Luton Borough Council

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Off-street car parks

In accordance with section 35C of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 (as amended), Luton Council, the highway authority for the said borough, introduced the following revised scale of charges at the various car parks shown from Monday 1 April 2024.

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Crawley Road car park

Length	Validity	Charge
Up to 1 hour	Monday to Friday, 8am to 6pm	£1.10
Up to 2 hours	Monday to Friday, 8am to 6pm	£1.60
Up to 3 hours	Monday to Friday, 8am to 6pm	£2.20
Up to 4 hours	Monday to Friday, 8am to 6pm	£2.70
Up to 5 hours	Monday to Friday, 8am to 6pm	£3.90
All day	Monday to Friday, 8am to 6pm	£6
Saturdays	All day, 8am to 6pm	2.70
Sundays/bank holidays	All day 8am to 6pm	£1.70
Evenings	6pm to 8am, overnight fee	£2
Weekly – unreserved permit	Monday to Saturday	£27
Monthly - unreserved permit	Monday to Saturday	£95
Quarterly - unreserved permit	Monday to Saturday	£275
Annual - unreserved permit	Monday to Saturday	£1,100
Annual fixed day permit	Any 2 days per week	£500
Annual fixed day permit	Any 3 days per week	£750
Annual fixed day permit	Any 4 days per week	£1,000

Vicarage Street car park

Length	Validity	Charge
Up to 1 hour	Monday to Friday, 8am to 6pm	£1.10
Up to 2 hours	Monday to Friday, 8am to 6pm	£1.60
Up to 3 hours	Monday to Friday, 8am to 6pm	£2.20
Up to 4 hours	Monday to Friday, 8am to 6pm	£2.70
Up to 5 hours	Monday to Friday, 8am to 6pm	£3.90
All day	Monday to Friday, 8am to 6pm	£6
Saturdays	All day, 8am to 6pm	2.70
Sundays/bank holidays	All day 8am to 6pm	£1.70
Evenings	6pm to 8am, overnight fee	£2
Weekly – unreserved permit	Monday to Saturday	£27
Monthly - unreserved permit	Monday to Saturday	£95
Quarterly - unreserved permit	Monday to Saturday	£275
Annual - unreserved permit	Monday to Saturday	£1,100
Annual fixed day permit	Any 2 days per week	£500
Annual fixed day permit	Any 3 days per week	£750
Annual fixed day permit	Any 4 days per week	£1,000

Chapel Viaduct car park

Length	Validity	Charge
Up to 1 hour	Saturday, 8am to 6pm	£1.30
Up to 2 hours	Saturday, 8am to 6pm	£2
Up to 3 hours	Saturday, 8am to 6pm	£2.70
Up to 4 hours	Saturday, 8am to 6pm	£3.80
Up to 5 hours	Saturday, 8am to 6pm	£4.60
All day	Sundays and bank holidays	£1.70
Quarterly	Reserved. Monday to Friday	£295
Annual reserved	Monday to Friday	£27

Bute Street shoppers car park

Length	Validity	Charge
Up to 1 hour	Monday to Friday, 8am to 6pm	£1.10
Up to 2 hours	Monday to Friday, 8am to 6pm	£1.60
Up to 3 hours	Monday to Friday, 8am to 6pm	£2.20
Up to 4 hours	Monday to Friday, 8am to 6pm	£2.70
Up to 5 hours	Monday to Friday, 8am to 6pm	£3.90
All day	Monday to Friday, 8am to 6pm	£6
Saturdays	All day, 8am to 6pm	2.70
Sundays and bank holidays	All day 8am to 6pm	£1.70
Evenings	6pm to 8am, overnight fee	£2

