The Local Government Transparency Code 2015 applies to Hythe Town Council because it is classified as a larger local council. Larger local councils must publish on their websites:
- Breakdown of income and expenditure on the council’s parking account, (income must include details of revenue from on-street parking, off-street parking and penalty charge notices)
- Breakdown of how the council has spent a surplus on its parking account
- Number of marked out controlled on and off-street parking spaces, or an estimate of the number of spaces where not marked out
Hythe Town Council owns and manages a small chargeable carpark at Portland Road, Hythe (opens in external site). The income goes into the council’s general fund and is not ring-fenced. The funds are used for projects including grass cutting, provision of toilets for car boot sales, maintaining the boundaries and general maintenance of Hythe Green. There were 53 total off-street chargeable managed spaces for financial years 2016/2017 and 2017/2018.
Unaudited accounts for financial year 2017/2018
| On street parking | Off street parking | Penalty charge notices | Total | |
| Income | £0.00 | £8951.58 | £0.00 | £8951.58 |
| Expenditure | £0.00 | £1134.90 | £0.00 | £1134.90 |
| Surplus | £0.00 | £7816.68 | £0.00 | £7816.68 |
Unaudited accounts for financial year 2016/2017
| On street parking | Off street parking | Penalty charge notices | Total | |
| Income | £0.00 | £7672.09 | £0.00 | £7672.09 |
| Expenditure | £0.00 | £1906.66 | £0.00 | £1906.66 |
| Surplus | £0.00 | £5765.43 | £0.00 | £5765.43 |