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Buy a parking permit for a tradesperson (permission to park)

Find out how to get a permission to park permit for tradespeople who need to park in Islington to carry out building, construction or maintenance work.

If you a tradesperson needs to park near a house in Islington for building, construction or maintenance work, buy a permission to park.

How it works

A permission to park permit is linked to a number plate that gives you all-day parking in:

  • resident bays and resident shared-use bays
  • business bays
  • short stay paid-for bays (such as 'Pay by Phone' or RingGo). 

How to get a permit for a tradesperson (permission to park)

You'll need:

  • works vehicle registration
  • address the vehicle will be parked at or near
  • address of the person buying the permit, whether the Islington resident or the tradesperson.

To buy a permit, visit the RingGo website where you can register an account and buy a permit for a day, a week or a month.

You can't refund this type of permit.

Costs

Permission to park

Length of stay Cost Cost from 1 January 2026
Daily £32.05 £33.30
Weekly £127.55 £132.40
Monthly £495.90 £514.75

Fuel surcharges

To help with our net zero carbon goal, all diesel, petrol and petrol hybrid vehicles will pay a surcharge on top of the standard price.

Diesel surcharge

Length of stay Cost  Cost from 1 January 2026
Daily £10.35 £10.75
Weekly £46.10 £47.85
Monthly £181.25 £188.15

Petrol surcharge

Length of stay Cost Cost from 1 January 2026
Daily £5.45 £5.65
Weekly £27.65 £28.70
Monthly £107.45 £111.55
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