Waivers and Suspensions
A waiver is issued to allow specified vehicles to park where
waiting restrictions apply at a specified
location. It is not a general dispensation to
park illegally.
The Council may exercise its discretion and issue waivers only
in exceptional circumstances, where it is deemed that the vehicle
is required to park near to or adjacent to a specified
property. The decision made by the Council will
be final, and where any application is rejected, the contractor
shall make alternative parking arrangements.
The Council is not required to provide waivers for vehicles to
park in the vicinity of their location of work.
This service is provided to assist bona fide operations for
contractors and individuals where it is necessary for a vehicle to
be parked contravening the parking regulations.
Waivers may be applied for by post or in person at the
Department of Development Services Reception, Knapping Mount,
West Grove Road, Harrogate between 8.30 am and 2.00 pm Monday to
Friday excluding public and bank holidays.
Any waiver issued should be displayed on the vehicle in
accordance with the conditions imposed so that it is clearly
visible to a Civil Enforcment Officer from the outside of
the vehicle. Failure to do so may result in the
issue of a Penalty Charge Notice. No person
shall exhibit on any vehicle any waiver which has been altered,
defaced, mutilated or added to or upon which the figures or
particulars have become illegible.
Civil Enforcement Officers employed by the Council will
observe the vehicle to establish whether or not it is necessary for
that vehicle to be in that location.
Should it be deemed that your vehicle is causing an
obstruction to pedestrian /vehicular traffic flow or that it is
considered unnecessary for it to be parked there, the driver will
be requested to move the vehicle. This request
may come from a Civil Enforcement Officer, Police Officer in
uniform or Traffic Warden. Note that the
dispensation applied by the waiver will have no effect in any other
parking place and the conditions imposed in that parking place must
be adhered to including the payment of any parking
charge. If you have been requested to move the
vehicle, the Council are not required to offer any alternative
parking place and the waiver shall be deemed to be invalid.
On instruction to remove the vehicle from the specified
location, the waiver shall be deemed to have been revoked and a
Penalty Charge notice may be incurred should the driver not follow
the instructions issued by a Civil Enforcement Officer, Police
Officer in uniform or Traffic Warden.
A waiver does not give the driver the right to park in: taxi
ranks, disabled persons parking bays, bus stop clearways, loading
only bays, police bays or school keep clear markings, unless
specifically authorised.
Charges
| Charge per waiver issued for one day |
£18.00 |
| Charge for subsequent days up to and including seven days (per
day) |
£4.00 |
| Total Waiver charge for one week |
£42.00 |
| Charge for consecutive 7 days thereafter |
£25.00 |
Suspensions
A suspension may be implemented after a request from any person
who is intending to undertake work in the highway or on premises
adjacent to the highway that necessitates the temporary reservation
of a particular parking space(s) for their exclusive use and for a
parking bay to be coned off and signed to restrict parking by any
other motorist.
Where a developer is undertaking work on a property adjacent to
a parking bay(s) and because of the nature and type of work,
parking in the bay(s) may cause a hindrance to the continuation of
that work, a suspension can be requested to prevent other drivers
from parking in that bay(s). (For example a glazier needs to
have a vehicle close by, but all other vehicles need to be kept
away from the area of work for Health and Safety reasons).
Where a removal company wishes to undertake the delivery/removal
of furniture from a property located within a Controlled Parking
Zone and without a suspension, it could not be guaranteed that the
parking bay(s) would be available to enable the removal vehicle to
park in reasonable proximity to the property.
Suspensions may be applied for by post, telephone or in person
at Jubilee MSCP, Cheltenham Road,
Harrogate HG1 1DJ, between 8am and 4pm Monday to Friday excluding
Public and Bank Holidays.
Charges
| Per bay per day |
£30.00 |
| Per bay for one week |
£150.00 |
| Per bay for two weeks |
£200.00 |
| Per bay for one month |
£300.00 |
| For each month thereafter |
£200.00 |
Waiver Application
Form (40Kb)