Tips on Sensible Parking
- Controlled Parking Zones
- Motorcycle and moped parking
- Signs
- Making enquiries on parking in advance
- Avoid driving/parking in bus lanes during restricted hours
- Moving vehicle offences
- Parking in Pay and Display bays
- Parking in Disabled bays for Blue Badge Holders
- Parking in suspended bays
- Loading Bays
- Residents’ permit parking
- School ‘Keep Clear’ markings
- Pavement Parking
- Parking on single yellow lines and loading and unloading
- Parking on double yellow lines
Controlled Parking Zones
The borough has twelve Controlled Parking Zones (CPZ) with various sub zones. These CPZs vary in sizes and parking is restricted by Traffic Regulation Orders. The aim of these CPZs is to reduce traffic congestion whilst enabling road users to park in a safe and organised way that takes into consideration the safety of pedestrians and reduces the risk of accidents. If a road is laid out with yellow lines and parking bays, there are fewer opportunities to park illegally. Visitors, contractors, builders and other non-residents will need a permit to park otherwise they risk being ticketed or being towed away.
At the vehicular entry point of the CPZs, there is an entry plate similar to the sign above. This sign means that between 10am and 12 noon the CPZ is enforceable and yellow line restrictions apply unless indicated by another time plate. Enforcement hours and parking tariffs vary from one zone to the next, please check the entry signs prior to parking.
Outside the CPZs there are fewer restrictions. They may include single yellow lines, double yellow lines, footway parking exemptions, disabled bays, overnight heavy goods vehicle parking, and parking across driveway.
For further information on the types of bays in Haringey CPZs, please see the attached files section below.
|Back to topMotorcycle and moped parking
Motorcycles may park free of charge in residential, shared use and pay and display bays.
They should be parked at right angles to the kerb, and at one end of the bay, in a manner that would not prevent other users from parking in that bay.
Signs
Always read the signs displayed in the area. Look out for the sign at the entrance of the Controlled Parking Zone – it will indicate the parking restriction that applies within that zone. Where you do park check for any additional time restrictions that could be in operation. If other vehicles are parking do not make an assumption that it is also OK for you to park.
|Back to topMaking enquiries on parking in advance
If you are planning to visit the borough you can phone us on 020 8489 1000 to find out more about restrictions and the best places to park before planning your journey. Our lines are open from 8am to 6pm Monday to Friday.
We are here to help you. When you arrive check the signs in the area prior to parking your vehicle.
|Back to topAvoid driving/parking in bus lanes during restricted hours
Bus Lanes are separated from the rest of the road by a single wide continuous white line and are normally marked with red road surfacing.
At the beginning of the bus lane, there will be a sign showing the hours of operation and which vehicles are permitted eg, buses, taxis and cycles. There is also a sign at the end of the bus lane at which point normal parking restrictions commence.
Drivers will receive a ticket in the post if they are captured on CCTV driving in a bus lane during restricted times.
Parking in bus lanes is prohibited unless designated by signs.
|Back to topMoving vehicle offences
Haringey Council uses various mobile enforcement units or ‘smart cars’ equipped with CCTV cameras which are able to move around several locations within the borough. These mobile units are used to enforce drivers that ignore road signs thereby endangering not only themselves but also other road users. Contraventions enforced are mainly banned turns, no entries and yellow-box junctions.
You must not enter a yellow box junction until your exit road or lane is clear. However, you may enter the box and wait when you want to turn right, and are only stopped from doing so by oncoming traffic, or by other vehicles waiting to turn right.
Please see Moving Traffic Contraventions for more information.
|Back to topParking in Pay and Display bays
These bays are for short-term parking only. You must clearly display the ticket and please do not overstay the period you have paid for or feed the meter. If you do decide to extend your parking, park the vehicle in another street within a Pay and Display bay or park in a car park where parking time is unlimited.
- More on the council's car parks
If the Pay and Display machine is faulty, please make a note of the serial number of the machine and let us know on Tel 0208 489 2143 so that we can help you park legally.
You do not have to purchase a ticket on Sundays (with exception to Wood Green CPZ) or on Christmas Day, Boxing Day, New year’s Day or Easter Monday.
|Back to topParking in Disabled bays for Blue Badge Holders
The European Blue Badge disabled parking scheme is fully recognised in Haringey. If you are a holder of a valid badge, you can park on a single yellow line for up to 3 hours where no loading restriction applies with a badge and clock clearly displayed. You can also park in resident parking bays, pay and display bays, and in shared use bays without a charge.
In Haringey you can park in Disabled bays for an indefinite period if you have a valid blue badge. Parking in central London, where traffic levels are much higher, causes its own particular problems. You must therefore contact individual authorities for parking facilities.
