-
Parking Permits - Business
Parking Permits - Business
Business Parking Permits are not available for Zones A and A1.
Business Parking Permits may be issued to any Non-Domestic Business Rate payer who operates a business within a CPZ (except Kingston Town Centre - Zones A and A1). Business Permit holders may use any parking bay signed 'Permit Holders Only' or Shared Use bay (Permit Holders or Pay & Display) within the CPZ. Note -Within the Surbiton (Zone S) CPZ the parking bays in Cottage Grove are designated 'Resident Permit Holders Only' and Business Permit or Business Visitor permit holders are not permitted to park in these bays.
A maximum of 2 permits per business are permitted and the permits will either be issued to a specific vehicle registration number or under a company name.
The permits are available for either 3, 6 or 12 month period and at present the first permit costs £30, £52.50 and £90 respectively. A second permit will cost £50, £87.50 and £150 respectively.
Business Parking Permits will only be issued to vehicles that are:-
- constructed or adapted for the carriage of not more than 12 passengers (exclusive of the driver); or
- not higher than 2.50 metres; or
- not longer than 5.25 metres; and
in all cases the width of the vehicle must be such that when parked it is fully within the markings of the parking bay. Permits will not be issued to caravans or trailers.
Business Visitor Permits
Business Visitor Permits are only available in Zone R (Riverside), Zone S (Surbiton), Zone T (Oak Hill) and Zone V (Villiers)
Businesses located within Zones R, S, T and V may purchase scratch-off Business Visitor Permits which can then be used for their visitors or tradesmen when they need to park on street. You are not required to have a Business Parking Permit to purchase Business Visitor Permits.
To use these permits, you or your visitor must scratch-off the day, date, month and either morning, lunchtime (certain zones only) or afternoon period on the permit and then display the permit clearly either in the nearside front window or dashboard of the visitors car.
If you want to park a vehicle in Zone S, T, and most of V all day then two permits must be used, one for the morning period and one for the afternoon period. In Zone R and the Zone V sub-zone (Hill Crescent area) you need only scratch of the mid-day period to comply with the controlled hours in that zone.
Permits are sold in books of 10 permits and are limited to a maximum of 20 books per year per business.
At present each book of scratch-off permits costs £20 which gives 10 half days or 5 full days parking in Zones S, T and V, or 10 full days (10am until 4pm) in Zone R or (10am until 3pm) in Zone V sub zone.
Refunds of £8 will be given for any unused, complete books of permits.