Leeds City Council are proposing to introduce parking charges at Guiseley's Netherfield Road Car Park. 

In the proposal papers published this afternoon (5th Dec 2023), Leeds City Council refers to Netherfield Road car park as being in a district centre location, categorising it as a lower risk for traffic displacement. 

This analysis of the car park could not be further from the truth.

The introduction of parking charges with be hugely damaging, creating anti-social parking problems for the adjacent residential communities all along Netherfield Road as drivers will look to avoid charges by parking in the local streets. 

Netherfield Road car park is predominantly used as a commuter car park for those travelling onwards from Guiseley Station. It seems odd to target those who are actually doing their part to reduce car congestion in the city centre by making use of public transport. 

For someone working full-time in the centre of Leeds, it could be as much as an extra £600 per year to get to work, on top of public transport charges. If the Council think that introducing parking charges will help their ambition to increase patronage on public transport in Leeds, then they are sadly mistaken. 

Residents will remember the proposals to turn Netherfield Road into a multi-storey car park. Through our community coming together we managed to fight those proposals off, and we need to come together and do it again.

Sign the petition to tell Leeds City Council NO to parking charges at Guiseley's Netherfield Road Car Park.