Who qualifies for a resident parking permit

Only people who live in the Royal Borough can hold a resident parking permit. Each person is entitled to one permit for a car and one permit for a motorcycle (or both).

You can only get a permit if your main home is in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea and meets this definition:

  • you have no other residence where you live and sleep more regularly
  • the specified residence does not consist of a bed or makeshift bedroom in the back of an office or shop
  • the specified vehicle is registered to the specified address, and in your name or company 
  • you have surrendered and no longer hold any other valid parking permit granted in respect of residence in any other local authority

To qualify for a permit you must also meet all of the following conditions:

a) the relevant council tax is paid at your address in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, and

b) the address is your sole or main home, and

c) you reside at the address for more than 4 days and nights a week for 13 weeks in row, and

d) you hold a valid Driving Licence, and

e) you do not already hold a resident parking permit for another car or for another motorcycle in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea or in any other local authority, and

f) your address is in the resident parking permit scheme and is not part of a permit free development except if you apply for a motorcycle only permit

You will not qualify for a resident parking permit if:

  • you own or occupy property in a permit free development (except if you apply for a motorcycle permit only);
  • you own a property in the borough but live elsewhere, or own a second (but not main) home in the borough;
  • you work in the borough but live elsewhere;
  • the vehicle is designed for more than 12 passengers (not including the driver), and/or is longer than 548.6 centimetres (18 feet) and/or higher than 228 centimetres (7 feet 6 inches);
  • you have three or more unpaid and uncontested PCNs (parking tickets) issued by us or on our behalf when you apply for a resident parking permit, unless all such PCNs are paid in full;
  • you borrow or share a vehicle;
  • you hold a provisional driving licence but are applying for a permit for a company vehicle;
  • you are domestic staff (for example a nanny), but live outside the borough;
  • you want to supervise builders in a property you plan to move into;
  • you are a member of staff, or a guest, in a hotel;
  • you own or occupy property in “The Billings”;
  • the vehicle is not registered with the Driver and Vehicle licensing Agency (DVLA);
  • you are a tourist