Apply for a residential visitor parking permit

About 5 days – once your completed application and payment are received your application will be assessed and eligible permits will be posted to you within 5 working days.

$2.10 – Visitor parking permits are $2.10 a permit or $1 with a pensioner concession – minimum purchase of 10 permits.

Project Status: When you need to do this

If you have visitors to your home you can apply for residential visitor parking permits. Other visitor permits include tradespersons and carers.

Visitor permits take the form of single-use, one-day scratchies. The permit is held by the eligible household and can be given to a visitor to display on their car, to avoid time limits and parking fees.

Permits are only valid in the numbered area shown on permits and parking signs.

What you need to do

Apply for a permit.

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Before you start

Documents required

You must provide 2 documents verifying your residential address. These documents must show your name and residential address. Documents addressed to a post office box will not be accepted.

Acceptable documents include:

utility bill
bank statement
pension/health care card
current lease, driver licence
electoral card
other official government correspondence.

Documents relating to your vehicle cannot be used as proof of residence.

If you own the property that you reside in, you can choose rates notice as a document type. We will use your rates notice to verify your name and address. You won’t need to upload your rates notice.

After you finish

Once your form and payment are received and if complete, your application will be processed and any permit(s) for which you are eligible will be posted to you within 5 working days.

Other information

Not all households will be eligible for visitor parking permits. A household will be excluded if it:
- occupies a new or converted residential flat building approved since 8 May 1996 under the former South Sydney or 1 May 2000 with the former Sydney City Council
- occupies a dwelling approved with the condition that no parking permits are to be issued
- has an on-site visitor parking space, including shared visitor spaces in multi-unit dwellings
- occupies a secondary dwelling on a lot for which parking permits are already issued
- occupies premises not approved for residential use.
- is in a hotel, backpacker hostel, guesthouses or serviced apartments.
- occupies any other non-residential premises.
The number of permits a household may be eligible for depends on how many resident permits they hold and whether their parking area is zone A or zone B.

Most households are in zone B. The calendar year allocation of visitor permits for eligible households is:
1. 20 permits for those households with 2 resident parking permits
2. 40 permits for those households with one resident parking permit
3. 60 permits for those households with no resident parking permits.
For households in zone A, currently only area 19 Kings Cross and a small number of restricted properties in Pyrmont and Ultimo, the calendar year allocation of visitor permits for eligible households is:
1. 10 permits for those households with 2 resident parking permits
2. 30 permits for those households with one resident parking permit
3. 40 permits for those households with no resident parking permits.
Permits are only valid on the chosen date of use. To use, scratch the panels on the permit for the month and day of use. The permit is only valid if one date has been clearly scratched off.

Permits can only be used where the signs include the words permit holders excepted. The area code on the permit must correspond to the area code shown on parking signs.

Example of a permit valid for parking on 16 June.
Visitor permit fee
- $2.10 a permit (minimum purchase 10)
- $1 a permit – pensioner concession (minimum purchase 10)