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From July 2008, customers who do not have a mobile phone or debit/credit card can pay for parking using a Parking Card.
Read more about Parking Cards.
From 9th June (for 12 weeks), you can park for as little as £4.80 per day or 20p per hour at our Queensway car park in an easyJet style pricing trial.
Read more about this special offer.
The much anticipated update to Westminster's Park Right Guide has now been published. Park Right explains the parking rules in Westminster and includes a handy A-Z street map. Why not get a copy to keep in your glove compartment?
Download or order your free copy of Park Right
Want to know the rules about parking on yellow lines? Confused when you see a parking suspension sign? Find out the answers to your most popular questions in our new online film.
The hours on control in this zone are being extended to include of all Zone D4. This will take effect on Saturday 3rd May 2008. Hours of control will be extended for resident parking only.
Find out more about these changes in Zone D4 and in the rest of the borough
There will be changes to the hours of control over the Easter weekend (Friday 21st March to Monday 24th March). Make sure you know the Easter weekend hours of control.
From Monday 18 February 2008, Pay by Phone parking will be rolled out as a complementary method of payment in four more areas of the city. This will mean the technology is now available across all of Westminster.
Find out more about Pay by Phone parking coming to all of Westminster.
The new Traffic Management Act 2004 (TMA) comes into effect on 31 March 2008 replacing the Roads Transport Act 2001. This act will be the primary piece of legislation covering parking in England.
Find out more about the changes that will take place.
On Thursday 31 January 2008, we are rolling out a series of measures designed to make life easier for motorists parking in central London.
Find out more about our common sense measures.
Our new Suspensions Hotline, Return to Service stickers for domestic moves and changes to large scale suspensions are three of the ways we are improving the suspensions service.
Read more about the Suspensions Hotline, Return to Service stickers and large scales suspensions.Westminster City Council is set to roll out the largest on street electric charging service in the UK. We will be installing an extra 10 on street points across the city.
Find out more about the new on street electric charging service.From Monday 14 January 2008, we will be offering Pay by Phone parking as a complementary method of payment at all metered and Pay and Display bays in Knightsbridge, Belgravia and Pimlico.
Find out more about the new opportunities for Pay by Phone parking.From Monday 7 January 2008, we will be trialling a 40 minute continuous unloading/loading time for Heavy Good Vehicles (HGVs) on single and double yellow lines between 11am and 6.30pm (where permitted).
Find out more about the trial.We are giving Westminster residents the chance to win one of five iPhones with an 18 month O2 contract. All residents have to do is sign up for Pay by Phone parking online and test the service for free. Due to popular demand, you now have until Sunday 13 January 2008 to try out Pay by Phone parking and win!
Try out Pay by Phone parking and win!
There will be changes to the hours of control over the Christmas and New Year period.
Make sure you know the Christmas and New Year hours of control.
We will be extending hours of control for resident parking in Belgravia, Dorset Square, Church Street and Victoria from Friday 14 December 2007.
Read more about the new hours of control.
Hundreds of 'golden bays' in Westminster will offer free parking at 200 Pay by Phone bays randomly located in some of the most desirable parking areas across the borough.
Read more about the 'golden bays'.
We will be making motorcycle bays more secure for riders by trialling super strength Sheffield Stands in nine locations around the West End.
Read more about the security device trial.
We are improving the suspensions service through the introduction of a suspensions hotline and a pilot of Return to Use Stickers for domestic moves.
Read more about the suspension hotline and Return to Use stickers.
From 22 October 2007, there will no longer be a service charge for setting up or extending a parking session when using Pay by Phone parking.
Read more about the removal of the service charge.
From 1 October 2007, we will be increasing the number of spaces for motorcyclists across the borough by 20%. This means that there will be approximately 5000 spaces available to motorcyclists.
Details are now available on the new parking penalties that were introduced across London on 1 July 2007.
Read more about the new parking penalties.
The advent of new technologies, such as Pay by Phone and Chip & PIN machines, means that parking meters in central London now look set to become a thing of the past. To help prevent theft from meters and in response to customer demand, we have decided to roll out Pay by Phone Parking across the city. Read more about the decision to extend Pay by Phone parking.
Councillor Chalkley responds firmly saying "it is not acceptable to abuse, either verbally or physically, traffic wardens".
Read Councillor Danny Chalkley's letter to The Independent
We welcome the opportunity to discuss your ideas and suggestions for how we can improve our parking service today and in the future.
Find out which topics we are consulting on and sign up today.
A recent independent survey shows that satisfaction with parking enforcement has shot up by 9% to 44%.
Read more of this article in the Westminster Reporter May 2007 edition.
Park in any of our central London car parks for just £5, between 6pm and midnight. This is the equivalent of less than £1 per hour.
Read more about the late night shoppers rate.
From 23rd April 2007 residents with low emission vehicles ("eco vehicles") will be entitled to a free resident parking permit.
The current prices for our on-street parking permits will change from the 30th April 2007. Read more about permit price changes.
Westminster is running a trial project whereby stickers will be placed on suspension signs to bring suspended bays back into use for motorists once the work has been completed. Read more about the suspension stickers.
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