South Road car park

Length	Validity	Charge
Up to 1 hour	Monday to Friday, 8am to 6pm	£1.10
Up to 2 hours	Monday to Friday, 8am to 6pm	£1.60
Up to 3 hours	Monday to Friday, 8am to 6pm	£2.20
Up to 4 hours	Monday to Friday, 8am to 6pm	£2.70
Up to 5 hours	Monday to Friday, 8am to 6pm	£3.90
All day	Monday to Friday, 8am to 6pm	£6
Saturdays	All day, 8am to 6pm	2.70
Sundays/bank holidays	All day 8am to 6pm	£1.70
Evenings	6pm to 8am, overnight fee	£2
Weekly – unreserved permit	Monday to Saturday	£27
Monthly - unreserved permit	Monday to Saturday	£95
Quarterly - unreserved permit	Monday to Saturday	£275
Annual - unreserved permit	Monday to Saturday	£1,100

Hitchin Road car park

Length	Validity	Charge
Up to 2 hours	Monday to Friday, 8am to 6pm	£1.60
Up to 3 hours	Monday to Friday, 8am to 6pm	£2.20
All day	Monday to Friday, 8am to 6pm	£6
Saturdays	All day, 8am to 6pm	2.70
Sundays/bank holidays	All day 8am to 6pm	£1.70
Evenings	6pm to 8am, overnight fee	£2
Weekly – unreserved permit	Monday to Saturday	£22
Monthly - unreserved permit	Monday to Saturday	£75
Quarterly - unreserved permit	Monday to Saturday	£170
Annual - unreserved permit	Monday to Saturday	£170

Wenlock Street and Brunswick Street car parks

Length	Validity	Charge
Up to 1 hour	Monday to Friday, 8am to 6pm	£1.10
Up to 2 hours	Monday to Friday, 8am to 6pm	£1.60
Up to 4 hours	Monday to Friday, 8am to 6pm	£2.20
All day	Monday to Friday, 8am to 6pm	£6
Up to 2 hours	Saturday	£2.70
Saturdays	All day, 8am to 6pm	2.70
Sundays/bank holidays	All day 8am to 6pm	£1.60
Evenings	6pm to 8am, overnight fee	£2
Weekly – unreserved permit	Monday to Saturday	£27
Monthly - unreserved permit	Monday to Saturday	£75
Quarterly - unreserved permit	Monday to Saturday	£170
Annual - unreserved permit	Monday to Saturday	£600

Bramingham Road and Sundon Road car parks

Length	Validity	Charge
Up to 3 hours	Monday to Sunday, 9am to 5pm	Free
3 hours and over	Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm	£15
Weekends	Saturday, Sunday and bank holidays	Free
Evenings	5pm to 9am	Free

Beech Hill and Birch Link car parks

Length	Validity	Charge
Up to 30 minutes	Monday to Sunday, 8am to 6pm	£1.10
Up to 1 hour	Monday to Friday, 8am to 6pm	£1.65
Up to 2 hours	Monday to Friday, 8am to 6pm	£3.30
Evenings	6pm to 8am overnight fee	£2

Mostyn Road car park

Length	Validity	Charge
Up to 1 hour	Monday to Saturday, 8am to 6pm	50p
Up to 2 hours	Monday to Saturday, 8am to 6pm	£1.10
Up to 4 hours	Monday to Saturday, 8am to 6pm	£1.70
All day	Monday to Saturday, 8am to 6pm	£4.40
All day	Sunday and bank holidays. 8am	£1.70
Evenings	6pm to 8am, overnight fee	£2
Annual unreserved (residents permit zone S only)*		£71
Weekly unreserved	Monday to Saturday only	£22
Monthly unreserved	Monday to Saturday only	£75
Quarterly unreserved	Monday to Saturday only	£170

* Plus £20 on an escalating basis for each additional vehicle per household

Round Green car park

Length	Validity	Charge
Up to 1 hour	Monday to Saturday, 8am to 6pm	50p
Up to 2 hours	Monday to Saturday, 8am to 6pm	£1.10
Up to 4 hours	Monday to Saturday, 8am to 6pm	£1.50
Sundays/bank holidays	8am to 6pm	£1.70
Evenings	6pm to 8am, overnight fee	£2
Annual unreserved (residents permit zone	RG only*	£71

* Plus £20 on an escalating basis for each additional vehicle per household

Park Town car parks

Length	Charge
Kingsland Road car park 1 (residents permit zone PT)*	£71
Kingsland Road Car Park 2 (residents permit zone PT)*	£71
Strathmore Walk car park (residents permit zone PT)*	£71
Bailey Street car rark (residents permit zone PT)*	£71

* Plus £20 on an escalating basis for each additional vehicle per household

Bulk purchase

Length	Charge
Bulk purchase of 10 or more off-street parking permits	Price on application

Parking permits

In accordance with section 46A of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 (as amended), Luton Council, the highway authority for the said borough, introduced the following revised scale of charges for on-street parking permits from Monday 1 April 2024.