Please visit the Local Authority Address Finder website (see external links section below) for local authorities contact details.
Please note: Disabled Badge holders are not entitled to drive or park in bus lanes, taxi ranks, doctor’s bays, loading bays and suspended bays. In some boroughs you cannot park in residents-only bays.
|Back to topParking in suspended bays
The Council sometimes needs to suspend parking bays for road works or other essential reasons. Parking is prohibited on a suspended bay by all vehicles, other than for authorised vehicles for a period specified on notices placed on the road adjacent to these bays. The responsibility is with the driver to read and understand when the suspension is in force. For more information on suspended bays please see Parking Bay Suspension.
|Back to topLoading Bays
These bays are generally reserved for commercial vehicles that are actively engaged in loading or unloading and is represent by the sign to the right.
The days and hours that restrictions apply are shown on the adjacent sign plates.
|Back to topResidents’ permit parking
In CPZs local residents pay a fee which entitles them to use residents-only parking spaces near their homes. There are approximately 10,100 residents’ parking bays in Haringey.
Residents parking permits must be clearly displayed in these bays during the restricted hours.
|Back to topSchool ‘Keep Clear’ markings
With car ownership on the increase and the parking outside schools limited, children are often faced with the problem of trying to negotiate a safer place to cross the road. In UK, nearly 300 children are admitted to hospital every day because of accidents and tragically, nearly every day one child dies. Most of these accidents happen during morning and after school runs. In Haringey we put child safety first by regularly enforcing keep clear signs outside schools.
Keep Clear signs are mainly placed outside schools and are identified by yellow zig-zag lines as indicated above and are provided for safety reasons to ensure clear sight lines for both motorists and children outside schools.
If the school is within the Controlled Parking Zone (CPZ) then the Keep Clear section will also be covered by a single yellow line restriction which prohibits parking during the CPZ controlled hours.
With further development of education to communities within the borough and educating children examples of road safety from an early age together with various road calming solutions introduced at accident hotspots the number of accidents has been reduced by 25% in just one year. This news was announced in May 2006 when Haringey Council was named as the best-performing London borough.
For more information on child safety please visit the Child Accident Prevention Trust website (see external links section below).
|Back to topPavement Parking
Pavement parking can cause inconvenience and is hazardous to pedestrians, visually impaired, disabled and elderly people or those with prams or pushchairs as the person may have to step on to the highway to avoid the obstruction thus putting themselves in danger. It may also cause damage to kerbs, pavements or the services infrastructure underneath.
You should only park on the pavement where there are exemptions and will be marked by signs as above. The first sign allows you to park on the footway whereas the second sign indicates the end of the footway parking exemption.
|Back to topParking on single yellow lines and loading and unloading
You cannot park on a single yellow line between 8.00am and 6.30pm, although you should always check street signs for confirmation of regulations. There is normally a ‘no loading’ restriction between 8am - 10am and 4pm - 6.30pm. During this no vehicles are allowed to park , load or unload during loading restriction hours. When loading and unloading is generally limited to 40 minutes and the activity must be continuous.
Non-commercial drivers can also load and unload if the items are heavy or bulky or if the driver has many items with would involve more than one trip. As soon as the loading/unloading is completed the car must be moved and parked legally elsewhere. Loading/unloading is dependent upon the yellow blips on the kerb. These warn there is a loading restriction. Two blips indicate no loading at any time and one blip means that loading is restricted at certain times as indicated on the white plate. No one including commercial vehicles is allowed to park when these loading restrictions are in force.
When loading and unloading activity is not in evidence a PCN is issued. If you attract a ticket while you were away from the vehicle during loading/unloading and where the parking restriction allows you to park, you can appeal against the ticket and include a delivery note or receipt for goods accompanied with an explanation as to why you were away from the vehicle.
If you want to load and unload for longer than 20 minutes you can apply for a ‘waiver’, a permit that allows you to park on yellow lines. To make an application for a waiver, please contact us on Tel 020 8489 1000 or see Parking Bay Suspension.
|Back to topParking on double yellow lines
Double yellow lines denote an area where it can be dangerous to park, or where leaving your vehicle can be a hazard to other road users. It used to be accompanied by road signs bearing the message ‘No Parking’ with a nearby plate showing either the operational hours or stating ‘At Any Time’ without which the parking restriction was not enforceable.
From January 2004 and where the restriction operates for 24 hours over 7 days these road signs are no longer required.
A better understanding of all these rules and restrictions will enable you to park legally and sensibly within the borough at all times and avoid those dreaded PCNs.
For more information on parking restrictions and safe parking please visit the Highway Code website (see external links section below).
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