number
of privately managed car parking spaces across the district. The following provides a list of
the largest privately managed car parking spaces in Bradford District:-
• NCP New Southgate Multi Storey Car Park off Thornton Road, Bradford, 432 spaces
• NCP Bradford Hall Ings Multi Storey Car Park, Bradford, 526 spaces
• Britannia Parking Ltd Leisure Exchange, Vicar Lane, Bradford, 432 spaces
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