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Parking permits

Type	Charge
Resident parking permit*	£71
Second resident parking permit*	£91
Third resident parking permit*	£111
Fourth resident parking permit*	£131
Fifth resident parking permit*	£151
Business parking permit**	£600
Visitors parking permit - all zones, multiples of 10 tickets	£29
Doctors' parking permits - all zones	£70
Carers’ permit - all zones	£55
Carers’ permit - residential zones	£65
Trades person - daily - zone specific permit	£16
Trades person - weekly - zone specific permit	£70

* Resident parking permit – see streets affected by changes in the accordion below.

Streets affected by changes in permit charges

Abingdon Road
Adelaide Street
Albert Road
Albion Road
Alexandra Avenue
Althorp Road
Arncliffe Crescent
Arthur Street
Arundel Road
Ash Road
Ashburnham Road
Ashton Road
Avondale Road

Back Street
Bailey Street
Baker Street
Bakewell Close
Bampton Road
Banbury Close
Barrowby Close
Beaumont Road
Beech Road
Beechwood Road
Belgrave Road
Belmont Road
Berkley Path
Biscot Road
Biscot Road
Biscot Road
Blyth Place
Bonnick Close
Boyle Close
Bradley Road
Bramingham Road
Brantwood Road
Brecon Close
Brendon Avenue
Brook Street
Browns Close
Brunswick Street
Burr Street
Bury Park Road
Butterworth Path
Byfield Close
Buxton Road

Calnwood Road
Cambridge Street
Capron Road
Cardiff Grove
Cardiff Road
Cardigan Street
Carteret Road
Cavendish Road
Cavendish Road
Chadwell Close
Chapel Street
Charles Street
Charlwood Road
Chase Street
Chertsey Close
Chiltern Rise
Chobham Walk
Clarendon Road
Cloisters Road
Cobden Street
Collingdon Street
Compton Avenue
Concorde Street
Cotefield
Cowper Street
Crawley Green Road
Crawley Road
Crescent Road
Crescent Rise
Cromwell Road
Cross Street
Curzon Road

Dallow Road
Dane Road
Denbigh Road
Denbigh Pre & Primary Schools
Derby Road
Dordans Road
Dudley Street
Duke Street
Dumfries Street
Dunstable Road

Eastcott Close
Eaton Green Road
Edward Street
Eldon Road
Elgar Path
Elizabeth Street
Empress Road
Erin Close
Essex Close

Falconers Road
Faraday Close
Faringdon Road
Farley Hill
Fermor Crescent
Ferrars Close
Filmer Road
Finsbury Road
Francis Street
Frederick Street

Gillam Street
Gladstone Avenue
Grange Avenue
Gregories Close
Gresham Close
Grove Road

Hampton Road
Hart Hill Path
Hartley Road
Hastings Street
Havelock Road
Hayhurst Road
Hazelbury Crescent
Hewlett Road
Hibbert Street
High Ridge
High Street Leagrave
High Town Road
High Town Road
Highbury Road
Hillside Road
Hitchin Road
Hitchin Road
Hitchin Road
Hollybush Road
Holtsmere Close
Hornsby Close
Hoo Street

Imberfield
Inkerman Street
Ivy Road

Jubilee Street

Kelvin Close
Kendale Road
Kenilworth Road
Kennington Road
Kimpton Road
Kingham Way
Kingsland Road
Kingston Road

Lalleford Road
Langley Street
Larkspur Gardens
Latimer Road
Leagrave Road
Lewsey Road
Limbury Road
Lime Avenue
Linacres
Linden Road
Liverpool Road
London Road
Lyndhurst Road
Lyneham Road

