Traders' Daily Parking Permits

You can apply for Traders’ Daily Parking Permits if you:

Carry out work in any of Bristol’s Residents’ Parking Permit scheme areas and you work in one of these trades:

  • Aerial installation
  • Bathroom fitting
  • Building
  • Carpentry
  • Carpet fitting
  • Decorating
  • Electrical installation and maintenance
  • Gardening
  • Gas fitting and installation
  • Insulation installation
  • Joinery
  • Kitchen fitting
  • Masonry
  • Painting
  • Plumbing
  • Roofing
  • Tiling
  • Tree surgery
  • Window fitting

You must have a legitimate business need to work in one or more parking scheme areas.

You need to activate your Traders’ Daily Parking Permits when you want to use them:

  • in all residents' parking scheme areas but not in the Central Parking Zone
  • for one vehicle for one day during the parking scheme's hours of operation

Traders' Daily Parking Permits must be used within 12 months of purchase.

You can buy:

  • 25 traders' daily parking permits at a time at a cost of £89
  • up to 75 traders' daily parking permits per business year

You will need to upload:

  • photograph or scan of your professional indemnity insurance or public liability insurance in the name of the business
  • photograph or scan confirming the nature of your trade for example an advert, letterhead, invoice or screenshot of company registration number.