Revealed: The Hereford street which brought in £40,030.36 in penalty charge notices

The street in Herefordshire that yields the most in parking fines has been revealed.

In the financial year to the end of last March, Broad Street in Hereford brought in £40,030.36 in penalty charge notices (PCNs – that is, parking fines) to Herefordshire Council’s coffers.

This came from 1,492 individual PCNs, or more than four a day, averaging £26.83 in value, according to a council response to a freedom of information request.

“The violations were all parking violations,” the council confirmed.

This surpasses the number of fines held by the previous year’s “winner”. A similar request a year ago found that 1,341 PCNs were issued in the city’s Union Street in the year to March 2022.

But these were more remunerative for the council, yielding a total of £47,404, an average of £35.35 per ticket.

This suggests  more drivers are paying promptly. Fines of £50 or £70 are to be paid within 28 days, but if paid within 14 days the sum is halved.

Why the total should be an odd amount is unclear.