What you have to pay for residents' or visitors' parking permits in Bristol and how many you can have.
Restrictions on residents' and visitors' parking permits
You cannot get residents’ or visitors’ parking permits for most new homes built since:
- 13 October 2005 in the Central Parking Zone
- 1 August 2018 in residents’ parking scheme (RPS) areas
These developments are known as car free or low car developments.
Go to Restrictions on parking permits for car free or low car developments to check if you:
- live in a car free or no car development
- can apply for a parking permit
Residents' permit scheme area allocations
Eligible properties in the Controlled Parking Zone (CPZ) can apply for 1 permit only.
Eligible properties in all the residents' parking scheme (RPS) areas and parking permit areas (PPA) can apply for up to 3 permits with the following exceptions:
- in all RPS and PPA areas, properties on private roads may apply for 1 permit only
- properties with off street parking in Bower Ashton may apply for up to 3 permits
- properties with off street parking in Pitlochry Close may apply for up to 2 permits
- properties with off street parking in Cheswick Village may apply for up to 2 permits
- properties with off street parking in Edward Road and Chatsworth Road may apply for up to 2 permits
- properties with off street parking in all other RPS areas and PPA may apply for 1 permit only
Residents' permit scheme area costs
The table shows residents' permit costs for all areas except Easton and St Philips and Central Parking Zone residents' permits.
Your first residents' permit cost is based on the vehicle with the highest CO2 vehicle emissions tax band.
| Vehicle CO2 emissions tax band | First permit cost per year |
| Band A (up to 100 ) | Free |
| Band B (101 to 110 ) | £28 |
| Band C to K (111 to 225) | £56 |
| Band L to M (226 to over 255+) | £84 |
| No band | £56 |
| Vehicles registered before March 2001 | £56 |
The cost of your other permits will be:
- second permit £112 for a year
- third permit £224 for a year
Easton and St Philips residents' permit costs
| Permit type | Permit cost per year |
| First permit band A (up to 100 CO2 emissions) | Free |
| First permit all other tax bands | £30 |
| Second permit | £80 |
| Third permit | £200 |
Central Parking Zone
| Permit type | Permit cost per year |
| All residents' permits | £50 |
Residents' parking permit payments
Pay for your residents' permit in full or pay every 3 months in quarterly instalments. If you choose to pay in quarterly instalments you'll still need to renew your permit every year.
Visitors' permits
Check the table to see how many visitors' permits you can get. The allocation is reset annually on the date you applied for your first visitors' permits.
Each individual visitor permit is valid for one day and any unused visitor permits will expire 12 months after the date they're issued.
Extra visitors' permits above your free allocation cost £1.30 each for all zones except Easton and St Philips where they cost £1 each. You need to pay this in full when you order the extra permits.
|
Residents' parking area |
Annual entitlement free visitors' permits |
Annual entitlement of chargeable visitors' permits |
|
Bedminster East |
50 |
50 |
|
Bower Ashton |
70 |
70 |
| Cheswick Village | 50 | 50 |
|
Clifton East |
60 |
60 |
|
Clifton Village |
60 |
60 |
|
Cliftonwood and Hotwells |
60 |
60 |
|
Cotham |
50 |
50 |
|
Cotham North |
50 |
50 |
|
Easton and St Phillips |
50 |
50 |
| Edward Road and Chatsworth Road | 70 | 70 |
|
Kingsdown |
60 |
60 |
|
Montpelier |
50 |
50 |
|
Pitlochry Close |
50 |
50 |
|
Redcliffe |
60 |
60 |
|
Redland |
50 |
50 |
|
Southville |
60 |
60 |
|
Spike Island |
60 |
60 |
|
St Pauls |
50 |
50 |