Residential parking permits

You can apply for a new permit or renew your permit by completing the online form:

Apply online

Our officers will check how many off-street parking spaces have been allocated by the Residential Parking Scheme in your requested area. Approval of the application is based on availability. You must also agree to the permit conditions as part of your application.

Once you receive your permit, please place it on the lower passenger side of the vehicle's windscreen in a non-tinted area with all details clearly visible. The permit is only valid in residential parking zones near your residence and does not guarantee a space. These zones can be identified by the wording on the sign 'Authorised Residents Excepted'.

If you sell the car, please remove the permit sticker.

View the current cost of the permit on our fees and charges page.

Metered space parking permits

This type of permit parking only applies where a separate house is used as a residential dwelling within what is mostly a commercial district, where parking meters are installed.

There are limited streets in Hobart where this type of permit can be issued:

• Goulburn Street – between Harrington and Barrack Streets
• Barrack Street – between Liverpool and Goulburn Streets
• Murray Street – between Melville and Brisbane Streets
• Campbell Street – between Brisbane and Patrick Streets
• Brisbane Street – between Campbell and Argyle Streets
• Wilmot Street

You can apply for one permit per property, by completing and submitting the online form:

Apply online

View the current cost of the permit on the fees and charges page.

We will let you know when your permit is due to be renewed by posting a renewal letter to you.

You can renew your permit by completing and submitting the online form:

Apply online

View the current cost of the permit on the fees and charges page.

A temporary residential parking permit may be available for monthly issue for residents or, with approval, nominated visitors, tradespeople, etc.

You can apply for a permit by completing and submitting the online form:

Apply online

View the current cost of the permit on the fees and charges page.

Residents of properties located within the area shown below may be eligible for three different forms of assistance in finding parking.

Parking Assistance

The three types of assistance available to residents of the CBD zone are:

A - Resident Permit for On-Street Resident Permit Zone

Residents may be eligible for a resident parking permit in an existing resident permit zone outside of the CBD. This would be on a single identified street section only (for example Melville Street between Barrack Street and Harrington Street). This permit allows the permitted vehicle to park all day in designated resident parking zones.

B - Resident Permit allowing free parking on metered space until 10 am

Residents may be eligible for a resident parking permit that allows them to park in a parking meter space without paying a fee or observing the time limit until 10 am. Again this would only be in a single designated street section (for example Liverpool Street between Barrack Street and Harrington Street).

Because the very centre of the CBD has very high parking demand, permits cannot be issued for streets in the block bounded by Harrington Street – Bathurst Street – Argyle Street – Macquarie Street, or on Elizabeth Street between Bathurst Street and Brisbane Street.

Permits can be issued for other metered on-street spaces within the CBD zone.

C - Priority on Waiting List for Council Long Term Off-Street Car parking Space

Residents are able to be given priority over non-residents on the waiting lists for parking spaces in one of City's long term off-street car parks.

Eligibility For Assistance

Whether you are eligible for a permit depends on the type of dwelling in which you live.

* - A maximum of 2 permits can be issued for each dwelling, and this number is reduced by one for each parking space that is available at that dwellings address.