Religious or community parking permits

About religious or community parking permits

These permits are available to full time ministers of religion based at a place of worship.

The address of the place of worship does not have to be located within the borough of Barnet; however the religious/faith duties being carried out must be within the borough of Barnet. The place of worship must be either certified under the Places of Worship Registration Act 1855 or belong to the Church of England.

Other places of worship outside the borough that serve a significant number of Barnet residents, and otherwise meet the requirements, may also be granted a permit at the discretion of the relevant Director.

You can use the permit to be able to park your vehicle in a Resident Permit Holders Only or Permit Holders Only parking place within the controlled hours.

Signs on the street will give more information about the zone and its operating hours.

Religious or Community parking permits are virtual, which means you do not need to display anything in your vehicle. Your permit is electronic and is associated with your vehicle registration number.

Patrolling Civil Enforcement Officers will be able to view your permit on their handheld computers.

You can apply for a 12 month permit.

You will receive email renewal reminders in advance of the permit expiry date.

Each place of worship can hold up to 3 permits at any one time. Each vehicle must be one of the following:

a passenger vehicle constructed, or adapted, to carry not more than 12 passengers
a motor caravan not exceeding 3.5 tonnes (3.05 tonnes unladen)
a car-derived van

Apply for a religious or community parking permit

To apply for a permit you will need:

proof of place of worship
proof of vehicle ownership
a valid email address
your credit or debit card details, we do not accept AMEX

Proof of place of worship

A letter briefly detailing the nature of your religious / faith duties within the community and the second signatory from the religion/faith supporting the application.

Proof of vehicle ownership

One copy of the following accepted proof:

vehicle logbook (V5C) or insurance policy schedule for the respective vehicle in the same name as the applicant

If you have a company car, we need a signed and recently dated letter from your employer on headed company paper. The letter must state:

your full name
that you are an employee of the company
your vehicle registration mark.

If you have a long-term lease or hire vehicle, we need a recently dated copy of the agreement on headed paper. The agreement must state:

your full name
your vehicle registration mark
the length and terms of the agreement

Apply online

We may contact you to provide further evidence at a later date for fraud audit purposes.

Accepted document formats are PDF, JPG, JPEG or BMP.

Changes to your parking permit or account details

If you need to:

Update your contact details
Update your address 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 religious or community parking permit

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

Religious or Community parking permits cost £48.50 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.

Terms and conditions of use

Any application received for a religious/faith permit must be supported by a second signatory from the religion/faith supporting the application. This may be in the form of a letter to the Council.
The permit only allows you to park in a 'Resident Permit Holders Only' or 'Permit Holders Only' parking place during the controlled hours.
The permit does not allow you to park in 'Pay and Display' bays, business bays, on yellow lines, on the footway, red route or any other parking restriction.
The issue of a religious/faith permit does not guarantee the availability of a parking space nor does it render the Council subject to any liability in respect of loss or damage to the vehicle in a parking place or contents or fittings in the vehicle.
The permit must be displayed on the front windscreen of the vehicle so that the details are clearly visible from outside the vehicle.
Parking places may be suspended by any person duly authorised by the council or police. A religious/faith permit is not valid in a parking place where signs indicate it is suspended.
It is prohibited to use a vehicle in a parking place in connection with the sale or offering or exposing for sale of goods.
The maximum number of religious/faith permits which shall be issued to a place of worship within a street or part of a street at any one time shall be three
The address of the place of worship does not have to be located within the borough of Barnet; however the religious/faith duties being carried out must be within the borough of Barnet.
If a religion/faith is not able to supply an address for a place of worship, an application will still be considered by the Director of Environment and Operations after consultation with the Multi Faith Forum.
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.
If the permit is no longer required the Council may arrange a refund for the remaining number of full months once the original permit is returned to our office. The refund is calculated from the date the permit is received.
The Council may revoke the permit if it is believed that the permit is being misused. Permits can only be used in conjunction with carrying out religious/faith duties and the Council will investigate allegations of misuse and has a right to revoke a permit if there is evidence that the permit is being misused.
The Council reserves the right to withdraw the religious/faith permit scheme and may do so without notice. In the event that the scheme as a whole being withdrawn, the Council may request any permits issued under it to be returned for cancellation, or may allow them to be used until the expiry date. The decision will be at the sole discretion of the Council.
A goods vehicle with an overall height greater than 2.3 metres may not make use of a parking place during controlled hours.