Somerset - Notice of Variation of on Street & Car Park Charges

SOMERSET COUNCIL 

ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 - NOTICE OF VARIATION OF ON STREET & CAR PARK CHARGES 

NOTICE is hereby given that the Somerset Council (as successor authority to the authorities that made the Orders set out below), in exercise of its powers under s35C, s31(1) and s31(3) in relation to off-street parking and its powers under s45 and s46A in relation to on-street parking of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 (as amended), and in accordance with Regulation 25 of the Local Authorities Traffic Orders (Procedure) (England and Wales) Regulations 1996 shall vary the Orders set out below to amend the charges for on and off street parking as set out in those Orders.

This amendment shall take effect from the 28th day of August 2025. 

Orders Affected: The County of Somerset Prohibition and Restriction of Stopping, Waiting, Loading and Unloading and On-Street Parking Mendip Order 2012 (as amended); The Mendip District Council (Off Street Parking Places) Order 2018 (as amended); The Mendip District Council (Off Street Parking Places) Variation Order 2023. For those charges that are being changed, the existing and new amounts are set out below:
Current Charges

Town Location Type 30 mins 1 hour 2 hours 3 hours 4 hours 5 hours 6 hours All Day
Frome Badcox Car Park 0.80 1.20 2.90 - - - - -
Frome Badcox - Sundays Car Park - - - - - - - 2.20
Frome Cattle Market Car Park - 1.20 1.70 2.20 4.00 - - 6.50
Frome Cattle Market - HGV’s Car Park - - - - - - - 11.00
Frome Cattle Market - Sundays Car Park - - - - - - 2.20
Frome Cork Street Car Park 0.80 1.20 1.70 - - - - -
Frome Cork Street - Sundays Car Park - - - - - - - 2.20
Frome Merchants Barton Car Park - 1.20 1.70 2.20 4.00 - - 6.50
Frome Merchants Barton Sundays Car Park - - - - - - - 2.20
Frome North Parade Car Park - - - - 2.10 - - 3.40
Frome North Parade - Sundays Car Park - - - - - 2.20
Frome South Parade Car Park 0.80 1.20 1.70 - 4.00 - - 6.50
Frome Vicarage Street Car Park 0.80 1.20 1.70 - - - - -
Frome Vicarage Street - Sundays Car Park - - - - - - - 2.20
Frome Weymouth Road On Street - - 2.00 3.00 - - - -
Glastonbury Butt Close Car Park - 1.20 1.70 2.20 3.00 - - 6.50
Glastonbury Norbins Road Car Park - 1.20 1.70 2.20 3.00 - - 4.20
Glastonbury Northload Street West Car Park - 1.20 1.70 2.20 4.00 - - 6.50
Glastonbury Northload Street, HGV Car Park - - - - - - - 11.00
Glastonbury St Johns Car Park 0.70 1.20 1.70 2.20 4.00 - - 6.50
Shepton Mallet Commercial Road - HGV Car Park - - - 11.00
Shepton Mallet Commercial Road Car Park - 1.20 1.70 2.20 3.00 - - 4.20
Shepton Mallet Commercial Road - Sundays Car Park - - - - - - - 2.20
Shepton Mallet Great Ostry Car Park - 1.20 1.70 2.20 4.00 - - 6.50
Shepton Mallet Great Ostry - Sundays Car Park - - - 2.20
Shepton Mallet Regal Road East Car Park 0.80 1.40 2.90 3.40 - - - 6.50
Shepton Mallet Regal Road East - Sundays Car Park - - - - - - - 2.20
Street Cranhill Road Car Park 0.60 0.90 - - 1.50 - - 3.40
Street Grange 1, Clarks Village Car Park - 1.10 - - - 3.30 - 5.50
Street Grange 2, Clarks Village Car Park - 1.10 - - - 3.30 - 5.50
Street Greenbank - Summer Car Park - - 3.50 - - - 6.90 10.50
Street Greenbank - Winter Car Park - 0.90 1.80 - 3.50 - 4.60 6.50
Street Mendip Car Park - 1.10 - - - 3.30 - 5.50
Street Northside Car Park - 1.10 - - - 3.30 - 5.50
Street Southleaze, Clarks Village Car Park - 1.10 - - - 3.30 - 5.50
Street Southside Car Park - 1.10 1.80 2.40 - - - -
Street Strode Road Car Park - - - - 1.50 - - 3.40
Street Wilfrid Road Car Park - 0.90 1.80 2.40 3.50 - - 6.50
Wells College Road On Street - 1.00 2.00 3.00 - - - -
Wells Princes Road Car Park - 1.20 1.80 2.90 5.30 - 6.50 7.80
Wells Princes Road - HGV’s Car Park - - - - - - - 11.00
Wells South Street Car Park - 1.20 1.80 2.90 - - - -
Wells Tucker Street Car Park - - - - 2.10 - - 3.40
Wells Union Street Car Park - 1.20 1.80 2.90 - - - -

