OXFORDSHIRE County Council has said it will not be reviewing the price it charges for its residents’ parking zones after a High Court ruling.

A High Court judge ruled that Barnet Council’s decision to increase the cost of its parking permits from £40 to £100 was not in accordance with the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984.

Mrs Justice Lang said the legislation does not “authorise the authority to use its powers to charge local residents for parking in order to raise surplus revenue for other transport purposes”.

The county council operates 29 controlled parking zones (CPZs) across Oxford and said its permit price of £50 is appropriate.

Spokesman Martin Crabtree said the council reviewed charges about every three years to see if they are an accurate reflection of operation costs and that when that was done in November 2012 there was a clear link between charges and the costs at that time.

Mr Crabtree added that while the CPZ scheme did occasionally produce a small surplus, over the past six years the council had in fact made a loss of £66,099.

He added that the county council was forecasting that the scheme would remain in deficit or break even for the next few years.