Builder's parking permits

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About builder's parking permits

If you are a builder and carrying out works from a residential or a business address within a  Controlled Parking Zone (CPZ you can apply for a builders parking permit to be able to park your vehicle in Permit Holders Only and Resident Permit Holders Only parking places in the controlled hours.

Signs on the street will give more information about the zone and its operating hours.

We offer a specific vehicle registration number builders parking permit and an any vehicle registration builders parking permit.

The specific vehicle registration number builders parking permits are virtual, which means you do not need to display anything in your vehicle. Your permit is electronic and is associated with your vehicle registration number.

Patrolling Civil Enforcement Officers will be able to view your permit on their handheld computers.

The any vehicle registration builders parking permit is a paper permit, which means that you would need to display the permit as per the terms and conditions of use.

You can apply for a 12 month permit or 1 month permit.

Only a maximum of 3 builders parking permits can be issued at any one time.

You will receive email renewal reminders in advance of the permit expiry date.

Paper permits will be issued and posted out to the billing address registered to your permit account.It is important that you check that you have entered the correct full address and postcode details.

You should allow at least 5 working days for your printed permit to arrive once you have completed your order. The paper permits are posted out via the Royal Mail recorded delivery service, which means that someone must be able to sign for the permits.

We will not replace paper permits which are lost in the post but can assist customers in locating orders by providing the Royal Mail tracking information.

Apply for a builders parking permit

Proof of address

one copy of the following accepted proof:

  • we require a letter on current printed business stationery showing the full trading address and VAT registration number or company registration number.

We will also require:

  • we require an invoice or written quotation on current printed business stationery showing the full trading address and VAT registration number or company registration number clearly demonstrating that you are carrying out work at a property in a Controlled Parking Zone (CPZ). 

Proof of vehicle ownership

one copy of the following accepted proof:

  • vehicle logbook (V5C) or insurance policy schedule for the respective vehicle in the same name as the applicant.
  • if you have a private vehicle registration, we will need you to provide a copy of the certificate of entitlement (V750). Your certificate of entitlement is provided by the DVLA (Driver and Licensing Agency). We will also require you to provide an insurance policy schedule or vehicle logbook (V5C) once this is received for audit purposes.
  • if you have a foreign vehicle, we will need you to provide the vehicle registration document (equivalent of the UK vehicle logbook (V5C) document). We will also require you to provide an insurance policy schedule or vehicle logbook (V5C) once the vehicle is registered in the UK for audit purposes (you can only legally drive a foreign registered vehicle up to six months in a 12 month period without registering it, as long as the car is taxed and insured in its home country).

If you have a company car, we need a signed and recently dated letter from your employer on current printed business stationery showing the full trading address and VAT registration number or company registration number. The letter must state:

  • your full name
  • that you are permanent employee of the company (registered on the company’s payroll)
  • your vehicle registration number

If you have a long term lease or hire vehicle, we need a recently dated copy of the agreement on headed paper. The agreement must state:

  • your full name
  • the length and terms of the agreement on headed paper from the lease or hire company
  • your vehicle registration number

We may contact you to provide further evidence at a later date for fraud and audit purposes.

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Apply for a builders parking permit

Renew your parking permit

We will send you email reminders 4 weeks, 2 weeks and the day before your current permit is due to expire.

Emails should appear in your inbox and are sent from no-reply@mipermit.com

Please check your spam and junk folders before contacting us.

Cancel your parking permit

If you no longer require your permit, you can cancel the permit in your account.

If a permit with a duration of one month is no longer required, a refund for all full remaining days will be processed only from the date that the permit has been cancelled in the permit account.

If a permit with a duration of more than one month is no longer required, a refund for all full remaining months will be processed only from the date that the permit has been cancelled in the permit account. If a permit is cancelled mid-month, you will not receive a refund for the remaining days of that month.

The refund should automatically be credited back to the initial payment card within 14 working days.

If a permit issued as an any vehicle registration paper permit is no longer required, the Council may arrange a refund for the remaining number of full calendar months (permits with a duration of more than one month) or full remaining days (permits with a duration of one month) once the original permit is returned to our office.

The refund will be calculated from the date the permit is received and will be for any full unused months or remaining days depending on the duration of the permit issued.. 

It would be helpful if you could confirm in writing that the permit is being returned as it is no longer required. Please provide a contact number or email address in case we need to contact you.


Parking Permit Team

MiPermit – London Borough Of Barnet
PO BOX 3584
Chippenham
Wiltshire
SN15 9EF 

It is advised that the original permit is sent via recorded delivery. This way you will receive a tracking reference number and therefore will be able to check if the permit has been received and signed for by the Council here Track your Item | Royal Mail Group Ltd

Prices

A specific vehicle registration builders parking permit costs £50.44 for 1 month and £409.47 for 12 months.

