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Penalty Charge Notices (PCNs) price increase

All London Penalty Charge Notices (PCNs) will be increasing from Monday 7 April 2025. PCNs are designed to deter anti-social and obstructive parking, reduce congestion and make London’s streets clearer and safer.

Payments unavailable on Tuesday 8 April, 9.30am-4.30pm

You will not be able to make any online payments on Tuesday 8 April, 9.30am-4.30pm while we carry out essential maintenance.

This will affect all online payments, including parking permits, parking tickets (PCNs), council tax and rent payments. You will also not be able to make payments using our automated payment line 020 7527 8000 or by calling 020 7527 2000.

If you need to make a payment, please try again after 4.30pm on Tuesday. We are sorry for any inconvenience while we carry out this essential work.

 

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Blue Badge exemption for people-friendly streets pre-application guidance

Read this guidance before you apply for a Blue Badge exemption permit for people-friendly streets.

Blue Badge holders who live in an Islington LTN can apply for an exemption using the link below to the online form. This application is for an exemption from designated traffic filters in one of the low traffic neighbourhoods (LTNs) in the Islington people-friendly streets programme.

You can only register one vehicle which can be your own, or one used for your transportation.

The exempted vehicle can only be used for the transportation of a Blue Badge holder who lives in an Islington LTN.

Apply for a Blue Badge exemption for people-friendly streets

If you would like to complete a paper copy of this form, please request one by writing to:

PFS/Blue Badge Team,
PO Box 2025,
Pershore,
WR10 9BU.

An exemption for Blue Badge holders can only be provided for one of the filters in the people-friendly streets neighbourhoods listed below:

  • Amwell
  • Canonbury East
  • Canonbury West
  • Clerkenwell Green
  • Highbury
  • St Mary's Church
  • St Peter's

You can see a map of our people-friendly streets neighbourhoods.

Sacred Heart School Street traffic filter

Blue Badge holders living north of Mackenzie Road to Caledonian Road to the west and Holloway Road to the east, and Hornsey Street to the north are exempt from the Sacred Heart School Street filter on the junction of Georges Road with Eden Grove. If you think you should be exempt but have not received a letter from the council, please email PFSBlueBadge@islington.gov.uk.

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