Unity5: 1,900+ Locations – Mapping the MiPermit Network

If you run car parks in the UK, there’s a good chance your drivers have already parked with MiPermit somewhere else. The app runs at more than 1,900 parking locations across the UK, in over 300 towns and districts: more than 1,300 car parks and over 500 on-street locations. That makes it one of the most familiar ways to pay for parking in England and Wales.

This article looks at where that network is, who runs it, and what it means for a private operator thinking about cashless parking.

Who uses MiPermit

Councils are the core of the MiPermit network. Today, MiPermit is used by 88 local authorities across the UK.

Alongside them are private operators, town and parish councils and parking partnerships. Together they make up a network that drivers meet again and again as they travel.

Where it is

Plot every MiPermit location on a map and draw a 10km circle around each one. Those circles cover

• 26% of England’s land area, roughly 1 in 4 districts
• 17% of Wales
• 15.5% of the UK overall

Coverage is thinner in Scotland, where Glasgow is the only area, and there’s none yet in Northern Ireland. This is a network centred on England and Wales, and that’s where it helps operators most.

A map of the UK showing locations of car parks offering MiPermit Cashless parking

Why the size of the network matters to you

For drivers, a cashless app is only as useful as the number of places they can use it. Every new app is another download, another account and another card to register. Many drivers won’t bother, and they look for a pay machine or park somewhere else instead.

MiPermit has been installed more than 7 million times on iOS and Android. When you add MiPermit to your car parks, plenty of your drivers can pay with an app they may already have on their phone. The ones who don’t can use it straight away at your sites and at more than 1,900 locations across the UK.

What it means for an operator

A familiar app removes friction at the payment point. Drivers who already have MiPermit can pay in seconds, with no new download, account or card to set up. That means fewer abandoned payments, fewer queries for your team, and a smoother experience for drivers at your sites and across the network.

Next in the series

In the rest of this series we’ll look at what the network’s reach means for your drivers, how permits can turn spare spaces into income, and why councils trust MiPermit.

Want to see where MiPermit already operates near your sites? Book a 15-minute review with our Account Management team.

About Unity5

Unity5 is the creator of Zatpark - SaaS Solutions For Parking, Enforcement and Environmental Management - Designed for private parking companies and public sector bodies, Zatpark delivers world-class features completely controlling and automating the full lifecycle of parking enforcement data, from issue to recovery action and every step in-between. Built-in ANPR, Moving Traffic Violation Management and dedicated Permit and Kiosk solutions, Zatpark, Zatmobile, Zatpermit, Zatenviro, and Zatpark Flexible Enforcement provide end-to-end management of all your PCN and FPN activities.