Estate Permits For Visitors And Carers

Some estates allow visitors and carers to park in the dedicated parking bays providing they have a valid visitor's parking permit or carer's parking permit.

Who can apply for a visitor's estate parking permit?

• Tenants
• Leaseholders
• People who live permanently with a tenant or leaseholder on an estate managed by Southwark Council
  

Who can apply for a carer's permit?

• People who provide medical support to a resident, or residents, living on an estate managed by Southwark Council
• Carers can be registered or unregistered
  

How much does a permit cost?

Visitor's parking permits are sold as vouchers. Vouchers can be bought in booklets of 50 or as a card of ten vouchers as pictured top right.

• Booklet containing 50 visitor's vouchers, £32.80
• Strip of ten visitor's vouchers, £6.60
• Carer's annual parking permit, £32.80

How do I apply for a permit?

You can pick up an application form from your area housing office. Find your nearest area housing office. 

Download the estate parking permit application form for visitors or carers (pdf 294kb).

Download estate parking ticket conditions of use (pdf 688 kb).

To view these documents, you need Adobe Acrobat software installed on your computer. Download Adobe Acrobat Reader for free. 

For visitor's permits

Please bring the following to your local one stop shop

• A completed application form
• Proof of residency. For example, rent book, council tax bill, leaseholder documents
• Proof of identity. For example, full driving licence, provisional licence, passport, birth certificate
• Payment of £32.80

When you have paid the £32.80, the cashier will give you a receipt. You should take your receipt to your area housing office and they will give you your permit.

You can apply for an estate visitor's parking permit at the Bermondsey one stop shop if you live in Bermondsey, otherwise go to your local one stop shop. You can pay by cheque for the permit at the one stop shop and conduct the whole transaction in one place. View details about Southwark's one stop shops.

For carer's permits

Please bring the following to your area housing office

• A completed application form
• Medical evidence proving that the resident you support needs medical assistance
• Proof of identity. For example, full driving licence, provisional licence, passport, birth certificate
• Vehicle documentation
• Payment of £32.80

When you have paid your £32.80 you will be given your permit.

Displaying your permit

Please make sure that you display your permit clearly in the windscreen of your vehicle with your current visit details completed in blue or black ink, do not use pencil.

You must fill in the date and registration number clearly, again using blue or black ink. Any attempt to alter any of the details on any parking permit will render the parking permit invalid. 

If you do not display your permit clearly, or if your permit is out of date, your vehicle will be clamped or towed away. The permit is only valid on vehicles displaying a current road fund licence and on passenger vehicles weighing up to 1950 kilogrammes. If your vehicle is parked in a way that prevents essential services carrying out their duties, it will automatically be removed.

Possession of a visitor's parking permit does not guarantee a parking space within a residential dedicated parking bay.

Size restrictions for vehicles parking on the estate

No vehicle should exceed the following dimensions

• Height: 6 foot 6 inches (2 metres)
• Width: 6 foot zero inches (1.83 metres)
• Length: 16 foot zero inches (4.8 metres)
  

Frequently asked questions

I am moving to a different estate, can I take my visitor's permit with me?

No. You can only use your visitor's permit on the estate you applied to use it on. If you have any unused permits, please return them to your area housing office. You will not be entitled to a refund on unused permits.

Can my visitors park anywhere on the estate if they have a valid visitor's permit?

Visitors can only park in a dedicated parking bay. No vehicles can park on

• Single or double yellow lines
• Footways
• Grassed areas or verges
• Areas that block access to bins or for emergency vehicles
  

Contact us

If you have any questions, please contact us

Street Scene and Public Protection
Tel: 020 7525 2000
Parking@southwark.gov.uk
151-153 Walworth Road
London
SE17 1RY