Suspend a parking bay
Apply to temporarily stop anyone being able to use a parking bay or multiple parking bays, for example for maintenance work, construction, filming or special events.
A parking bay may be a large stretch of parking area and it may contain multiple parking spaces. We can only suspend parking spaces on the public highway.
We cannot suspend yellow lines, zebra crossings or keep clear areas. The council is not responsible for suspensions on red routes, or private roads.
Costs
Residents
The cost for a resident to suspend a space or a whole bay is £133.40 for the first day. This is for as many spaces within the bay as required. For additional days, the charge is £42.70 for each parking space per day, excluding Sundays and bank holidays.
Businesses
The cost for a business or utility company to suspend a space or whole bay is £266.75 for the first day. For additional days, the charge is £42.70 for each parking space per day, excluding Sundays and bank holidays.
Free parking suspensions
Parking suspensions are free for community events, weddings, and funerals.
Advanced warning notices
We display notices to give advance warning to other parking users before a suspension begins.
Where possible, these notices will be displayed on streets for residential parking with 10 days’ notice.
When to apply
For Pay By Phone parking bays, you must apply at least 10 days before the date you want the suspension to begin.
For all other types of parking bay, you must apply at least 14 days before the date you want the suspension to begin.
If you’re applying for an extension, you must apply and pay at least four working days before the current suspension ends.
Apply
Before you apply
- If you want to suspend parking bays for a community event, funeral or wedding, you may need to contact us first. Check what you need to do for community events, funerals, and weddings and other useful information.
- A parking bay can contain multiple spaces. You must only suspend the number of spaces you need.
- You will be asked to upload information about the parking space or spaces you want to suspend. Please prepare this information before starting the application to make sure you give us all the relevant information. We need to know the exact locations and recommend you provide a screenshot of a map, such as our parking map. This will help us process your application quickly.
- If you are applying for multiple parking suspensions, you can complete the online application once but please upload information about all the exact locations, dates and times of the suspensions.
- Read the terms and conditions.