Regulations for Parking Permit Areas

Find a list of all Regulated Parking Permit Scheme Areas and the specific regulations for each area. If you live within a Regulated Parking Permit Scheme Area, you may be eligible to apply for a permit.

Table including Regulated Parking Permit Scheme Area suburbs.
Locations A-QLocations R-W
AuchenflowerRed Hill
BallymoreRobertson Macgregor
Brisbane Central Traffic AreaSt Lucia – The University of Queensland
BurandaSunnybank
Dutton ParkTaringa
HerstonTeneriffe
Highgate HillThe Gabba
Holland Park WestWest End and Highgate Hill
Lang ParkWest End
New Farm/Teneriffe HillWilston
Queensland Tennis CentreWindsor

Auchenflower Regulated Parking Permit Area

A two-hour parking limit is in place where signed between 7am and 7pm daily. Vehicles that have a valid parking permit can park for longer than two hours where parking signs show ‘RESIDENT PERMITS EXCEPTED’. Short and longer-term parking meters also operate throughout this area.

Ballymore Traffic Area

A five-minute parking limit is in place in this area from midnight the day before an event at Ballymore Stadium to midnight the day of the event. Unless there are signs stating otherwise (e.g. No Stopping, Bus Zone, Taxi Zone), all motorists can park in this area for up to five minutes. Vehicles that have a valid parking permit can park longer than five minutes where parking signs show ‘RESIDENT PERMITS EXCEPTED’.

Brisbane Central Traffic Area 

A two-hour parking limit applies to all parking spaces within this area between 7am and 6pm, Monday to Friday, and 7am and midday on Saturdays, unless signed otherwise. Unless there are signs stating otherwise (e.g. No Stopping, Bus Zone, Taxi Zone), all motorists can park in this area for up to two hours. Vehicles that have a valid parking permit are exempt from the area-wide parking time limits, and other signed time limited parking restrictions showing 'RESIDENT PERMITS EXCEPTED'. Short and longer-term parking meters also operate throughout this area.

Buranda Regulated Parking Permit Area

A two-hour parking limit is in place where signed between 7am and 7pm, Monday to Friday. Vehilces that have a valid parking permit can park for longer than two hours where parking signs show ‘RESIDENT PERMITS EXCEPTED’. Short and longer-term parking meters also operate throughout this area.

Dutton Park Parking Control Area

A two-hour parking limit is in place between 7am and 7pm, Monday to Friday (excluding public holidays). Unless there are signs stating otherwise (e.g. No Stopping, Bus Zone, Taxi Zone), all motorists can park in this area for up to two hours. Vehicles that have a valid parking permit are exempt from the area-wide parking time limits, and other signed time limited parking restrictions showing 'RESIDENT PERMITS EXCEPTED'. Short and longer-term parking meters also operate throughout this area.

Herston Regulated Parking Permit Area 

A two-hour parking limit is in place where signed between 7am and 6pm, Monday to Friday. Vehicles that have a valid parking permit can park for longer than two hours where parking signs show ‘RESIDENT PERMITS EXCEPTED’. Short and longer-term parking meters also operate throughout this area.

Highgate Hill Regulated Parking Permit Area

A two-hour parking limit is in place where signed between 7am and 6pm, Monday to Friday. Vehicles that have a valid parking permit can park longer than two hours where parking shows show ‘RESIDENT PERMITS EXCEPTED’.

Note: the existing Highgate Hill Regulated Parking Permit Area is in addition to the existing West End Regulated Parking Permit Area and the new West End and Highgate Hill Regulated Parking Permit Area. The existing Highgate Hill Regulated Parking Permit Area has not been altered by the introduction of the new West End and Highgate Hill Regulated Parking Permit Area.

Holland Park West Regulated Parking Permit Area

A two-hour parking limit is in place where signed between 7am and 6pm, Monday to Friday. Vehicles that have a valid parking permit can park for longer than two hours where parking signs show ‘RESIDENT PERMITS EXCEPTED’. 

Lang Park Traffic Area

A 15-minute parking limit applies on all roads within this area on event days, from two hours before gates open at Suncorp Stadium to two hours after the event finishes, unless signed otherwise.

Unless there are signs stating otherwise (e.g. No Stopping, Bus Zone, Taxi Zone), all motorists can park in this area for up to 15 minutes. Vehicles that have a valid parking permit are exempt from the area-wide parking time limits, and other signed time limited parking restrictions showing 'RESIDENT PERMITS EXCEPTED'. Short and longer-term parking meters also operate throughout this area.

Find out more information about the Suncorp Stadium (Lang Park Traffic Area).

New Farm and Teneriffe Hill Regulated Parking Permit Area

A two-hour parking limit is in place where signed between 7am and 6pm, Monday to Friday. Vehicles that have a valid parking permit can park for longer than two hours where parking signs show ‘RESIDENT PERMITS EXCEPTED’. 

