Parking and travel
Pay for parking
Pay for parking in our pay and display car parks.
Pay and display payment machines
Our pay and display payment machines accept cash and credit or debit card payments. You must display your valid ticket during your stay.
If a pay and display machine is not working please use another pay and display machine in the car park if there are any. Alternatively, you can arrange a virtual parking session via MiPermit by text, telephone, phone app or online.
You do not need to tell us if a ticket machine is not working. All our machines have a computer link that reports all faults to us.
MiPermit digital payment
You can pay online via MiPermit cashless parking, telephone, SMS, or the MiPermit smartphone app. MiPermit digital payments are ticketless. You do not need to display anything when you park.
MiPermit digital parking stays can be pre-booked online up to 7 days in advance. Pre-booking does not guarantee a parking space.
All our parking fees (also known as tariffs) can be found on our car park tariff boards or online on our pay and display car parks page.
North Essex Parking Partnership (NEPP) are responsible for on-street parking in Epping Forest, including enforcement.
MiPermit cashless parking
Use MiPermit to pay for pay and display parking, season tickets, residents and visitor permits. Each electronic permit is virtual, meaning that you do not need to display anything in your vehicle. You simply pay and go.
Cashless pay and stay parking
Using a cashless service is fast, convenient and easy to manage. You can arrange your parking by telephone, SMS from your mobile, via our smartphone apps or online using a MiPermit portal.
Find information on using MiPermit including:
- Creating your stay using a MiPermit portal
- By SMS – Using cashless parking for the first time
- By SMS – Existing customers that have already registered
- Creating your stay by telephone
- To extend your stay by telephone
- Creating your stay by SMS
- To extend your stay by SMS
- Costs of this service
Smartphone apps
Download the MiPermit smartphone app.
Residents and visitors permits
To purchase residents or visitor permits you will need to enter your council tax reference number and search for your address.
Business permits
Season tickets
Season tickets are only for local employers and their employees.
Blue badge holders
Parking is free for blue badge holders in our pay and display car parks. You can park for free as long as the blue badge is valid and correctly displayed on the vehicle dashboard.
If no disabled bays are available, blue badge holders can park in a regular bay for free as long as the blue badge is valid and correctly displayed on the vehicle dashboard.