Residents permits cost £12 each per year and will be limited to two permits per household [council tax eligible property]. This is to ensure an equitable distribution of permits. However, when the scheme is introduced, for the first issue of permits, existing residents will be able to buy as many permits as there are eligible vehicles for their address and continue to do so for so long as they remain living there.

Residents with permits may also be free from time restrictions in the majority of limited waiting time areas and free of charge in any pay and display parking that may be in the area of the scheme.

Should a resident move or their circumstances change so that they no longer meet the criteria for any permit they must return any invalid permit to the issuing authority – at present - Exeter City Council.

Visitor Permits will be available to all private households in the area. These permits will be available at a cost of £12 per issue of a book of 30 daily permits, with two books of visitor permit issues per year being allowed (60 visitor permits allowed per year).  Visitors can use the pay and display parking or limited waiting parking within the area. The visitors permits will be valid for the day of issue and until 10a.m. on the next day. The householder is responsible for writing on the visitor permit; the date, vehicle registration number and any other requested information.

Business permits will be available for vehicles necessary for the day-to-day operation of a business within the area of the scheme and last a year. They are NOT provided for commuter parking.  A maximum of three permits will be available on a sliding scale of £25 for the first, £75 for the second and £150 for the third.

Essential Visitor permits are available for households within the scheme where they can demonstrate a need for care support, for example, to care for an ailing resident. Essential Visitor permits are provided free of charge.

Exemptions

Builders and a few other classes of service providers are exempt from the restrictions whilst they are delivering their services to a resident within the scheme. For example, a plumber repairing a domestic plumbing system in a property could park within the scheme whist carrying out his work.

As this type of proposed scheme gives less opportunity for disabled drivers to park in limited waiting areas within a zone, it is proposed to exempt them from the residents’ parking restrictions.