Residential parking permits

Parking permits allow you to park without restrictions in:

• permit zones
• time-limited zones (of 30+ minutes)
• council-owned on-street paid parking locations.

Your permit is for parking at or near your home. A permit isn't valid if you're attending any other property.

Parking permits cannot be used in:

• clearways and no stopping areas
• work or loading zones
• taxi zones
• bus zones
• car share spots
• disability parking.

You can't use your permit to park in front of or next to non-residential property, including:

• commercial, retail, mixed use and industrial properties
• community land uses including the foreshore, parks and recreational spaces
• off-street car parks – unless you have a combined or foreshore permit.

Please note: Resident, Combined, Foreshore and Visitor parking permits cannot be used to park a truck, trailer, motorcycle, bus, coach, towable caravan, vehicle over 7.5m in length or vehicle with a Gross Vehicle Mass (GVM) greater than 4.5 tonnes. Permits are considered invalid if displayed on any of these vehicles.

Permits can be renewed from 21 days prior to the current expiry date. We will send a reminder email to the email address linked to this permit.

Find your expiry date, permit number and renewal options in My Parking Permits.

If you prefer to apply in person, you can now attend customer service counter during opening hours.
Please ensure that you bring your supporting documentation, and your application can be assessed and if eligible, a permit can be issued on the spot.

Submit an application for infringement review online. You may upload up to three images or documents in support of your request.

Applications for internal review can also be submitted by email, mail or fax by completing the Internal review application form available from the Parking Fines webpage.

If you’ve applied online for a resident, combined resident and foreshore or foreshore permit, you will be digitally covered whilst we process your application and mail it out to you.

As visitor permits are only valid when displayed, if you urgently require a visitor permit, please attend a customer service counter during opening hours with your supporting documentation, and a visitor permit can be assessed and the permit issued on the spot.

Applying for a parking permit means you accept the conditions of the parking permit and creates a legally binding agreement between the City of Port Phillip and you as the permit holder.

You will be asked to accept the following Terms and Conditions

I declare that:

• I am authorised to apply as per Council's Parking Management Policy.
• All information in this application is true and correct.
• I agree to comply with all permit conditions, local laws and all relevant legislation.
• I agree to display the permit correctly as per the direction of Council.
• I understand and accept that there may be additional fees to make changes to the permit.
• I understand and accept that a partial refund may only be provided if the permit has more than 6 months validity remaining and the permit is returned to Council.
• I will ensure that the permit is not sold, transferred or assigned to another party.
• I acknowledge that failure to comply with the conditions of the permit may result in cancellation of the permit, and/or a fine and/or legal action.
• For Visitor or Temporary Permits, I as the permit holder understand that an application for this permit does not provide permit cover of any vehicle until the permit is processed and you have received this and displayed the permit as per instructions of this permit type. 
• Correspondence including renewal notices will be sent electronically to the email address linked to this permit. It is an applicant's responsibility to ensure contact details remain current and up to date at all times.
• I understand that personal information collected on this application is in accordance with Council's Privacy Policy and will be used solely by Council for this primary purpose or other directly related purposes. 

Misuse of permits means fewer parking spaces for legitimate permit holders. We want to ensure the parking allocated to them is available.

We've made changes to the Local Law, introduced 1 August 2023 in relation to the unauthorised use of Parking Permits.

This amendment makes it an offence to sell or purchase, hire, lease, licence or receive a residential parking permit that has been allocated to another person.

If you think a parking permit is being misused, please report it to us.