Decriminalised parking enforcement
General
The responsibility for enforcing parking, waiting and loading restrictions has transferred from Police Scotland to ourselves. We have also received powers to uplift vehicles.
Money raised through the issue of Penalty Charge Notices will only be spent on maintaining the service. Any surplus is controlled and can only be used for traffic related projects.
From 2024 we will also be enforcing the new National ban on Pavement Parking, Double Parking and Parking at dropped kerbs for Pedestriansand Cyclists.
Police Scotland are still responsible for reportable traffic offences on all roads, such as dangerous parking or obstruction. Read Police Scotland duties after Decriminalisation.
- Document answering questions you may have about DPE
- Read our parking enforcement statement
- Read our Full Parking Policy Document for 2018 - 2023
- Highland Council Enforcement Protocol
Annual Parking Account returns to Scottish Government
Penalty Charge Notices (PCNs) issued to date
Permit Parking Renewals
If your permit has recently or is about to expire please visit the permits page to apply for a new one.
Penalty Charge Notices (PCNs)
Due to limitations on back office staff availability you will not be able to contact us by telephone, you can still use our online services to pay or challenge a PCN.
If you have received a PCN you should use the online service.
Live issues - Control Room Contact details
We operate our main control room accepting emails relating to live parking issues at parking@highland.gov.uk or calls on 01463 239786. This should not be used to challenge a PCN.
Pay and Display Parking
We provide Pay and Display parking services at both on-street and off-street locations across Highland. All our sites offer the ability to pay by cash or card and many also offer cashless parking through the RingGo mobile application or website.
If you have paid by card at one of our car parks you can recover a receipt of your transaction by visiting my parking receipts.
Current parking tariffs, fees and charges
Live DPE Traffic Regulation Orders
Click here for a MAP based viewer of all our LIVE Waiting and Loading Orders (BETA site)
On-street waiting and loading orders
- Decriminalised Parking Enforcement Traffic Regulation Order (on street) 2016
- On Street Variation Order One - 2017 (2016 Order Amended)
- On Street Variation Order Two - 2018 (2016 Order Amended)
- On Street Variation Order Three - 2018 (2016 & 2017 Orders Amended)
- Off Street Tariff Variation Order 2018
- On Street Variation Order Four - 2019 (2016 Order Amended)
- On street Variation Five - Ross Ave Inverness - 2021
- On Street Variation Six - Ballifeary Inverness - 2021
- Inverness & Fort William Index Plans
- Plans of all Parking Restrictions - Inverness Central (as Amended)
- Plans of all Parking Restrictions - Fort William (as Amended)
- Plans of all Parking Restrictions - Alness
- Plans of all Parking Restrictions - Broadford
- Plans of all Parking Restrictions - Brora
- Plans of all Parking Restrictions - Dingwall
- Plans of all Parking Restrictions - Dunvegan
- Plans of all Parking Restrictions - Grantown on Spey
- Plans of all Parking Restrictions - Invergordon
- Plans of all Parking Restrictions - Kyle of Lochalsh
- Plans of all Parking Restrictions - Kyleakin
- Plans of all Parking Restrictions - Mallaig
- Plans of all Parking Restrictions - Nairn
- Plans of all Parking Restrictions - Portree
- Plans of all Parking Restrictions - Quiraing
- Plans of all Parking Restrictions - Scrabster
- Plans of all Parking Restrictions - Sligachan
- Plans of all Parking Restrictions - Storr
- Plans of all Parking Restrictions - Tain
- Plans of all Parking Restrictions - Thurso
- Plans of all Parking Restrictions - Ullapool
- Plans of all Parking Restrictions - Wick