Parking Permits

Free

Traffic Area Permits allow you to park in a timed space or a pay parking space, within close proximity of your place of residence, for free, and for as long as you need.

Residents who live in the following parking areas are eligible for a Traffic Area Permit. A maximum of two vehicles per household can be exempt at any one time.

• Bayshore Drive (for residents of 26 to 48 Bayshore Drive only).
• Belongil
• BH1 - includes Brunswick Heads CBD and surrounds (Tweed Street, Park Street)(PDF, 126KB)
• BH2 - includes Brunswick Heads East (South Beach Road and South Beach Lane)(PDF, 126KB)
• Broken Head Reserve Road (for residents of 124 to 148 Broken Head Reserve Road only).
• Butler Street precinct
• Schools’ precinct
• Tennyson/Massinger precinct
• Wategos precinct.

Traffic Area Permits cannot be used in the pay parking area unless the residential address is located within the pay parking area. 

For visitors 

You must update your permit with the licence plate for your visitor’s vehicle using the permit portal. Once updated the vehicle will be covered immediately.

1. Select the 'update vehicle' button.
2. Enter the details.  

Terms and conditions - Traffic Area Permits

• You must be a long-term resident (not a guest at a hotel, hostel, or holiday unit) with limited off-street parking or no adjacent, unrestricted street parking.
• You must have limited or no off-street parking. If you have two or more spaces, you are not eligible, except in the Broken Head Reserve Road traffic area where this restriction does not apply. 
• You must provide TWO separate supporting documents to verify your residential address. Your postal address MUST match your property address. This includes:

• Utility bill –no more than three months old.
• Current lease.
• Driver’s licence/Vehicle Registration Certificate.
• Rates notice - the postal address & the property address must match
• Bank Statement – no more than three months old.

Who isn’t eligible for a Traffic Area Permit?

• Businesses, hotels, hostels, B&B, and holiday units are not eligible. 
• Property owners who do not reside at the property are not eligible.

$720 for 12-months

To apply for this permit type, please email trafficoperations@byron.nsw.gov.au

A 12-month Tourist and Visitor Accommodation Permit for approved tourist and visitor premises (as defined by applicable legislation) and subject to the following:

• Premises has an ABN.
• Tourist and Visitor Accommodation must have been approved prior to 30 May 2014.
• excludes Short Term Rental.
• Only applicable within 200m of the premises stated in the supporting letter discussed below. 
• There is a limit of 10 permits per premises.
• A site inspection, review of development approvals and assessment required by Council staff to confirm eligibility.

Supporting documents

Supporting letter from the tourist and accommodation premises stating:

• the trading name.
• the operating address.
• the ABN.
• confirmation it was approved prior to 30 May 2014.
• name and role of the author (signatory) of the letter and their direct contact details.
• number of off-street car spaces available for staff and guests.
• number of permits applied for.

Native Title Permit

For Native Title Holders of the Bundjalung People of Byron Bay. 

For confirmation of membership and eligibility contact Bundjalung of Byron Bay Aboriginal Corporation.

School permit

School staff and teachers at the following schools may apply for a School Permit. This will make them exempt from time limits in specific streets surrounding their school. Please check the relevant parking zone map for details.

You must have an existing parking permit to apply for the school permit, such as the Shire Resident Permit or a Worker Permit. 

• Brunswick Heads Public School
• Byron Bay Public School
• Byron Community Primary School.

Staff will be reporting a proposal to Council to seek approval for how the Brunswick Heads Parking Scheme money will be spent. 

The report will look at what percentage of revenue from the scheme can go back into infrastructure in the Brunswick Heads area and to the wider Byron Shire.

Find out more about how the Byron Bay pay parking scheme is spent.

The growing population and tourist demands of the region highlights the need to think about how parking will be managed in the future.

On street pay parking in Brunswick Heads will improve:

• Availability of parking
• Turnover 
• Patronage for businesses and our popular recreational areas.
• Traffic movement and congestion as the precinct develops.

Council has been debating this matter for many years now and we have changed time limits and extended parking zones, but the reality is that Brunswick Heads is going to keep getting busier.

Reducing time limits further (without pay parking) was not seen as favourable as it would be too restrictive and not suit the nature of visitations to local businesses and the beach.