PUBLICATIONS - PATROL

There is a statutory duty for local authorities to publish certain parking statistics and financial information. PATROL promotes the publication of more comprehensive parking and traffic management annual reports, and the below toolkits have been published to support local authorities in producing such reports.

Local authority annual reports can be accessed elsewhere on this site, via the Local Authority Directory.

Digital Annual Report Toolkit

PATROL has now produced a digital Annual Report Toolkit as an online microsite, providing easy and convenient access to content supporting the production of a compelling Annual Report on a local authority’s parking and traffic enforcement.

An Annual Report provides an opportunity for authorities to set out clearly and transparently the ‘what, why and how’ of their civil enforcement activities. By doing so, they will be providing the vital context around the traffic management objectives that lie beneath, which are ultimately in place to meet the needs of residents, businesses and visitors.

Key features

A video interview>> with Matt Jones, Parking Services Manager at Lincolnshire County Council – Overall Winner for their Annual Report in the PATROL PARC (Parking Annual Reports by Councils) Awards last year – offering some useful insight on his team’s approach to producing a report.
Reporting Digest>> – compiled by last year’s PARC Awards independent Review Group Chair, Paul Nicholls of Brighton & Hove City Council, this interactive document includes links to some of the best examples of reporting seen from 2018/19 reports, not just from those authorities that were selected for an award.
‘5 Steps to Success’ – a collection of useful tips and guidance, focused on key themes, to help write and structure a report, including video insights from previous award winners and reporting examples.
- Includes Exemplar Finance and statistics reporting guide>> – PATROL has asked David Leibling, Transport Consultant and member of the 2020 PARC Review Group, to help produce an ‘exemplar’ reporting document, which is intended to act as a template or ‘blueprint’ for your authority to produce an accessible financial and statistics section of your next Annual Report.
Dedicated tips about design – 2020 PARC Review Group member and freelance graphic designer, Lizzie Unwin, provides her ‘top tips’ for utilising design in an Annual Report.
Gallery of shortlisted reports – access all the reports that were selected for recognition at the PARC Awards in 2020.
Information on entering an Annual Report for PATROL’s awards programme, now rebranded as the Promoting Awareness of Civil Enforcement through Reporting (PACER) Awards to reflect the wider traffic management and enforcement responsibilities of authorities – beyond just parking.

Past Annual Report Toolkits

PATROL 2018-19 Annual Report Toolkit

PATROL 2017-18 Annual Report Toolkit

PATROL 2016-17 Annual Report Toolkit

PATROL 2015-16 Annual Report Toolkit

Other

Other miscellaneous documents can be found below.

Discussion documents and articles	Consultation responses
Pavement Parking: Local powers for local solutions (April 2019)	Nov 2020: DfT Pavement parking: Options for change consultation
Independent Committee on the Review of Parking Documentation and Notices	Oct 2020: DfT Review of the Highway Code Consultation
Specimen Articles and Traffic Regulation Order for Bus Lanes	Oct 2020: MHCLG Parking Code Enforcement Framework Consultation
The Parking Penalty Enforcement Process	Jan 2020: Green Number Plates For Ultra Low Emission Vehicles
	July 2019: Transport Committee Inquiry into Pavement Parking
	June 2019: Transport Committee Inquiry into Pavement Parking
	May 2019: Transport Committee Inquiry into Pavement Parking