The things that decide whether a move day goes smoothly — parking, access, timing — written up by the people who load the van.
Waltham Forest wants the form a fortnight out and the money ten days out, and it withdraws a bay that goes unused. Here is the order to do things in.
Published 9 Sept 2026
Hackney needs seven working days, counted from the day after the form goes in — so a Friday request really starts on the Monday. What to send, and what the signs do.
Published 9 Sept 2026
Haringey asks for two weeks and an account, and its suspensions only apply during the hours the parking zone itself operates. That second rule catches people out.
Published 9 Sept 2026
Newham takes suspension requests through MiPermit, wants ten working days, and asks for a marked-up map and a written reason before it will look at yours.
Published 9 Sept 2026
Tower Hamlets keeps a limited suspension service for residents moving house, wants seven working days including the money, and processes dispensations in three.
Published 9 Sept 2026
Enfield lists three reasons for suspending a bay and moving house is not one of them. The council points a house move at a dispensation, which reserves nothing.
Published 9 Sept 2026
Islington wants fourteen days for most bays and ten for pay-by-phone ones, plus a marked-up map — and it treats a liveried removal van differently from a hired one.
Published 9 Sept 2026
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