Motorists in Falmouth and Penryn are likely to be hit in the pocket if plans to introduce on-street pay and display charges and residents' parking zones are approved by Cornwall Council.

The council is consulting on the two proposed schemes, and maps published on Monday show which areas are under threat of becoming residents' parking zones or pay and display areas.

Falmouth is one of seven towns across Cornwall earmarked for residents parking which will mean people living in the specified areas will have to pay £50 a year for an annual parking permit.

Every household in the zones will receive a letter alerting them to the schemes, and asking for their views. The council is also writing to residents in neighbouring streets, who might also be impacted if a scheme is being introduced nearby, as cars are displaced, and asking them how they feel too – including whether they would also like to be included in a larger scheme

In addition to the residents parking zones, the council is also proposing to introduce on-street pay and display zones in and around Falmouth and Penryn town centres and the seafront. This would mean there would be no free parking available for shoppers who currently benefit from either short-term free parking or unrestricted parking.

In Falmouth the streets being targeted are: Bar Road, Berkeley Vale, Grove Place, High Street, Killigrew Street, Kimberley Park Road, New Street, Pendennis Head, Queen Mary Road and Swanpool Road. In Penryn, pay and display would be introduced in Broad Street, Commercial Road and Upper and Lower Market Street.

Residents' parking zones are planned in Falmouth around Pendennis Rise, in most of central Falmouth between Killigrew Street, Dracaena Avenue and Western Terrace, Melvill Road and the railway line, excluding Woodlane and the vicinity of the campus. Another area could extend around Trevethan Road, Harbour and Erisey Terraces, Penwerris Lane and Terrace, and down to Dunstanville Terrace.

And in Penryn there could be resident's parking zones in the Saracen area, around Calver Close and Western Place, in streets either side of the railway station, and around Greenwood Road and Crescent.

New double yellow lines are planned for sections of Dunstanville Terrace, Dracaena Avenue, Trescobeas Road and Bickland Water Road in Falmouth and St Thomas Street, sections of Helston Road and Parkengue in Penryn.

Members of the council's parking project team will be at Falmouth's council chamber above the library from 11am until 8pm on Thursday, November 24, to receive feedback and provide further information on the scheme.

The council says the on-street pay and display schemes are being proposed after gathering extensive evidence of traffic problems. Typically, it says, this has resulted in the available parking spaces on the street being occupied for longer periods than allowed, which means that people going in for a shorter time to do their shopping have found it harder to park. In addition to reducing traffic problems, the schemes proposed should also help support local businesses by creating a greater turn-over of town centre parking spaces.

In the process, lots of extra on-street parking spaces would be created by removing a number of double-yellow-lines. Businesses in all of the town centre roads covered by the zones are having details delivered by hand, and people who currently park on those roads are being alerted to the proposals via posters being placed on lamp posts etc. The smaller number of residents in those town centre areas are also being told about these schemes, so they too can have their say.

The new on-street pay and display charges will be set at just over the current local car parking charges for similar times in each of the towns, to "encourage turn-over of cars, and help more customers park closer to local shops." In response to concerns from small businesses in particular, there’ll also be a super-cheap 15 minute pay and display charging level, so as to support people just popping into small shops for a few minutes at a time.

Speaking on both sets of proposals, Cornwall Council’s cabinet member responsible for transport, Cllr Bert Biscoe, who does not drive, said: “We’ve listened to what people have told us in our surveys earlier this year. By changing the way we finance the overall scheme we’re able to reduce the price of parking permits in residents' parking zones to £50 (second permits will be £75).

“Residents and businesses have also told us via the initial survey about town centre parking difficulties. In response we want to ask what people think about some proposals in four towns to create extra town centre on-street parking spaces and to encourage shorter stays and more footfall by introducing some on-street pay and display. We’re publishing detailed maps, staging exhibitions, and writing to residents and businesses in the seven towns.

“We’re also promoting season tickets for our car parks so that commuters who currently park in residential areas and who would be displaced by permit schemes can find a more central place to park in future at a much more affordable level than paying day by day. People will be able to pay by monthly direct debit, which will be more flexible.

“Residents and businesses have told us about their parking problems – the detailed schemes being proposed today show how we’ve listened, both to their underlying concerns and stress. Hopefully our new proposals are a good way forward to give meet everybody’s needs in a more effective and efficient way. Tell us what you think.”

The proposed plans and information on the public consultations and exhibitions, can be found at cornwall.gov.uk/parkingreview, as well as in libraries and one stop shops.