Car park charges
MOUSEHOLE HARBOUR AUTHORITY PARKING CHARGES
Car parking charges will be increased to the following in both the North and South Car Parks from 1st July 2025:
1 Hour: £2.00
2-3 Hours: £3.00
3-12 Hours: £6.00
12-24 hours: £10.00
Mousehole Harbour Authority is always reluctant to increase its car park charges and tries to keep them as low as possible. However, the Car Park charges form the main source of income for the Harbour Authority. The Harbour Authority’s costs have risen in recent years which have been marked by significant inflation. In particular, the cost of maintenance has increased dramatically. This has combined with a loss of car park revenue over the last year. The Harbour Commissioners have a duty to ensure that they are, at all times, in a position to pay for the maintenance of the harbour. They believe that it is necessary to raise the charges to ensure that they have sufficient funds to properly maintain the harbour in the future. Maintenance costs can be unpredictable and unexpected because the harbour is subject to the vagaries of the weather and sea.
The Harbour Commissioners have done their best to protect local residents and people working in the village from increases. The Harbour Authority provides heavily subsidised annual parking permits at a cost of £125 per year to local permanent residents. The Commissioners are not raising the costs of the permits. They have also introduced a new 3-12 hour parking charge of £6.00. This will ensure that tradespersons and others coming to work in the village will only pay a marginal extra charge of £1 per day.
The Harbour Commissioners would like to remind users of its car parks that the Harbour Authority’s charges have historically been and remain some of, if not the lowest car parking charges in Cornwall. They have not been increased for 3 years and when they were last increased it was only by a very small amount.
Thank you for your understanding
Jonathan Bradley
Chair of the Mousehole Harbour Authority Commissioners
Gail Angove
Vice-Chair of the Mousehole Harbour Authority Commissioners