Malham Close
Marbury Place
Marsh Road
Matlock Crescent
Maulden Close
Midland Road
Mistletoe Hill
Moor Path
Moor Street
Mostyn Road
Mount Pleasant Road
Mossbank Avenue

Napier Road
Nappsbury Road
Nethercott Close
New Town Street
New Bedford Road
New Bedford Road
Newnham Close
Norman Road
North Street

Oak Road
Old Bedford Road
Onslow Road
Oxen Road
Overfield Road

Polzeath Close
Porlock Drive
Princess Street

Queens Close

Ramridge Road
Reginald Street
Ridgway Road
Ripley Road
Rothesay Road
Rowelfield
Russell Rise
Russell Street

Salisbury Road
Saxon Road
Selbourne Road
Spencer Road
Seabrook
St Matthews Close
St Saviours Crescent
Stanley Street
Stanton Road
Staveley Road
Stockingstone Road
Stockwood Crescent
Strathmore Walk
Strathmore Avenue
Stuart Place
Summers Road
Surrey Street

Tavistock Street
Tavistock Crescent
Taylor Street
Tennyson Road
The Avenue
The Larches
The Ridings
The Wickets
Toddington Road
Toland Close
Torquay Drive
Townsley Close
Tudor Road

Vincent Road

Waldeck Road
Waldeck Road
Warwick Road East
Welbeck Road
Wellington Street
Wenlock Street
Western Road
Whitby Road
William Street
Winch Street
Windmill Road
Windsor Street
Windsor Walk
Wingate Road
Winkfield Close
Winsdon Road
Woodbridge Close
Wyndham Road

Placement of cones

Placement of cones	Charge
Flat fee	£70
Fee per lost cone	£17

Suspension of parking bays

Charge is levied per space per days plus admin fee.

Fee type	Charge
Charge per space, per day	£34
Administration fee	£53

Penalty charge notice

Levied in accordance with the statutory scale as set out in accordance with the Traffic Management Act 2004.

Removal, storage and disposal of vehicles for parking contraventions

Levied in accordance with the statutory scale as set out in accordance with the Traffic Management Act 2004.

On-street parking

In accordance with section 46A of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 (as amended) that Luton Council, the highway authority for the said borough, introduced the following revised scale of charges for on-street parking permitsfrom Monday 1 April 2024.

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On-street parking - tariff 1

Length	Validity	Charge
Up to 15 minutes	Monday to Saturday, 8am to 6pm	£0.90
Up to 30 minutes	Monday to Saturday, 8am to 6pm	£1.30
Up to 1 hour	Monday to Saturday, 8am to 6pm	£2.80
Up to 2 hours	Maximum stay - Monday to Saturday, 8am to 6pm	£5
Evenings	6pm to 8am	Free
Sundays	All day	Free

Tariff 1 is applicable on the following roads:

Adelaide Street
Alma Street
Bolton Road
Bute Street
Buxton Road
Cardiff Grove
Cardigan Street
Cheapside
Chequer Street
Chobham Street
Collingdon Street
Dunstable Road (from Grove Road to Cardiff Road)
George Street West
Gordon Street
Grove Road
Guildford Street
Inkerman Street
King Street
Liverpool Road
Manor Road
Midland Road
Park Street
Upper George Street
Victoria Street
Wellington Street

On-street parking - tariff 2

Length	Validity	Charge
Up to 1 hour	Monday to Friday, 8am to 6pm	£1
Up to 2 hours	Monday to Friday, 8am to 6pm	£2
Up to 3 hours	Maximum stay, Mobnday to Friday, 8am to 6pm	£2.30
Evenings	6pm to 8am	Free
Saturday and Sundays	All day	Free

Tariff 2 applies to the following roads:

Calnwood Road
Eldon Road
Faringdon Road
Lewsey Road (from Calnwood Road to Leagrave High Street)
Stanton Road

On-street parking - tariff 3

Length	Validity	Charge
Up to 30mins, maxiumum stay	Monday to Friday, 8am to 6pm	£1
Evenings	6pm to 8am	Free
Saturdays and Sundays	All day	Free

Tariff 3 applies to the Lewsey Road (from Calnwood Road to Dunstable Road).

