Apply for temporary parking restrictions on the highway

Do you need to temporarily restrict parking for your social, sporting or entertainment event?

If so, you can apply to temporarily restrict parking in the vicinity of your event, by the use of no waiting cones. For example, you may be organising a school fete and want to restrict parking surrounding the school for health and safety purposes.

You can apply, by:

• printing and completing the application form attached to this page and posting it to the relevant Divisional Office (contact addresses are provided on the form).

Guidance for completing your application is available on the form. However, if you have any further queries, our customer services are happy to help. They can be contacted by telephone or email (see the Contact Us box on this page for details).

Further guidance

Fees

Placing temporary traffic orders, advertising and noticing is free for events organised by charities and public sector organisations. However, there is a cost for enforcing the cones:

• 0 - 50 cones - £50.00 per day
• 50 - 100 cones - £100.00 per day
• 100 - 150 cones - £150.00 per day

Cones should be collected and returned to your local divisional office by appointment.

Private sector organisations should consult the application form for information on fees.

Publicity prior to the event

All types of events held within the public highway have one thing in common - they will be outside or near someone’s property and may affect their enjoyment of that property or their access to and from that property. This should be borne in mind when organising an event within the highway, and contact should be made with all persons likely to be affected in any way. Contact can be made via a knock on the door and chat, a card/leaflet drop to all affected properties, articles in the local press/media, posters (but not fly posting) around the area.

In all cases give an explanation of what the event entails such as restricting parking etc. and a contact number of someone who is able to sort out problems satisfactorily before the event. Remember it may not just be properties in the road where the event is held that may be affected; take care to look at a map to ensure that everyone necessary is informed. Be a good neighbour - this is the organiser’s responsibility.

Public liability insurance

It is a requirement that event organisers have public liability insurance. If outside contractors are being used, the organisers must ensure that they have their own public liability insurance.

Do you need to close the whole width of the road to carry out your social event?

Follow the link on this page to find the relevant application form.

Data protection statement

The information you provide will be held under the Data Protection Act 1998. It will be used solely for the purposes of processing this application and will be retained for a maximum of five years. Information may be disclosed to local councils, the police or the emergency services for the purpose of verifying the information you have given and to ensure that the necessary traffic management arrangements are in place.

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