Visitors parking permits

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About visitors parking permits

You can buy visitors parking permits if you live in a Controlled Parking Zone (CPZ).

Your guests and visitors can use them to park in resident permit holders, permit holders or in any 'permit holders past this point' area within the controlled hours.

Signs on the street will give more information about the (CPZ) and its operating hours. 

We offer both virtual visitors parking permits and scratch card visitors parking permits.

If you apply for the virtual visitors permits, this means that you do not need to display anything in your vehicle. Your permit is electronic and is associated with the vehicle registration number. 

Patrolling Civil Enforcement Officers (CEOs) will be able to view your permit on their handheld devices.

If you apply for the scratch card visitor permits, then you would need to display the permits as per the terms and conditions of use.

Households can only purchase a maximum of 200 visitor permits in a 12 month period across both types of permit offerings.

The permits are valid for a full day.

Apply for visitor permits

To apply for the visitors parking permits you will need:

  • Proof of address
  • Valid email address 
  • Your credit or debit card details, we do not accept AMEX

Proof of address

  • your council tax demand for the last 12 month period
  • your rent agreement for the last 12 month period
  • a solicitor’s letter showing the house purchase completion date
  • 2 utility bills from different suppliers dated and showing your name and address. These must be from within the last 12 months. They must not be mobile phone bills
  • drivers license clearly showing your name and address within the Controlled Parking Zone (CPZ)

Alternatively, you can consent to an address validation check which will be carried out by Experian during the application process. This check will not affect your credit score but will appear as a search by NSL Ltd on your credit file.

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

Accepted document formats PDF, JPG, JPEG, BMP

Virtual visitor parking permits

You can apply for the virtual permits in your NSL Apply permit account.

Please refer to the parking permit user guidance to find out how to do the following.

  • Activate a Virtual Visitor Permit
  • Cancel a Virtual Visitor Permit
  • Swap/Edit a Vehicle on a Virtual Visitor Permit
  • Add a ‘Favourite Vehicle’

You can also Watch our video to find out how to use the virtual visitor permits.

It is important that you input the correct vehicle registration mark and select the correct date and time that the vehicle needs cover for.

Once the virtual permit has been activated it is valid for 24 hours from the date and time selected. For example, if a permit is activated on 20 December 2022 at 5.18pm it will be valid until 21 December 2022 at 5.17pm.

It is advised that you select the confirmation email option to validate that your virtual parking permit is active or alternatively you could refresh the permit account home page to see if the permit has been activated in the manage permits section. In doing so, this will prevent you from ordering duplicate permits.

Emails from NSL Apply should appear in your inbox and are sent from Barnet.Permits@nsl.co.uk, please check your spam and junk folders before contacting us.

Apply for Virtual Visitor Permits

Scratch card visitor parking permits

Our printing services are limited, and this service is being prioritised for those who are not able to use virtual visitor permits.

You cannot apply for the scratch card visitor permits in your NSL Apply permit account.

You can only apply for the scratch card visitor permits by contacting the Parking Permit team.

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

We will not replace permits which are lost in the post but can assist customers to locate orders by providing the Royal Mail tracking information.  If you live in a block of flats or have any difficulty receiving deliveries, we recommend that you purchase virtual visitor permits.

Prices

Virtual visitors parking permits are £1.33 each, minimum order is 3.

Printed visitors parking permits are available in books of 4 and cost £1.55 each (1 book is £6.20), minimum order is 12 vouchers (3 books of 4).

Contact us

You can reach our Parking Permit Team by:

Email: parking.permits@barnet.gov.uk 

Telephone: 0208 359 7446 (Monday to Thursday 9am to 5.15pm and Friday 9am to 5pm)

Terms and conditions of use

  1. Visitor vouchers are available for the use only by visitors to residents in a controlled parking zone.
  2. a virtual visitor voucher must be activated, or if issued as a paper voucher, displayed if a visitor parks in a "Permit Holders Only" parking place or a 'Resident Permit Holders Only' parking place during the controlled hours, making sure that the same zone identifier letter(s) displayed on the paper voucher or in the virtual visitor permit account appears on the sign.
  3. visitor vouchers are not valid in pay and display spaces, car parks or on yellow lines. They can only be used in shared use spaces where the signs include the wording in condition 2.
  4. visitor vouchers are only valid if completed and displayed as described on the front of the voucher where issued as a printed voucher. Where issued as a virtual voucher, they can only be used on the date for which it is validated.
  5. It’s prohibited to use a vehicle in a parking place in connection with the sale or offering or exposing for sale of goods.
  6. visitor vouchers can only be used once the month, day and date have been scratched off where issued a paper voucher. Alterations made to details will invalidate the voucher, for example, if more than one month, day or date is scratched off, this will invalidate the voucher
  7. the issue of visitor vouchers 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
  8. failure to correctly display a voucher where issued as a paper voucher, or activate a virtual voucher, may result in a Penalty Charge Notice (PCN) being issued to the vehicle
  9. parking places may be suspended by any person duly authorised by the Council or the police – don’t park in a parking place where signs indicate it’s suspended
  10. A maximum of 200 vouchers can be purchased per household within 12 months.  The limit of 200 vouchers applies across both virtual and paper scratchcard vouchers and is an absolute maximum.
  11. the Council is unable to give refunds for unused vouchers