Doctor's parking permits

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About doctor's parking permits

Doctor permits are only issued once permission has been granted to install a doctor's bay. These permits are only valid for the bay indicated on the permit.

Additional permits for the bay are available to doctors working within a joint practice.

Any registered medical practitioner working at a surgery or consulting room at the address of which is within the London Borough of Barnet can apply for the doctor's permit for the use of a doctor's permit holder parking place associated with that surgery or consulting room.

Apply for a doctor's permit

We cannot issue a doctor's permit until you have a doctor's parking bay.

You need to ensure you have a doctor's parking bay. This needs to be approved by the Parking Design team and can take up to 3 months to process.

To apply for a doctor’s parking bay, please contact highwayscorrespondence@barnet.gov.uk

If a doctor's bay has been installed you can apply for doctor's parking permit by email parking.permits@barnet.gov.uk. 

Your application will need to include:

  • proof of vehicle ownership (vehicle logbook (V5C) or insurance policy schedule for the respective vehicle in the same name as the applicant
  • a letter on headed paper of the surgery or consulting room which must include the name of the registered medical practitioner and their GMC number

When you apply for a parking permit you agree to our terms and conditions. 

Changes to your parking permit or account details

If you need to:

  • Update your contact details
  • Change your vehicle or vehicle registration number

Or if your main vehicle is being serviced or repaired and you need to apply for a temporary change of vehicle.

Then please visit the following page Changes to your parking permit or account details | Barnet CouncilExternal link for more information.

Renew a doctor's parking permit

Doctor's permit renewals require proof to be submitted every 3 years, 

We will send you email reminders 4 weeks, 2 weeks and the day before your current permit is due to expire. Follow the link in the email to renew your permit.

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.

We may request current proof if you have renewed your parking permit for 3 or more subsequent years since it was first provided. If this is the case it will show 'expired' next to the document type or proof being requested.

Please note that the price shown under the Permit Details tab in your NSL Apply parking permit account is reflective of the previous charging period and the price shown under the Renew tab is reflective of the current charging period. Therefore, please view the current charge listed under the Prices section of this webpage prior to renewing your parking permit.

Cancel your permit

If you no longer require your permit, you can cancel the permit in your account.

Once cancelled, a pro rata refund will be calculated from the date the permit has been cancelled on the system.

The refund should automatically be credited back to the payment card within 14 working days.

If, for any reason the refund has not been credited back to the payment card within this time frame, then please contact us by email at parking.clientteam@barnet.gov.uk to arrange an alternative refund method.

Prices

Doctor's permits cost £243.00 per year.

Please be advised that the NSL Apply parking permit system may send a request to authenticate your payment, for example via your banking app. Therefore, it is important that this authentication is completed to ensure that you successfully complete the purchase of your parking permit.

Payment Methods

Pay Now

If this payment method is selected at the point of a new parking permit application. A pop up window will appear prompting you to manually enter the card payment details and submit the payment at that point. For any future changes of vehicle on that given parking permit application where a surcharge is automatically generated. This amount will automatically be debited from the card used for the initial payment. You will not receive any pre-notification of this by email.

Online After Approval

If this payment method is selected at the point of a new parking permit application. You will not be prompted to enter any card payment details. Instead, after submitting the parking permit application, you will receive an email to notify you that the application (once approved) is ‘waiting for payment’. You will then be prompted to log into your NSL Apply Parking Permit account to make a payment to activate the permit.

Use Registered Card

You can register a payment card in the ‘manage account’ section of your NSL Apply Parking Permit account. If this payment method is selected at the point of a new permit application, this means that the payment will be taken from the registered card (providing the card has sufficient funds and has not expired). For any future changes of vehicle on that given parking permit application where a surcharge is automatically generated. This amount will automatically be debited from the registered card. You will not receive any pre-notification of this by email.

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Terms and conditions of use

  1. Permits are issued only to legally qualified practitioners who are liable to be called away in an emergency and are valid only for the bay allocated on the permit.
  2. The permit does not allow you to park in a 'Resident Permit Holders Only' parking place, Pay and Display bays, yellow lines or any other parking restriction.
  3. The issue of a Doctor's permit does not render the council subject to any liability in respect of loss or damage to the vehicle in a parking place or the contents or fittings of the vehicle.
  4. The permit must be displayed on the front windscreen of the vehicle so that the details are clearly visible from outside the vehicle.
  5. Parking places may be suspended by any person duly authorised by the council or police. A Doctor's permit is not valid in a parking place where signs indicate it is suspended.
  6. It is prohibited to use a vehicle in a parking place in connection with the sale or offering or exposing for sale of goods.
  7. If a permit is lost or destroyed the council may replace the permit once an administration charge has been paid. The replacement permit will display the same expiry date as the previous permit.
  8. If the permit is no longer required the council may arrange a refund for the remaining number of months once the original permit is returned to our office. The refund is calculated from the date the permit is received and will be calculated for any full unused months.
  9. The council may revoke a permit if it is believed that the permit is being misused.
  10. Failure to comply with these conditions may result in a Penalty Charge Notice being issued to your vehicle
  11. A goods vehicle with an overall height greater than 2.3 metres may not make use of a parking place during controlled hours.