Suspensions and dispensations

Within Residential Parking Zones (RPZs), parking spaces may be suspended at the council's discretion to allow for certain circumstances.

These include:

Suspension of on-street parking spaces (bays)

• Weddings
• Funerals
• Business or domestic removals
• Building works
• Maintenance and repairs to the highway
• Maintenance and repairs to services (gas, water, electric, telecoms etc)
  buried within the highway
• Filming

Please note that disabled bays cannot be suspended by residents or businesses for any reason. However, disabled bays may be suspended when essential or emergency maintenance works need to be undertaken.

Charges for daily bay suspensions are as follows;

East Ham / Stratford / Upton Park
10.5 hrs x £2 = £21 per bay per day + £25 administration fee

Forest Gate / Little Ilford / Manor Park
8hrs x £2 = £16 per bay per day + £25 administration fee

Beckton / Canning Town / Market Street / Monega / Prince Regents Lane / Ruskin / Stratford North East / Stratford North West / Stratford South East / Stratford South West / West Ham
£25 administration fee only*

Green Street
10hrs x £2 = £20 per bay per day + £25 administration fee

Station Road and Romford Road
8hrs x £2 = £16 per bay per day + £25 administration fee

* The bay suspension charges directly reflect the hourly charge of a pay and display ticket, therefore in RPZs where it is permit holders only there is no bay charge.

See below for information on how to request the suspension of an (on-street) parking bay.

Suspension of parking spaces in car parks

Parking spaces in Council owned car parks can be suspended for certain purposes (i.e. building works, maintenance or filming) etc.

Please allow at least 10 working days for your request to be processed.

Each space carries a charge according to the tariff of that particular car park. There is also a one-off administration charge of £25.

See below for information on how to request the suspension of a parking space.

Dispensations

A dispensation is short for "a dispensation from the waiting and loading restrictions," that is to say, allowing a vehicle to wait or load on yellow lines.

Dispensations will usually be granted for up to three months where waiting/loading cannot be carried out:

• without the use of a vehicle
• outside the hours when the restrictions apply
• by correctly using a permitted parking place in the vicinity of (but not immediately adjacent to) the destination.

Requests for dispensations have to be made in writing (see below).

With your request, please include the following information:

• precise location including street, postcode, street numbers, i.e. "John Street, E15, outside numbers 24-26")
• how often the location will be visited
• why the business cannot be operated outside the normal controlled hours.

Please allow at least five working days for your request to be processed.

Please note that each request will be considered carefully and all requests are subject to approval from the Central Service Manager (Parking).

Dispensations cost £50 for up to three days and £200 for three months per vehicle.

How to request a suspension or dispensation

Send full details by email to suspension.dispensation@newham.gov.uk or by fax on 020 8430 1433 (if your request is urgent, i.e. within 7 days)

If your request is not urgent, i.e. more than 7 days, you can email or fax your request, or, alternatively, write to the following address: -

London Borough of Newham
Suspensions and Dispensations
PO Box 62484
London E16 9AU

Please allow at least 10 working days for your request to be processed.

If you need to discuss the matter further, contact the parking enquiries line on 020 8430 2000.