Permits may be granted to allow access to roads otherwise closed to motor vehicles at a given time.

Please note that at least 2 working days must be allowed when applying for such a permit.

The Department will consult the respective Local Authority along with other relevant agencies, or officers about your application before issuing any consent.

Please note however:

1. Permits will not be granted in disc zone areas. The correct procedure for such requirements is to attend the Vehicle Testing Centre in Tromode and purchase a book of ‘Tradesman’s Access Permits’. These are scratch off cards and are available for £60 for a book of 10.

2. A permit will only be issued to commercial vehicles which are registered for business use and liveried (whether permanent or by way of magnetic signage.)

3. Permits may be granted for vehicles being used in order to raise funds for a specific named charity on that day and in that location.

4. Permits do not and will not provide permission to park on a footway or areas marked with double yellow lines in any area.

5. Similarly permits will not be granted to park in excess of the time permitted on loading bays, nor under any circumstances in Disabled Parking Bays.

6. If granted a permit will be emailed to you in pdf format for you to print. A condition of grant is that this permit must be displayed in a prominent position within the windscreen area of the vehicle at all times whilst parked in the location applied for.

7. The Department reserves the right to revoke any permit that has been granted at any time if the Department deems it necessary. This may include a condition of the permit has been breached.

Reasons why an application may fail

• The permit is required to park in a disc zone. The correct procedure for such requirements is to attend the Vehicle Test Centre in Tromode and purchase a book of ‘Tradesman’s Access Permits’. These are known as scratch cards and are available for £60 for a book of 10.
   
• The Local Authority and / or other Agencies/Officers object to your request.
   
• The request for a permit is due to a ‘Tradesman’s Access Permit’ having been refused for failing to meet its criteria.
   
• The vehicle applied for is not registered to a Trade, or Charity, or on loan to that Charity.
   
• The grounds for the necessity have not been made out in the application; for example, why any tools and / or materials cannot be unloaded during an unrestricted period; or it appears that the permit is to facilitate a parking place convenience as opposed to a work site necessity.
   
• The relevant vehicle does not have a valid vehicle licence.
   
• The request is to facilitate parking on a loading bay, disabled parking bay, footway or double yellow lines.

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