Proposed charges
Town Location Type 30 mins 1 hour 2 hours 3 hours 4 hours 5 hours 6 hours All Day
Frome Badcox Car Park 0.90 1.30 3.00 - - - - -
Frome Badcox - Sundays Car Park - - - - - - - 2.30
Frome Cattle Market Car Park - 1.30 1.80 2.30 4.20 - - 6.80
Frome Cattle Market - HGV’s Car Park - - - - - - - 11.60
Frome Cattle Market - Sundays Car Park - - - - - - - 2.30
Frome Cork Street Car Park 0.90 1.30 1.80 - - - - -
Frome Cork Street - Sundays Car Park - - - - - - - 2.30
Frome Merchants Barton Car Park - 1.30 1.80 2.30 4.20 - - 6.80
Frome Merchants Barton Sundays Car Park - - - - - - - 2.30
Frome North Parade Car Park - - - - 2.20 - - 3.60
Frome North Parade - Sundays Car Park - - - - - - - 2.30
Frome South Parade Car Park 0.90 1.30 1.80 - 4.20 - - 6.80
Frome Vicarage Street Car Park 0.90 1.30 1.80 - - - - -
Frome Vicarage Street - Sundays Car Park - - - - - - - 2.30
Frome Weymouth Road On Street - - 2.20 3.30 - - - -
Glastonbury Butt Close Car Park - 1.30 1.80 2.30 3.20 - - 6.80
Glastonbury Norbins Road Car Park - 1.30 1.80 2.30 3.20 - - 4.40
Glastonbury Northload Street West Car Park - 1.30 1.80 2.30 4.20 - - 6.80
Glastonbury Northload Street, HGV Car Park - - - - - - - 11.60
Glastonbury St Johns Car Park 0.80 1.30 1.80 2.30 4.20 - - 6.80
Shepton Mallet Commercial Road - HGV Car Park - 1.30 1.80 2.30 3.20 - - 4.40
Shepton Mallet Commercial Road Car Park - - - - - - - 2.30
Shepton Mallet Commercial Road - Sundays Car Park - - - - - - - 11.60
Shepton Mallet Great Ostry Car Park - 1.30 1.80 2.30 4.20 - - 6.80
Shepton Mallet Great Ostry - Sundays Car Park - - - - - - - 2.30
Shepton Mallet Regal Road East Car Park 0.90 1.50 3.00 3.60 - - - 6.80
Shepton Mallet Regal Road East - Sundays Car Park - - - - - - - 2.30
Street Cranhill Road Car Park 0.70 1.00 - - 1.60 - - 3.60
Street Grange 1, Clarks Village Car Park - 1.20 - - 3.50 - 5.80
Street Grange 2, Clarks Village Car Park - 1.20 - - 3.50 - 5.80
Street Greenbank - Summer Car Park - - 3.70 - - - 7.20 11.00
Street Greenbank - Winter Car Park - 1.00 1.90 - 3.70 - 4.80 6.80
Street Mendip Car Park - 1.20 - - - 3.50 - 5.80
Street Northside Car Park - 1.20 - - - 3.50 - 5.80
Street Southleaze, Clarks Village Car Park - 1.20 - - - 3.50 - 5.80
Street Southside Car Park - 1.20 1.90 2.50 - - - -
Street Strode Road Car Park - - - - 1.60 - - 3.60
Street Wilfrid Road Car Park - 1.00 1.90 2.50 3.70 - - 6.80
Wells College Road On Street - 1.10 2.20 3.30 - - - -
Wells Princes Road Car Park - 1.30 1.90 3.00 5.60 - 6.80 8.20
Wells Princes Road - HGV’s Car Park - - - - - - - 11.60
Wells South Street Car Park - 1.30 1.90 3.00 - - - -
Wells Tucker Street Car Park - - - - 2.20 - - 3.60
Wells Union Street Car Park - 1.30 1.90 3.00 - - - -

A copy of this Notice may be seen at https://www.somerset.gov.uk/roads-travel-and-parking/traffic-regulation-orders/
In all other respects, the provisions of the Orders will remain in force.

Duncan Sharkey, Chief Executive, Somerset Council, County Hall, Taunton TA1 4DY 7th August 2025