The Parking Partnership is a new organisation which, from 1 April 2011, brings together all street-based parking services in Essex.
The new service is council-run and is a partnership between Essex County Council and two lead councils: It is in two areas; the North Partnership is led by Colchester Council and the South Partnership by Chelmsford Council. The aim is to run parking enforcement to a fair and consistent standard in order to provide the same level of service but in a more efficient way.
The two Partnerships are responsible in each area for the on-street Civil Enforcement Officers ("traffic wardens"); the parking enforcement process together with challenges to, and payments of, parking penalties ("parking fines") plus administration of the parking restrictions ("yellow lines") and the management of the scheme.

The North Essex Parking Partnership deals with all correspondence and payments for Braintree, Colchester, Epping Forest, Harlow, Tendring and Uttlesford with the prefixes:
BX, CH, EG, EK, EO, ER, EZ
HL, ID, IE, IF, IG, IH & UF

The new North Essex Parking Partnership can be contacted at:
North Essex Parking Partnership
PO Box 5575, Town Hall
Colchester, CO1 9LT
Email:
Telephone:
Enquiries: 0845 045 1599 (01206 282316)
Automated Payments: 01206 507275

The South Essex Parking Partnership deals with all correspondence and payments for Basildon, Brentwood, Castlepoint, Chelmsford, Maldon and Rochford with the prefixes:
CF, CP, EB, EC, EI, EJ, RQ & XP

The new South Essex Parking Partnership can be contacted at:
South Essex Parking Partnership
Parking Services, Chelmsford Borough Council
Chelmsford, CM1 1JE
Email:
Telephone:
Enquiries: 01245 606710
Automated Payments: 0845 002 0686