Queensland Tennis Centre Parking Area 

A one-hour parking limit applies to all parking spaces within this area between 7am and 10pm on event days at the Queensland Tennis Centre, unless signed otherwise. Unless there are signs stating otherwise (e.g. No Stopping, Bus Zone, Taxi Zone), all motorists can park in this area for up to one hour. Vehicles that have a valid parking permit are exempt from the area-wide parking time limits, and other signed time limited parking restrictions showing 'RESIDENT PERMITS EXCEPTED'.

Red Hill Regulated Parking Permit Area

A two-hour parking limit is in place where signed between 7am and 6pm, Monday to Friday. Vehicles that have a valid parking permit can park for longer than two hours where parking signs show ‘RESIDENT PERMITS EXCEPTED’.

Robertson MacGregor Traffic Area 

A 15-minute parking limit applies to all parking spaces within this area between 12 noon and 11pm on event days at Queensland Sport and Athletics Centre, unless signed otherwise. Unless there are signs stating otherwise (e.g. No Stopping, Bus Zone, Taxi Zone), all motorists can park in this area for up to 15 minutes. Vehicles that have a valid parking permit are exempt from the area-wide parking time limits, and other signed time limited parking restrictions showing 'RESIDENT PERMITS EXCEPTED'. 

St Lucia Traffic Area

A two-hour parking limit applies to all parking spaces within this area between 7am and 6pm, Monday to Friday (February-November), unless signed otherwise. Unless there are signs stating otherwise (e.g. No Stopping, Bus Zone, Taxi Zone), all motorists can park in this area for up to two hours. Vehicles that have a valid parking permit are exempt from the area-wide parking time limits, and other signed time limited parking restrictions showing 'RESIDENT PERMITS EXCEPTED'.

St Lucia Regulated Parking Permit Area

A two-hour parking limit is in place where signed between 7am and 6pm, Monday to Friday. Vehicles that have a valid parking permit can park for longer than two hours where parking signs show ‘RESIDENT PERMITS EXCEPTED’. 

Sunnybank Regulated Parking Permit Area

A two-hour parking limit is in place where signed between 7am and 6pm, Monday to Friday. Vehicles that have a valid parking permit can park for longer than two hours where parking signs show ‘RESIDENT PERMITS EXCEPTED’. 

Taringa Regulated Parking Permit Area

A two-hour parking limit is in place where signed between 7am and 7pm, Monday to Friday. Vehicles that have a valid parking permit can park for longer than two hours where parking signs show ‘RESIDENT PERMITS EXCEPTED’.

Teneriffe Regulated Parking Permit Area

A mix of short term unpaid and short and long term paid parking is in place between 8am and 5pm, Monday to Friday. Vehicles that have a valid parking permit can park for longer than the signed time where parking signs show ‘RESIDENT PERMITS EXCEPTED’.

The Gabba Traffic Area 

A two-hour parking limit is in place between 7am and 7pm, Monday to Friday. Unless there are signs stating otherwise (e.g. No Stopping, Bus Zone, Taxi Zone), all motorists can park in this area for up to two hours. When events are being held at The Gabba a 15-minute parking limit is in place between 7am and 10pm on the day of the event. If a parking sign applies to a particular location, the days and times displayed on the sign override the Gabba Traffic Area parking restrictions. All motorists can park in spaces signed ‘P No Limit’ for longer than these parking limits. Vehicles that have a valid parking permit can park longer than two hours on non-event days and longer than 15 minutes on event days in unsigned areas and where parking signs show ‘RESIDENT PERMITS EXCEPTED’.

West End and Highgate Hill Regulated Parking Permit Area

A two-hour parking limit is in place where signed between 7am and 6pm, Monday to Friday. Vehicles that have a valid parking permit can park for longer than two hours where parking sign shows ‘RESIDENT PERMIT EXCEPTED’.

Note: this new permit area is in addition to the existing Highgate Hill Regulated Parking Permit Area and existing West End Regulated Parking Permit Area. These existing areas have not been altered by the introduction of the new West End and Highgate Hill Regulated Parking Permit Area.

Find out more about the new West End and Highgate Hill Regulated Parking Permit Area

West End Regulated Parking Permit Area

A two-hour parking limit is in place where signed between 8am and 5.30pm, Monday to Friday. Vehicles that have a valid parking permit can park for longer than two hours where parking signs show ‘RESIDENT PERMITS EXCEPTED’.

Please note, the existing West End Regulated Parking Permit Area is in addition to the existing Highgate Hill Regulated Parking Permit Area and the new West End and Highgate Hill Regulated Parking Permit Area

The existing West End Regulated Parking Permit Area has not been altered by the introduction of the new West End and Highgate Hill Regulated Parking Permit Area. 

Wilston Regulated Parking Permit Area

A two-hour parking limit is in place where signed between 7am and 7pm, Monday to Friday. Vehicles that have a valid parking permit can park for longer than two hours where parking signs show 'RESIDENT PERMIT EXCEPTED'.

Windsor Regulated Parking Permit Area

A two-hour parking limit is in place where signed between 7am and 7pm, Monday to Friday. Vehicles that have a valid parking permit can park for longer than two hours where parking signs show 'RESIDENT PERMIT EXCEPTED'.

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