Leeds council hikes up parking charges at Elland Road

The charge for cars will rise from 5 to 6, the charge for mini-coaches will go from 10 to 12, and there will be a 5 increase for coaches making the cost 20.

Leeds City Council is giving supporters a month's notice of the changes, with posters around the ground during home matches from this weekend's fixture with Crystal Palace.

More than 1,900 vehicles use the five car-parks around Elland Road on match days, with a maximum capacity of 3,650.

The council says the charge has remained the same for the past four years but includes VAT, which is set to rise in the New Year.

Martin Farrington, Leeds City Council's acting director of city development, said: "Leeds United and Elland Road are an intrinsic part of Leeds and we obviously would not want to do anything that would put people off from going and supporting their team at home.

"However, it has been four years since any rise in the cost of parking for matches at Elland Road and not only have our costs increased significantly but we are also reluctantly having to accommodate a rise in VAT.

"We have tried to keep the rise to a minimum while ensuring we can continue to provide thousands of parking spaces close to the ground for match days."