Doctor’s parking bay permit

You will need this form if:

  • you are applying for a doctor’s parking bay to be sited near your surgery
  • you are applying for a permit to use a Doctor’s bay associated with your surgery
  • you are replacing a permit that has been lost, stolen or destroyed
  • you have changed your vehicle (even if only temporary)
  • you have changed your vehicle’s registration;
  • you have changed your name or surgery address

This permit allows parking in a specific doctor’s bay only.

Who qualifies for a Doctor’s parking bay and permit?

General practitioners (GPs) can get a parking bay in certain circumstances.

New applicants applying for a doctor’s parking bay will have to meet the following four conditions:

  • you must be a legally qualified GP who is a principal or partner with your own list of patients, or an assistant or trainee GP (as evidence an insurance indemnity document must show that you are engaged for at least three quarters of your time in the capacity of a general medical practitioner)
  • you must provide at least 50 per cent of your medical services, including a full-time emergency service, from a practice in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea - your surgery must keep regular surgery hours on weekdays
  • it must be likely that you will be called away from the practice to deal with emergencies (the average number of emergency visits per month to be disclosed on the application form)
  • the Cabinet Member of the Council must agree that parking conditions in the area around your practice are particularly difficult compared with the borough as a whole (this decision can take several months to be approved)

You must send us original documents with your application as we will not accept photocopied, faxed or scanned documents.

If the Council agrees to create a new doctor’s parking bay, you will receive a doctors parking permit that allows you to park in that specific bay only.

Every time you apply to renew your parking bay permit, we will review your need for it.

Location of a doctor’s parking bay

Although we will carefully consider each application, the Council’s decision on where to put any particular bay is final.

We consider the following main points when we decide where to place a parking bay and particular markings.

  • the effect on traffic flow in the borough
  • the effect on people living or working in neighbouring properties
  • the effect on public places and facilities in the area
  • the need for people to have reasonable access to properties
  • we will provide only one parking bay for each practice, and it will be enforced between 8.30am and 6.30pm from Monday to Friday

If we provide a parking bay, it will be as near as possible to your practice. However, when we consider your application we must remember our legal duties and powers.

For more information about the scheme or to make an application, download a copy of the Doctors parking bay permit application form.