Cllr Richard Herrett said the authority wanted to test whether higher penalties changed behaviour. Cllr Richard Herrett (Image: NQ)"The parking fines have been the same price since 2008," he said. Higher-level offences, including parking on double yellow lines, increase from £70 to £160, reduced to £80 for prompt payment. On patrol, the council’s parking supervisor, who did not wish to be named, approached drivers parked in restricted places and told them to move on. Cllr Herrett said illegal parking was not confined to the seafront, pointing to problems around schools, dropped kerbs and zebra crossings.