Cheapest Councils for EV Parking Permits
Electric vehicles often sit in the lowest residents' permit band. This ranking lists only councils with a verified publishable tariff, effective date and official source URL.
How this ranking is built
This ranking cites each council's cheapest verified 12-month EV price — read from a dedicated electric/kWh tariff table where a council publishes one, or from the lowest CO₂ band where EV sits inside the general table with a clear discount. We exclude councils where the "cheapest" band is really a petrol-only Band 1 with no EV-specific treatment, so this isn't just a re-ranking of the lowest CO₂ band under an EV label.
Out of 230 UK local authorities we track, 12 currently publish a verified EV-qualifying tariff and meet our publish bar (see how we verify prices). The UK parking permit Cost Index covers the wider verified estate. This table was last rebuilt on 7 October 2026.
Cheapest councils for EV permits (verified tariffs only)
| Rank | Council | Minimum Annual Cost (EV) | Date | Official source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Barking & Dagenham | £15.00 | 3 September 2026 | Official tariff |
| #2 | London Borough of Ealing | £30.00 | 3 September 2026 | Official tariff |
| #3 | London Borough of Newham | £33.00 | 30 June 2025 | Official tariff |
| #4 | City of Westminster | £40.00 | 2 March 2026 | Official tariff |
| #5 | London Borough of Harrow | £45.00 | 26 August 2026 | Official tariff |
| #6 | London Borough of Hackney | £53.00 | 3 September 2026 | Official tariff |
| #7 | London Borough of Sutton | £56.00 | 1 June 2026 | Official tariff |
| #8 | Royal Borough of Greenwich | £64.00 | 1 September 2026 | Official tariff |
| #9 | Glasgow City Council | £80.00 | 19 August 2025 | Official tariff |
| #10 | Hammersmith & Fulham | £125.00 | 3 February 2025 | Official tariff |
Note: Minimum costs use the lowest published 12-month band (typically EV / Band A). Only isPublishable councils with a verified tariff triple are listed.
Limitations
- This is the cheapest first EV permit, 12 months — second-permit household surcharges and non-EV bands are excluded, not stacked in.
- "Cheapest" is only as good as our coverage. A council with no verified EV tariff isn't necessarily expensive for EVs — it may simply not have a published, dated, sourced EV rate yet, so it can't appear here.
- Some councils price EVs as £0 or "free"; where that's the case it's shown as such and is not a rounding artefact.
- EV discounts can be withdrawn or phased out as adoption rises — always confirm on the council's own page before assuming a rate still applies.