How can I buy a parking permit from Tower Hamlets Council ?

[nismoGTR1]

Hi ,

How can I buy a parking permit from tower hamlets council before I move to a new property?

I was wondering if anybody could advise me on this. I am moving into a flat that's in E1 London and need to get myself a parking permit. I need the parking permit before my move so that I can park my car. However, Tower Hamlets council won't (for reasons that I understand) allow me to buy a permit online before I get a council tax number for the property in question.

Im very confused by the whole parking permit thing as, by some quirk of a benevolent fate, I have never had to live on a road that required parking permits before this.


I was wondering if anybody knows how I can solve this vexing conundrum by doing something like:

1. Buying a post-dated parking permit using my new rental contract as proof, or

2. Buying a temporary parking permit, or

3. Getting a council tax number in advance.



I was very surprised that the Council's website didn't have anything on this at all. I can't be the first person to face this issue!







Thanks in advance,

[Hungry Pigeon]

Tower Hamlet's website states:

We aim to process applications within three working days. Once you submit your application, you can park until you receive an email with the outcome. Please check your email and junk mail regularly.


So, read their website, make your application, and then park.

[cb31]

Hungry Pigeon said:

So, read their website, make your application, and then park.

In the meantime get multiple tickets and have to fight to get them cancelled. I would find somewhere with free parking for a week or so until you have your permit, a pain but what can you do with inflexible councils?

[valiant]

Can you buy a visitors permit or ask one of your new neighbours for a visitors permit (offer to pay obviously ).

Not Tower Hamlets but we had similar. As soon as we were in we called for a council tax number which was generated there and then and then a call to the parking dept to sort permit. Was all done in two phone calls and we just parked in the nearby multi-storey for the few hours it took to sort.

[nismoGTR1]

Thanks Guys
I have no allocated parking so will be parking on the street .
I see high end vehicles parked on the road side 911 , range rovers etc & owning a LC 500 i presume parking on the street will be fine or would you suggest trying to rent a private parking spot .
I suppose high end machinery is safer parked at the roadside in london then other parts of UK seeing the number of expensive cars lefr parked .

I do need my car to visit family here in the north on weekends so selling is out of the question for now

Any advice will be greatly appreciated as I'm out of my comfort zone.