00:00How often do you drive to Leeds' beauty spots and have parking charges put you off from visiting?
00:07Charges were brought in at parks and other locations last year, including at Otley Shevin, Marsh Street in Rothwell and Barley Hill Lane in Garforth.
00:17Fink Hill in Horsforth, Wilderness and Station Gardens in Wetherby and Temple Newsome also saw charges introduced.
00:24Now, city leaders will be asked to suspend the charges when councillors debate the issue on the 14th of January.
00:32The negative impact of the charges at parks, including Roundhay and Goldenacre, will be discussed at the Leeds City Council meeting,
00:39where Alan Lamb, leader of the city's Conservative group, has tabled a motion against them.
00:45The council has said the charges would fund facilities at the parks and help address a multi-million pound budget gap.
00:51The motion says that this council regrets the administration's decision to introduce car park charges in parks and district centres
00:59and the hugely negative impact this is having on local communities.
01:04Councillor Lamb, who represents Wetherby, said not enough cash was being raised to justify their implementation.
01:10The motion said the number of visitors to parks had reduced since the charges were brought in
01:15and people were choosing to park on nearby streets.
01:18It added that the council notes that revenue collected from some car parks has been minimal,
01:24undermining the financial case for charging as a way of addressing the council's budget position.
01:28So, the question says,
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