Car park occupancy monitoring for UK sites Free spaces, busy hours and overstays
CamAI parking occupancy shows which spaces or zones are free and which are taken in your car park, using the cameras already there, with busy-hour reports and overstay alerts for sites from Glasgow to Bristol.
How full is the car park, right now and by hour.
Free and taken, live
Single spaces or whole zones, as each camera sees them, live in the dashboard and the app.
Busy hours
When the car park fills up and when it empties, by hour and by day of the week.
Overstay alerts
A vehicle in a space longer than the time you set for that zone sends an alert with the clip.
Reports per site
Scheduled reports for each car park, so you can compare sites and plan around the peaks.
No sensor in every bay. Just the cameras you have.
Where a camera sees single spaces, CamAI tracks each one. Where it sees a whole area, it counts the zone. We map what each camera covers on the site visit.
Spaces by zone
ZONE A
ZONE B
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Car park · now
- Free now
- 9 / 24
- Zone A
- 4 free
- Zone B
- 5 free
- Busiest hour
- 19:00 – 20:00
- Overstay
- Zone B · bay 7
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This week, by site
| Site | Busiest day | Busiest hour | Overstays |
|---|---|---|---|
| Site A | Thu | 20:00 | 3 |
| Site B | Fri | 13:00 | 1 |
| Site C | Sat | 18:00 | 0 |
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What you need and how it starts.
01 · Cameras
Cameras that see the spaces
Existing IP cameras (RTSP or ONVIF) over the car park. We check which spaces or zones each one covers.
02 · Pilot
Zones and overstay times set
We mark the spaces and zones, set the overstay time for each, and choose who gets the alerts.
03 · Proposal
A written proposal
You see live occupancy on your own car park first. Then a written proposal; pricing is by quote.
Related solutions and sectors
Solutions
Sectors
- Retail & mallsFootfall, queues and after-hours alerts
- Residential compounds & propertyGate plates, parking, roofs and plant rooms
- Hotels & hospitalityBack-of-house, reception queues, car parks
- Hospitals & clinicsWaiting areas, restricted stores, reception
- Entertainment centresWristband entry, crowding, counters
Your video stays at your site
Usually analysed on a server at your premises. Camera video stays in the UK. CamAI does not identify anyone.
Privacy and your dataStart with one site
A pilot on your own cameras and footage, so you see real alerts before you decide. Pricing is by quote.
How the pilot worksCar park occupancy in the UK
Retail park, hospital-style and leisure centre car parks in Britain fill and empty in a pattern nobody has written down.
How UK car parks use occupancy monitoring
Retail park, hospital-style and leisure centre car parks in Britain fill and empty in a pattern nobody has written down. CamAI turns the cameras over your bays into a live count and a weekly picture, without fitting a sensor to every space.
Live free and taken spaces
Where a camera sees single bays, CamAI tracks each one. Where it sees a wide area, it counts a zone. The dashboard and the app show what is free now, so a site manager checking from the office sees the same picture as someone walking the car park.
Busy hours across the week
Reports show when the car park fills and when it empties, by hour and by day. A shopping centre can see how a Saturday or the Christmas weeks differ from a quiet Tuesday, and a leisure centre can see when class times push the car park to its limit.
Overstay alerts and reports per site
Set a time limit for a zone, such as short stay by the entrance or a time-limited bay near a clinic. A vehicle that stays longer sends an alert with the clip. Scheduled reports let a group compare its car parks side by side and plan around the peaks.
A shopping centre in Birmingham
A shopping centre has a multi-storey car park that feels full by midday on Saturdays, but nobody can say how long it stays full. Management wants busy hours by level, so they can plan stewarding and decide whether the centre needs more short-stay bays.
A hospital-style car park in Leeds
A private clinic shares a small car park with its neighbours and keeps a set of bays for patients. The practice manager wants an alert when a vehicle overstays in those bays, and a weekly report of when the car park is under pressure.
A gym and leisure centre in Manchester
A leisure centre sees its car park overflow at class changeovers in the early evening. The centre manager wants occupancy by zone for each hour, so staff know when to direct drivers to the overflow area before queues form on the road.
Car park occupancy questions from UK sites
Do we need sensors in every bay?
No. CamAI works from the cameras you already have. Where a camera sees single spaces it tracks each one, and where it sees a wider area it counts the zone. We map what each camera covers during the site visit and tell you where a camera would need moving.
Can CamAI change signs or open barriers?
No. CamAI shows occupancy in the dashboard and the app, sends overstay alerts and produces reports. It does not control signs, barriers or payment. If you want a figure on a sign, that would be a separate system fed by your own team.
How do overstay alerts work?
You set a time limit for each zone. When a vehicle stays in a space for longer, the people you choose receive an alert by app, WhatsApp, SMS, email or Telegram, with the camera, the time and a clip. CamAI does not name the driver, and a person checks what to do next.
Can we compare several car parks?
Yes. Each car park appears in the same dashboard, and scheduled reports show busy hours and overstays per site. A property or retail group can see which car park is under pressure and when, and use that to plan stewarding and opening hours.
How do we start, and how is it priced?
We visit your site, check the camera views over the bays and run a pilot on your own cameras. A written proposal follows. Pricing is by quote for each site, based on the zones and cameras covered, and the video stays on a server at your site.
Quick question? Ask Osama
Our AI assistant answers right away, in English or Arabic.
See your car park at a glance.
Book a site visit. We check the cameras over your car park and plan the zones with you.
What happens next
- 1Our team contacts you to arrange a visit to your site.
- 2We look at your cameras and agree the rules with your team.
- 3A pilot on a few of your cameras, then a written proposal.