Overview
We enforce parking, loading and waiting restrictions in the borough.
The main reasons for parking enforcement are to:
- encourage sensible and legal parking
- reduce traffic congestion on our roads
- allow buses and service vehicles to operate more effectively
- make our roads safer for drivers, pedestrians, motorcyclists and cyclists
- support town centres by encouraging commuters and other drivers to use long-stay car parks freeing up short-stay spaces
- help Blue Badge holders by enforcing disabled parking spaces
- discourage drivers from parking in front of dropped kerbs
- improve the general environment
Reporting problems that need parking enforcement
If you know of an on-going problem that needs parking enforcement, you can report it to us using the email address below.
You should provide as much information as possible – for example:
- dates and times that problem has occurred
- details of the vehicle or vehicles involved, including registration numbers if possible
- the exact location where the problem occurs, such as a specific part of a road – for example, a dropped kerb in front of a property
- the type of problem and the danger it may create
Parking Enforcement
Thurrock Council, Civic Offices, New Road, Grays, RM17 6SL
Civil Enforcement Officers
Our team of Civil Enforcement Officers – previously known as parking attendants – is on patrol across Thurrock. They enforce regulations for:
Civil Enforcement Officers on the streets do not deal with:
- parking appeals
- issuing permits
- abandoned or untaxed vehicles
- vehicles parked on the footway unless there are yellow lines in place
- vehicles parked on grass verges unless there are yellow lines in place
- vehicles causing an obstruction unless there are yellow lines in place
External auditing
We are a member of the Parking and Traffic Regulations Outside London (PATROL) Adjudication Joint Committee.