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.
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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.
Updated 10 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.
Updated 10 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.
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Tower Hamlets keeps a limited suspension service for residents moving house, wants seven working days including the money, and processes dispensations in three.
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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.
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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.
Updated 10 Sept 2026
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