Background
In July 2024, we introduced a new forward-thinking Parking Strategy, that has been co-designed with the community.
The Parking Strategy focuses on managing the road space in Haringey to meet the needs of our growing population and prioritising parking for those who need it.
To help deliver the strategy, we developed several proposals after listening to residents' and businesses' needs, which we took to consultation in October 2024.
Following the conclusion of the consultation, we have analysed all of the submitted feedback, and a decision has now been made on each of the proposals on whether we will implement it into our Parking Policy or not, which you can find details on below.
Thank you to everyone who responded to the consultation. Your feedback has been crucial in shaping decisions that accurately reflect the needs and views of Haringey residents and local businesses. This has allowed us to move forward with a strategy that is closely aligned with our community’s interests.
Summary of changes
See a list of proposals, along with the decision on whether it will be implemented into our Parking Policy.
Administrative services: change of address
- Proposal: to introduce an administrative charge for change of address for permits.
- Decision: to be implemented.
- Additional information: this is intended to improve consistency across administrative services for permits.
Administrative services: rejected permit applications
- Proposal: to introduce an administration fee for permit applications that are rejected.
- Decision: to be implemented.
- Additional information: residents parking permits are issued on trust – applicants confirm that they meet the eligibility criteria and provide the necessary supporting evidence. Some do not, hence applications being subsequently rejected. This would ensure costs are fully recovered.
Electric Vehicle (EV) charging bays/parking in Pay & Display bays
- Proposal: to introduce charges for EVs short-term parking and electric charging bays.
- Decision: to be implemented.
- Additional information: this is intended to increase turnover and access to these spaces.
Introducing a new Workplace Virtual Blue Badge Permit
- Proposal: to introduce a new free permit that Blue Badge holders that work in Haringey but live outside of the borough can use, similar to our existing Resident Virtual Blue Badge Permit.
- Decision: to be implemented.
- Additional information: this is intended to prevent the theft of their Blue Badge when parking near their place of work in Haringey.
Innovative permit charging: vehicle size surcharging for a range of permits
- Proposal: to introduce a parking permit surcharge that reflects the size of a vehicle.
- Decision: to be implemented.
- Additional information: the larger the vehicle, the higher the permit surcharge would be to reflect the space required and their impact on road conditions.
New Business Permit provision: Business Visitor Permits
- Proposal: to introduce business visitor permits to offer additional short stay options for local business parking.
- Decision: to be implemented.
- Additional information: this mirrors the permit offer made by a number of other London boroughs. Initially, it is proposed that this will be provided at a limit of 100 per year per account, subject to review after a period of implementation.
Remove Daily Visitor Permits
- Proposal: to remove the option of daily visitor parking permits.
- Decision: it will NOT be implemented.
- Additional information: residents would still be able to access hourly permits for their visitors. This would be intended to prevent the permits being used for other than their intended purpose.
Subsequent permit charging
- Proposal: to introduce a new permit surcharge structure for additional permits.
- Decision: to be implemented.
- Additional information: the more permits that a household purchases, the higher the surcharge will be. It will also be applied across other types of permits, whereas at the moment a flat-fee surcharging only applies to resident permits.
Temporary Cover Permit
- Proposal: to introduce 21-day temporary courtesy and hire car permit cover across our wider range of permits.
- Decision: to be implemented.
- Additional information: this would build on our current offer that only applies to resident permits.
Updated permit charging structure, to include a new EV charging tier
- Proposal: to introduce a new permit charging tier for fully electric vehicles, also known as battery electric vehicles (BEVs).
- Decision: to be implemented.
- Additional information: we recognise that these vehicles do not contribute to local emissions – this is in contrast to other vehicles in the current lowest charge tier (up to 100 CO2 g/km).