More than 1,000 PCNs have been issued by Monmouthshire County Council since July, it has emerged.

The striking figures follows controversial changes to how drivers are fined for breaking parking rules.

The council took on responsibility for CPE in April, but officers only issued advisory notes for the first two months.

A total of 1,083 PCNs have been issued since July, 790 of which have been paid for.

There have been no appeals to adjudication, but 123 notices have been challenged.

A Monmouthshire County Council spokesman said, " Our service ambition is to ensure our streets are safe and convenient for pedestrians, cyclists and other road users and tackling indiscriminate parking is an important tool in achieving this objective.

Meanwhile, a similar amount have been issued in Blaenau Gwent.

More than 500 parking charge notices have been issued in Blaenau Gwent since enforcement started on September 10.

Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council was the last of the local authorities in Gwent to take over CPE.

Since then the council has issued 543 parking charge notices (PCN), of which 376 have been paid for.

The council has received more than 70 requests for enforcement via email.

The council said that they often get calls for enforcement and they visit a school site every patrol shift during term time.

So far, there have been no formal appeals.

Information regarding income generated from PCN will be available in December.

This is in addition to more than 17,000 parking tickets being handed out in Gwent since councils took over control from Gwent Police earlier this year.

Gwent was the last police force area to transfer powers of civil parking enforcement (CPE) to councils, bringing them in line with the rest of Wales. This means police no longer enforce parking restrictions on roads across the regions - with this now the responsibility of council officers.

More than 4,000 fines - or penalty charge notices (PCNs) - had been issued, generating £105,438 in income.

And in total 17,750 tickets have been handed out since then.

Motorists can challenge their PCN via the South Wales Parking Group (SWPG).

The SWPG will consider any evidence available, including site photographs and traffic orders, and will either cancel the PCN or send a motorist a notice of rejection letter.

If this letter is ignored and the motorist still wants to appeal, they can apply for a formal appeal hearing via the Traffic Penalty Tribunal.

Earlier this year, free parking offered at the Morrisons store in Abergavenny cost Monmouthshire County Council almost £300,000 in lost income.

The two hours free parking undercut the council’s pay and display car parks, with councillors warned in January to expect losses of £197,000.But costs climbed to £275,000.