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Due to planned maintenance work, our payment system will be unavailable on Thursday 17 July from 10am until 4pm. During this time, you will be unable to make PCN or permit payments. Sorry for any inconvenience.
What visitor permits are, who can buy them, what types there are, number of permits you can use per day, where your visitor can park, cost and refunds.
Visitor parking permits are virtual, which means you will not get a paper permit to display in your vehicle. Our enforcement officers scan licence plates and check them against permit records.
Visitor parking permits let your visitors park in the controlled parking zone (CPZ) where you live.
If you live on an estate, visitor permits are free. Find out how to apply for estate visitor permits.
You can buy visitor permits if you’re over 18 and live in a CPZ.
You can buy daily or hourly visitor permits . Daily permits cover 1 calendar day.
You can buy discounted concessionary visitor permits if you're one of the following:
You can only use 2 daily visitor permits at the same time. If you need more visitor parking, you can use hourly visitor permits .
Within your CPZ, visitor permits can only be used in a:
The permit is not valid in pay by phone only bays.
See what the parking bay signs look like.
There are 4 separate steps to buying and booking online visitor permits. There is a different process to buy paper visitor permits.