About renting a council garage

You can rent a garage from us even if you are not a council housing tenant. We give priority to tenants and people with disabilities.

Garage locations

Use our Garage search page which shows all garage locations near you.

Apply for a garage

You can apply to rent a garage online or get yourself added to the waiting list for a particular location.

Cost

The cost to rent a garage is:

Council tenants: £19.22 per week or £21.71 per week (depending on area)
Others: £23.06 per week or £26.05 per week depending on area (£19.22 or £21.71 + VAT)

We have a reduced rental charge for disabled people, and additional discounts are available if you are:

buying or leasing a car, or have bought a car through the Motability Scheme or privately
receive the higher rate of Disability Living Allowance with a mobility component

This does not apply automatically to all Blue Badge holders. You must prove you qualify for the reduced rent and provide a copy of your car documents.

How to pay

You can pay for your garage by Direct Debit. Use our form to set this up:

Download the Garages Direct Debit Form.

Conditions of use

Our garages are only to be used as a domestic garage, to house a private motor vehicle, unless we give you written permission to use the garage to store bicycles, personal household items and/or garden items.

Download our Conditions of Licence for a council garage.

To apply for permission to use a garage for other storage, use the permission letter below:

Download our Permission for storage letter template.