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News and guides for drivers, operators and yard owners — secure parking, renting out your land, and the paperwork nobody warns you about.
Three reliefs, one deadline: the Budget for hauliers
The Budget extended the fuel duty cut and the £1 HGV road tax, and both run out in the same week of summer 2027. Plus the clawback nobody put in a headline, and last week's business rates figures re-checked as promised. Free to use for your first 12 months.
Danny Walsh · 29 Oct 2026
What a locked gate actually buys you
Nine in ten drivers who rated a yard's security as good could rest properly. Where it was poor, fewer than four in ten could. Transport Focus's survey, and what it means for anyone with hardstanding and a gate. Free to use for your first 12 months.
Danny Walsh · 26 Oct 2026
Business rates when you let a yard for lorry parking
Letting a yard for lorry parking has a rating consequence, and for many small yards it comes to nothing. But the agricultural exemption does not travel with the land. How a bill is built, and the relief that usually decides it. Free to use for your first 12 months.
Danny Walsh · 22 Oct 2026
Most cargo crime happens where nobody is watching
NaVCIS recorded 3,424 HGV cargo crime notifications in 2025, and 54 per cent of them happened in laybys and on industrial estates. Where you park is the variable. What that means over peak, for drivers and for yard owners. Free to use for your first 12 months.
Danny Walsh · 19 Oct 2026
If a lorry is stolen from your yard, who is liable?
Letting a yard to lorries is a licence, not custody, so the vehicle is rarely your problem. The duty that does bite is the one you owe to people on your land. What the law actually says, and which insurance is compulsory. Free to use for your first 12 months.
Danny Walsh · 15 Oct 2026
The 45-hour rest you cannot take in the cab
A regular weekly rest cannot be taken in the cab - gov.uk is blunt about it, and “suitable sleeping facilities” has a definition. What the assimilated rules actually say, and who pays when the rest has to happen elsewhere.
Danny Walsh · 12 Oct 2026
Grant money for lorry parking: who actually qualifies
Up to £20m, covering half the capital cost, open until 2031 - and several write-ups wrongly say the window shut in March 2026. What the National Highways lorry parking grant pays for, and the two gates that decide who qualifies.
Danny Walsh · 8 Oct 2026
What to charge for HGV parking
Nobody will tell a landowner what yard space is worth. Welcome Break's own published rates run from £27 to £41.50 a night across one network - and that spread is the real lesson. How to arrive at a number you can defend.
Danny Walsh · 5 Oct 2026
Getting your yard ready for winter HGV parking
A yard in October tells you nothing. A yard in January tells you everything. What winter actually does to hardstanding, why drainage fails quietly, and the jobs worth doing before the clocks go back on 25 October.
Danny Walsh · 1 Oct 2026
Letting your yard as an operating centre: what it takes
An operating centre is a longer, steadier let than a night's parking - and it comes with a rule owners never expect: your yard gets advertised in the local paper, and the neighbours get a formal say. What gov.uk actually requires.
Danny Walsh · 28 Sept 2026
What a secure parking badge actually means
Safer Parking Freight and TAPA PSR are the two badges a UK driver will meet. Here is who issues them, why the PSR level matters, and the three things neither tells you. HGV-Parking.co.uk is free to use for your first 12 months.
Danny Walsh · 24 Sept 2026
A wellbeing charter cannot give you a toilet at 2am
The RHA has launched a wellbeing recognition scheme for haulage employers. It is a good thing that cannot reach the place it matters most: wherever a driver stops for the night. HGV-Parking.co.uk is free to use for your first 12 months.
Danny Walsh · 21 Sept 2026
The freight crime flag: what it means for where you park
The Home Office has agreed a freight crime flag so police can record load theft as load theft. What it changes, what it does not, and why the space shortage is still uncounted. HGV-Parking.co.uk is free to use for your first 12 months.
Danny Walsh · 17 Sept 2026
Planning permission for lorry parking: what the rules actually say
The DfT has commissioned a new national lorry parking survey and one stated purpose is to help planning applications. What the NPPF actually says, what permission you need and what councils really weigh. Free to use for your first 12 months.
Danny Walsh · 14 Sept 2026
430 new spaces, a 4,700-space gap: the lorry parking arithmetic
Two rounds of government grants delivered roughly 430 new lorry parking spaces. The national shortfall runs to at least 4,700. A 200-space Kent site took three years to win its appeal. The arithmetic, and what it means. Free to use for your first 12 months.
Danny Walsh · 10 Sept 2026
HGV-Parking.co.uk is live: free for your first 12 months
The UK marketplace for HGV parking is open — yard owners list secure space, drivers and fleets find and book it, with human-checked listings, e-tickets and two-way reviews. Free to use for your first 12 months: no listing fees, no booking fees.
Danny Walsh · 7 Sept 2026
What makes a secure HGV yard?
Fencing, CCTV, floodlighting, ANPR, accreditation — what each layer of yard security actually does, what the freight-crime figures say, and how to check a site before you book. HGV-Parking.co.uk is free to use for your first 12 months.
Danny Walsh · 7 Sept 2026
Where can HGV drivers legally park overnight?
Laybys, motorway services, truckstops, industrial estates — what is actually legal, what it costs and what the theft figures say, plus how to line up a booked yard instead. HGV-Parking.co.uk is free to use for your first 12 months.
Danny Walsh · 7 Sept 2026
How to rent out your yard for HGV parking
Empty hardstanding can earn real money: what UK yard space goes for, what drivers actually need, the planning and insurance basics, and how listing works. HGV-Parking.co.uk is free to use for your first 12 months — no listing fees, no booking fees.
Danny Walsh · 7 Sept 2026
The UK's HGV parking shortage in 2026: what the numbers say
England's lorry parks were 83% full when the DfT last counted, and estimates put the UK shortfall at 4,700-11,000 spaces. Where those numbers come from, what changes in 2026, and what it means for drivers and yard owners. HGV-Parking.co.uk is free to use for your first 12 months.
Danny Walsh · 7 Sept 2026