Parking regulations

We maintain our public car parks in accordance with UK law and local parking regulations. 

Annual report

The Traffic Management Act 2004 places a requirement on local authorities to produce an annual report about their enforcement activities. This should cover the financial, statistical and other data including any civil parking enforcement targets.

You can download the most recent annual report below.

Annual Parking Enforcement Report 2020 [215.52KB]

Off-Street Parking Order

All our public car parks are regulated and managed under our Off-Street Parking Order (2005). For further information, download the full document below.

The District of New Forest (Off Street Parking Places) Order 2005 [48.71KB]

For a summary of our off-street parking restrictions and charges within the Order, download the relevant schedule below.

Schedule 1 - Amenity Parking Places to which charges apply [119.62KB]

Schedule 2 - Town and Village Centre Parking Places to which charges apply [180.94KB]

Schedule 3 - Parking Places to which Charges do not apply [51.64KB]

Schedule 4 - Charges for Parking Clocks [22.88KB]