Complete a residents parking permit application form. You can apply online, or download a PDF application from the residents parking scheme page.

If you're unable to apply online or print the application form, get in touch with us by calling 01642 726003 or email parkingservices@middlesbrough.gov.uk.

You'll need to provide proof of residence, for example a utility bill, bank statement etc. (less than 3 months old), and your vehicle registration documents or insurance documents.

If the vehicle belongs to your employer and you cannot get the registration/insurance document, you should get an official letter from your employer saying that you use the vehicle(s) concerned.

You can get a permit for the following types of vehicles:

1. cars or other passenger vehicles with seating for not more than 13 people
2. goods vehicles with an unladen weight of not more than 30 cwt
3. motorcycles

If you display a valid permit on the windscreen of your vehicle, you'll be entitled to park in the residents parking scheme zone during its hours of operation.

There should be sufficient space for all residents to park, but holding a does not guarantee that a particular space will be available. A permit also does not:

• allow a vehicle to be parked on yellow line waiting/loading restrictions
• allow free parking at any pay and display area, business parking area, or unlimited time in any loading bays which may be located within the residents parking scheme zone.

In addition to residents vehicles displaying a permit the following vehicles can also be parked in resident parking places:

1. vehicles displaying a visitors/business or all zone permit
2. police, fire brigade, ambulance and other local authority vehicles
3. vehicles used by doctors and nurses which are displaying an 'on call' sign
4. removal vans
5. vehicles which are being used to deliver or collect goods from properties next to the parking place (these vehicles can only wait for 20 minutes)
6. vehicles which are picking up or setting down passengers
7. vehicles parking in Zones P and U for less than 45 minutes (permit required after 45 minutes)
8. certain other vehicles in special circumstances

If any other vehicles are parked in the resident parking spaces, the driver/owner of the vehicle will be liable to get a Penalty Charge Notice.

You should apply for a permit for your new vehicle and hand in your old permit. The old permit cannot be used on your new vehicle. Please make sure that your permit does not fall into the hands of a non-resident if you sell your vehicle.

If you change your address you must notify Parking Services immediately. You can call us on 01642 726003. Your permit must be handed back to us if you move outside of the residents parking scheme zone.

If your permit is lost or stolen, you'll need to reapply for a permit and show us your documentation again.

If your permit becomes faded or defaced, hand it in to Parking Services for a replacement.

The council and the police can temporarily suspend the whole or part of a parking place for certain special reasons. Signs will be put up when a parking place is suspended.

If on special occasions (for example, a wedding or a funeral) you need extra parking space near to your house, you should apply to Parking Services for the parking place to be suspended. You should give us as much detail as possible, and you should make your application as early as possible.

Residents cannot park in a suspended parking place unless they have permission from the council or the police.

Properties in the permit zone are automatically issued with two visitor's permits. You cannot apply for one. For more information, please read the visitor permit explanatory notes.

Our Civil Enforcement Officers will patrol the residents parking zones. Penalty Charge Notices are issued for the following:

1. parking in a resident parking place without displaying a valid permit
2. parking in a resident parking place and displaying an invalid permit
3. parking in a suspended parking bay
4. not parking correctly within the markings of the bay or space

Permit holders must comply with all the requirements of the scheme. The displaying of permits is absolutely necessary for the scheme to be successful.

If you need any further information on residents parking, please call Parking Services on 01642 726003.