Parking permit charges

Resident, estate resident and business parking permit prices are now based on a 13 band charging structure. This means that permit prices better reflect the environmental impact of vehicles on the borough’s roads.

The changes are being phased over the next few years. You can find out more about how prices are changing for each permit below. Drivers of medium to high polluting vehicles, and diesel vehicles, will see their permit prices rise over this period.

As part of our commitment to reducing the number of diesel vehicles on Hackney’s roads, our annual diesel surcharge will rise each year:

• resident permit – £200 a year, rising £50 per year in future years
• estate resident permit – £57 a year, rising £57 per year in future years
• business permit – £200 a year, rising £50 per year in future years

The newest diesel vehicles, which meet the government’s stringent Real Driving Emissions 2 test standard, and emit similar levels of particulate matter as petrol vehicles, are exempt from this surcharge.

Parking Services use the RDE2 standard. This means all diesel vehicles that pass the RDE2 standard will not have to pay the diesel surcharge for the duration of the parking and enforcement plan for 2022 to 2027.

If you think this applies to you, email the parking permits team at parking.permits@hackney.gov.uk. If you’re eligible, the discount will start from the date you inform us.

See our parking permit price list for 2025 to 2026 (google doc).

The table sets out how resident permit prices will change over the next 5 years.

We calculate prices based on a vehicle’s CO2 emissions, with a surcharge added for diesel vehicles that don’t meet the Real Driving Emissions 2 standard.

*Where no information is held on a vehicle’s CO2 emissions, we calculate permit prices based upon engine size.

The table sets out how estate resident permit prices will change over the next 7 years.

We calculate prices based on a vehicle’s CO2 emissions, with a surcharge added for diesel vehicles that don’t meet the Real Driving Emissions 2 standard.

*Where no information is held on a vehicle’s CO2 emissions, we calculate permit prices based upon engine size.

The table sets out how business permit prices will change over the next 5 years.

We replaced the previous two-tier pricing structure with a single, fairer set of charges. For businesses driving smaller vehicles, this will see them saving money each year on their permit price.

We calculate prices based on a vehicle’s CO2 emissions, with a surcharge added for diesel vehicles that don’t meet the Real Driving Emissions 2 standard.

*Where no information is held on a vehicle’s CO2 emissions, we calculate permit prices based upon engine size.

Annual parking permit prices start at £50 a year. The greener the vehicle you go for, the more you will save.

With over 3,000 on-street charge points being installed in Hackney by 2030, there’s never been a better time to go electric. You can find your nearest charging point by visiting Electric vehicles.

The Mayor of London’s scrappage scheme has now closed.

For more information, visit ULEZ car and motorcycle scrappage scheme on Transport for London.

Car clubs provide infrequent drivers with a safer, cleaner and greener way of using a car when you need one, without the cost or hassle of owning one. We have over 200 cars across the borough, which you can book in advance, or at the last minute. For more information, visit car clubs.

Cycling is a healthy, low cost and environmentally friendly way to travel.

Many people in Hackney cycle – the borough has the highest number of people cycling to work in London and the second-highest number in England (after Cambridge) by total numbers. For more information, visit cycling.