On-street parking - tariff 4

Length	Validity	Charge
Up to 30 mins	Monday to Saturday, 8am to 6pm	50p
Up to 1 hour, maximum stay	Monday to Saturday, 8am to 6pm	£1
Evenings	6pm to 8am	Free
Sundays	All day	Free

Tariff 4 applies to Dunstable Road (from Telford Way to Ash Road).

On-street parking - tariff 6

Length	Validity	Charge
Up to 30 mins	Monday to Saturday, 8am to 6pm	£1.30
Evenings	6pm to 8am	£2
Sundays	All day	£2.70

Tariff 6 applies to High Town Road (Midland Road to Havelock Road).

On-street parking - tariff 7

Length	Validity	Charge
Up to 30 mins	Monday to Saturday, 8am to 6pm	70p
Up to 1 hour	Monday to Saturday, 8am to 6pm	£1
Up to 2 hours, maximum stay	Saturday, 8am to 6pm	£2
Evenings	6pm to 8am	Free
Sundays	All day	Free

Tariff 7 applies to the following roads:

Marsh Road
Mostyn Road

On-street parking - tariff 8

Length	Validity	Charge
Up to 10 hours	Monday to Friday, 8am to 6pm	£5
Up to 8 hours	Monday to Friday, 10am to 6pm	£3.20
Saturday and Sunday	All day	£1.50
Evenings	6pm to 8am	Free

Tariff 8 applies to Toddington Road.

On-street parking - tariff 9

Length	Validity	Charge
Up to 30 mins	Monday to Saturday, 8am to 6pm	70p
Up to 1 hour	Monday to Saturday, 8am to 6pm	£1.10
Up to 2 hours, maximum stay	Monday to Saturday, 8am to 6pm	£2.10
Evenings	6pm to 8am	Free
Sundays	All day	Free

Tariff 9 applies to the following roads:

Arundel Road
Ash Road
Avondale Road
Beech Road
Bury Park Road
Crawley Road
Francis Street
Hazelbury Crescent
Ivy Road
Kenilworth Road
Moor Street
Oak Road
Selbourne Road
Waldeck Road
Warwick Road East
Wingate Street
Hibbert Street

On-street parking - tariff 10

Length	Validity	Charge
Up to 30 mins	Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm	80p
Up to 1 hour	Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm	£1.10
Up to 2 hours, maximum stay	Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm	£2
Evenings	5pm to 9am	Free
Saturdays and Sundays	All day	Free

Tariff 10 applies to the following roads:

Albion Road
Back Street
Brunswick Street
Burr Street
Charles Street
Clarendon Road
Cross Street
Dudley Street
Duke Street
Edward Street
Frederick Street
Hartley Road
Havelock Road
Old Bedford Road
High Town Road (from Havelock Road to Winch Street)
Jubilee Street
North Street
Oxen Road
Reginald Street
St Matthews’ Close
Taylor Street
The Larches
Wenlock Street
William Street
York Street

On-street parking - tariff 11

Length	Validity	Charge
Up to 30 mins	Monday to Saturday, 9am to 5pm	50p
Up to 1 hour	Monday to Saturday,98am to 5pm	£1
Up to 2 hours, maximum stay	Monday to Saturday, 9am to 5pm	£2
Evenings	5pm to 9am	Free
Sundays	All day	Free

Tariff 11 applies to the Kelvin Close.

On-street parking - tariff 13 (Kimpton Road)

Length	Validity	Code	Charge
Up to 1 hour	Monday to Saturday, 8am to 6pm	802314	Free
Up to 2 hours	Monday to Saturday, 8am to 6pm	802314	£1
Up to 30 mins	Monday to Saturday, 8am to 6pm	802315	50p
Up to 1 hour	Monday to Saturday, 8am to 6pm	802315	90p
Up to 2 hours	Monday to Saturday, 8am to 6pm	802315	£2
Sundays	All day and evenings	n/a	Free

Tariff 13 applies to Kimpton Road parking scheme only.