A any vehicle registration builders parking permit costs £100.33 for 1 month and £817.87 for 12 months.

Please be advised that the MiPermit parking permit system may send a request to authenticate your payment, for example via your banking app. Therefore, it is important that this authentication is completed to ensure that you successfully complete the purchase of your parking permit.

Contact us

If you have any queries, please contact our customer services department on 0345 520 7007 (Monday to Friday 8am – 6pm, Saturdays 8am - 4pm and on Sundays and Bank Holidays 10am - 4pm) or via email at help@mipermit.com

Terms and conditions of use

  1. Only a builder that is carrying out works from a residential or a business address that falls within the eligible property ranges of the Controlled Parking Zone (CPZ) as stipulated within the relevant traffic order can apply and purchase a Builders parking permit.
  2. The Builders parking permit only allows you to park in a Resident Permit Holders Only or Permit Holders Only parking place during the controlled hours, within the Controlled Parking Zone (CPZ) with the same zone identified letter (s) associated with the permit and shown on the time plate.
  3. The permit does not allow you to park in Business Permit Holders Only parking places, paid parking space, yellow lines or any other parking restriction.
  4. The permit may only be used in a shared use parking place where the signs indicate the zone identifier wording in condition 2.
  5. Builders parking permits that are for a specific vehicle are issued as a virtual, electronic permits.
  6. Builders parking permits that are for any vehicle registrations are issued as paper permits, which may be transferred between vehicles.
  7. Where issued as a paper permit, the permit should be clearly displayed on the front dashboard of the vehicle. All the information must be visible from outside of the vehicle for the patrolling Civil Enforcement Officer (CEO).
  8. Failure to correctly display a Builders parking permit as per condition 7 may result in a Penalty Charge Notice (PCN) being issued to the vehicle.
  9. It is the responsibility of the permit holder to ensure that they supply the correct vehicle registration number when applying for a specific vehicle Builders parking permit.
  10. The maximum number of Builders parking permits issued at any one time shall be three.
  11. The Builders permit can only be used while carrying out building works at a residential or a business address in the zone for which the permit is valid. Evidence of no works being carried out may result in a Penalty Charge Notice (PCN) being issued and the permit being withdrawn
  12. The issue of a Builders parking permit does not guarantee the availability of a parking space, nor does it render the Council subject to any liability in respect of loss or damage to any vehicle in a parking place or the contents or fittings of any such vehicle.
  13. Failure to have a valid Builders parking permit during the controlled hours of the given (CPZ) may result in a Penalty Charge Notice (PCN) being issued to the vehicle.
  14. Parking places may be suspended by any person duly authorised by the Council or the police. Do not park in a parking place where signs indicate it is suspended.
  15. If a permit with a duration of one month is no longer required, and the permit holder cancels the permit within their permit account, a refund for all full remaining days will be processed only from the date that the permit has been cancelled in the permit account.
  16. If a permit with a duration of more than one month is no longer required, and the permit holder cancels the permit within their permit account, a refund for all full remaining months will be processed only from the date that the permit has been cancelled in the permit account. If a permit is cancelled mid-month, you will not receive a refund for the remaining days of that month.
  17. If a permit issued as an any vehicle registration permit is no longer required, the Council may arrange a refund for the remaining number of full calendar months once the original permit is returned to our office. The refund will be calculated from the date the permit is received and will be for any full unused months. It is recommended that you send the original permit by recorded delivery post as without the permit we cannot arrange a refund.
  18. The council may revoke a permit if it is believed that the permit is being misused. Where a vehicle has 3 or more unpaid and outstanding Penalty Charge Notices (PCN) issued that have progressed to 'charge certificate' stage (by this stage there is no longer a right of appeal) then a new or renewed permit will not be issued for that vehicle until all of the outstanding Penalty Charge Notices have been paid or the matter otherwise resolved.
  19. A permit may be cancelled if it is not used in accordance with these terms and conditions of use (under these circumstances you will not be entitled to any refund).
  20. Failure to comply with these conditions may result in a Penalty Charge Notice (PCN) being issued to your vehicle.
  21. A goods vehicle with an overall height greater than 2.3 metres may not make use of a parking place during controlled hours.
  22. It is prohibited to use a vehicle in a parking place in connection with the sale or offering or exposing for sale of goods.
  23. If a Builders permit has been damaged, lost or destroyed, the permit holder may apply to the Council for the issue of a replacement permit and the Council, upon being satisfied as to such loss or destruction, shall issue a replacement permit, so marked, and upon such issue the original permit shall become invalid. The replacement permit will display the same expiry date as the previous permit.