Cheshire East raked in more than £1.5m in parking fines in 2021 – one driver received a whopping 58 tickets totalling £3,320.

Figures released following freedom of information requests reveal 25,358 fines were issued in the borough during that 12-month period.

That amounted to £1,517,460.

Fifty eight of those penalty charge notices (PCN) were issued to one car, mostly while it was in the Whalley Hayes car park in Macclesfield, Cheshire.

This year, 6,591 penalty charge notices have been issued across the borough. (Cheshire East).

The council refused to disclose details about the vehicle, saying: "This information, combined with the area [which car park], would give too much information to identify and approach the driver."

The council did disclose that 21 of the tickets were issued at the £70 higher rate and 37 at the £50 lower rate.

It also revealed that, as of March 14 this year, none have yet been paid.

A separate freedom of information request showed that Brereton Heath Lane was biggest moneymaker, in terms of parking fines for Cheshire East during the 2020/21 financial year,

Drivers parking on the road near the popular Brereton Heath Local Nature Reserve picked up 655 PCNs, totalling £24,319 in fines.

When it comes to parking fines across the borough as a whole so far in 2022, latest available figures show that, in the first three months of this year, 6,591 penalty charge notices have been issued across Cheshire East.

This has boosted the council's coffers by an additional £394,670.

In Crewe, a new hotspot for parking fines is the Lyceum Square car park, which has been closed for months.

Traffic wardens have been giving out a number of parking tickets to those who are still trying to park there, not using the permitted disabled spaces.

The car park is closed in wait of the Ly2 scheme, a new events and performance space for the town.

The Lyceum Square car park, Crewe, is a new hotspot for fines (Ryan Parker).

In October last year, Crewe MP Dr Kieran Mullan pushed Cheshire East Council to lower car parking charges in Crewe and Nantwich to establish greater fairness across the borough.

The proposals were rejected, despite a strong support for change from local people.

Dr Mullan posted on social media: "After months of waiting and promises to put forward proposals that would be fair and reasonable, I am sorry to say that we have got o further in getting fairness for Crewe and Nantwich residents and business when it comes to car parking charges."

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(Ryan Parker and Local Democracy Reporter, Belinda Ryan)