A £5 cap will be enforced in short stay car parks. In the council's long stay car parks, charges will also increase to £1.20 per hour for up to three hours, £5 per day, or £20 for a weekly ticket.

Reintroduction of one-hour parking tariff to all long stay car parks Set tariffs of £1.50 (one hour), £2.50 (two hours), £3.50 (four hours), and £5 (all day).

Parking in a town centre is to become more expensive. Darlington Borough Council said from the spring, fees would increase from £1 to £1.20 for the first hour in short-stay car parks.