Visitor parking

Who can apply

Anyone living at an eligible address within a Controlled Parking Zone (CPZ) can create an account on our online parking system and apply for visitor parking sessions. 

To see if your property lies within the boundary of a Controlled Parking Zone, please refer to our  List of Controlled Parking Zones (PDF 550KB).

What you need to apply

• Proof of address in a CPZ
• Vehicle must meet eligibility criteria

Payment is by credit/debit card only. No paper permits are issued - the system is fully digital.

About visitor parking sessions

• You do not need a residents' parking permit to buy visitor parking sessions
• Sessions can be used as required, or booked in advance
• They are valid for one year and are not refundable
• If you move out of the CPZ, unused sessions will be cancelled.
  

Allocation per property

Each property can:

• Buy visitor parking sessions (limits vary by zone – see table below)
• Buy up to four one-week visitor permits per year for longer visits.

Senior citizens

Those aged 60 and over can:

• Buy double the usual visitor parking session allocation
• Buy up to eight one-week visitor permits per year. 

Annual allocation by zone

Prices

Visitor parking sessions

• £5 for 25 one-hour parking sessions (£2.50 for senior citizens and Dacorum Card holders)
• £3.25 for 5 five-hour parking sessions (£1.62 for senior citizens and Dacorum Card holders)

Long-stay (one week) visitor permits

• £4 (£2 for senior citizens and Dacorum Card holders). Each permit is only valid for the specified dates. 
  

How to apply

You can apply online for visitor parking sessions:

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For more information, please see our  How to purchase blocks of visitor sessions guide (PDF 869KB).

How to book out your visitor sessions

Once you've bought a block(s) of visitor parking sessions, you will need to book out the parking sessions for your visitor in your account. Follow the steps in our  Booking out a visitor parking session guide (PDF 210KB).

Please note: To buy a long stay (one-week) visitor parking session, a resident in the household will first need to obtain the free ‘visitor permit entitlement’ as part of their application.

Scratch card vouchers

You must apply for visitor sessions online. If you need help to do this, please email dacorum.uk@sabagroup.com or call 01908 223505. 

In exceptional circumstances, we will issue paper scratch card vouchers instead. For more information, please email parking@dacorum.gov.uk.

How to use scratch card vouchers

Scratch off a box in every section: day, date, month, start time, morning/afternoon.

You can display multiple vouchers in your windscreen to cover the required parking time. Make sure the start time of each new voucher begins when the previous one ends.

For overnight parking, display vouchers to cover the time up to the end of that day’s restricted hours. Then use another voucher starting from the next day's restricted hours. All vouchers can be displayed at the same time.

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