PARKING charges on residential West End streets are to increase by 70 per cent under new plans.

Residents in Partick, Dowanhill and Yorkhill have been met with notices informing them that, as of August 20, they will be required to pay more to park near their homes.

Permits for residents and businesses, and street parking, are all set to change next month after being first introduced in 2016.

On listed roads, residents will be forced to pay 70 per cent more a year to obtain a permit as charges go from £50 to £85 per annum.

For those paying quarterly, the cost comes in at £23.75 – as opposed to the current £15 rate.

Motorists visiting the area will also have to pay to park during chargeable hours. 

It will now cost 20p per 15 minutes for up to an hour and 40p per 15 minutes thereafter.

Before the changes, the costs were limited to 20p for the first 30 minutes then 20p for every 10 minutes thereafter. Businesses have been given slight relief under plans as their permits will be reduced from £700 a year to £650.

Glasgow City Council introduced stricter parking conditions to clamp down on the dangerous and obstructive parking habits.

Most recently, streets in Hyndland, Hughenden and Dowanhill West became subject to permits.

Those with permits inside the areas are be able to park within the existing Dowanhill and Partick zones with a similar W3 identifier.

A council spokesman said: “This measure was agreed at a meeting of the Full Council as part of the process to set our annual budget.

“Residents parking permits offer significant benefits to local communities.

“Having a permit scheme in place reduces the amount of commuters parking on local streets, helping to ensure residents can park as close as possible to their own homes.

“The permits increase the travel options for residents, who can leave their cars at home and travel to work by alternative means if they wish.

“Fewer parked cars also means greater road safety, particularly for pedestrians, and ease of access to streets for vehicles from the emergency and cleansing services.”

Councillor Tony Curtis said: "The resident's charge has almost doubled due to being set in the recent budget passed by the SNP run City Government, aided by the Glasgow Green group.

"The parking charge is an arbitrary figure and is charged to a group of people the City Government feel can afford it, bolstered by the obvious anti-car agenda that it has.

"The Conservative group proposed a budget devoid of any increases in the £50 initial charge and still managed to balance the city's books. All I can say is that the increase has been set to make up for budget short comings in other areas.

"I am openly urging constituents to campaign against the increase, much like the campaigners against the increase to early years childcare costs have done.

"I firmly believe that residents in my ward of Partick East and Kelvindale are sick of being used as a cash cow while not seeing any real time benefits from their multiple contributions.

"I will question the City Government at the next possible opportunity to seek clarity to if they are going to perform a U-turn on residents parking permit increases."

A spokesman for Yorkhill and Kelvingrove Community Council added: "We feel the parking charge increase is steep and will affect many of our residents.

"We also feel the increase in charges per 10 minutes is unhelpful to local businesses, many of which are independent and rely on passing trade."