Trade permits and waivers – annual, daily and weekly

Terms and conditions of use

Trade permits or waivers will only be issued for a vehicle essential to the safe working practices of the permit holder at the work site or where there is no onsite storage for tools and equipment apart from the vehicle.

Daily or Weekly Permits/ waivers cannot be used solely for commuting to a work site or personal purposes and must only be used in connection to the work stated by the applicant at the time of their application.

Annual Trade Permits cannot be used solely for commuting or personal purposes and may be considered invalid if used within a 1 mile radius of the business address this permit has been sent to.

It is the permit holder’s remains liable for the safety of others and must ensure they park safely/considerately. The vehicle should not cause an obstruction or be hazardous to other road users or pedestrians by parking wholly or partly on a verge or footway.

A permit or waiver does not exempt the holder from complying with any signed prohibitions of vehicle access or movement during the stated times. To do so is an offence under the Road Traffic Act and risks a Fixed Penalty Notice and penalty points on the driver’s licence.

A permit or waiver cannot guarantee a parking space at a location or on a specific part of the public highway. The vehicle should park outside of or as near as practicable to the authorised works address. Ideally within 50 metres or within sight of the address on the application or as stated on the annual permit contact details card.

Annual trade permits are valid when used in a resident parking space/area, limited waiting space only. They are not valid to park in loading bays, disabled bays, on any yellow lines or in restricted zones.

Short Stay permits can be used for pay & display spaces for up to 3 hours. You can use more than 1 scratch card to extend the period of parking if you need to park for longer. Scratch off start times to run concurrently.

It is the applicant’s responsibility to ensure when they apply for a daily/weekly permit or waiver that they select the relevant restrictions that they need to use whilst working at the stated address. The permit will only be valid for the restrictions authorised by the Council on the road name you chose when applying.

A daily/weekly trade permit may be used to park in any authorised resident permit holder parking place or pay and display spaces at, or as near as practical to the works address whilst undertaking work on the date(s) as authorised by the Council and stated on or recorded against the permit.

A daily/weekly trade permit does also provide an exemption to allow parking in limited waiting parking places if none of the above options are available at, or near the works address.

An authorised daily/weekly parking waiver provides the permit holder or driver of the vehicle with an exemption to park on no waiting restrictions, such as yellow lines without kerb markings banning loading and in controlled or pedestrian zones.

A permit/waiver will not be valid if used in any other vehicle other than that originally stated by the applicant and a Penalty Charge Notice will be issued. Inform the Council of any changes immediately.

Materials or goods must not be deposited on the footway or carriageway except when loading or unloading is occurring and the vehicle must be moved on the instructions of a Police Officer, Civil Enforcement Officer, a Council Officer or a Utility Company Contractor during their contracted works.

A physical permit will be deemed invalid if it is changed or altered in any way. No refunds will be given for part used, damaged or invalidated permits.

Annual permits are issued for the applicant’s address. If that address changes, you will need to re-apply for your new address to be registered as eligible for trade permits before any current permit expires.

All vehicles issued with a permit must have a valid MOT certificate, current road fund licence and hold all relevant insurance certificates.

Improper use or repeated misuse of a permit may result in that permit being cancelled and the user being excluded from future issues of permits. Please read the terms and conditions carefully before use of a permit.

Any permit or waiver issued is at the sole discretion of the Council and may be withdrawn (with notice) at any time by the Council as it remains the Council’s property.

Any person making a false statement for the purpose of obtaining a permit parking permit shall be guilty of an offence (Section 115 (2) Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984).

Devon County Council (DCC) will act as a “data controller” for any personal data that you provide to us. As such, we will ensure that the data given us is processed in line with our organisation’s Data Protection Policies and in line with your rights under the Data Protection Act 2018 and the EU General Data Protection Regulations. We will not pass your personal information to external individuals or organisations unless there is a legal obligation to do so. To find out more about how DCC will use your personal data, you can read our Penalty Charge Notice Privacy Notice online.

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