Parking permit types

We offer a range of parking permits to suit different needs. Find the right option for you.

Resident and visitor permits

Available to residents in designated permit streets. These permits allow parking in:

  • Permit holder-only bays
  • Designated off-street permit holder car parks

Visitor permits are available for guests.

Purchase a Resident Permit

Business and business visitor permits

Available to businesses in permit streets. If it is a short term let, then you need this permit. These permits allow parking in:

  • permit holder-only bays
  • designated off-street permit holder car parks

Purchase a Business Permit

Season tickets

Prepaid permits for long-stay parking in council car parks:

  • Highland Parking Season Ticket (HPST): Valid in all designated long-stay car parks
  • Local Parking Season Ticket (LPST): Valid in selected local long-stay car parks
  • Glenmore Year Long Ticket: Allows parking in all Glenmore car parks

A season ticket does not guarantee a parking space.

Buy a season ticket

Trades permits

For tradespeople such as decorators, plumbers, and installers who need extended parking near work sites. These permits support vehicles used as mobile work bases.

To obtain a trades permit, you must:

  1. complete the Traders’ application form.
  2. upload the form when you apply for a permit.

The Traders’ application form is not a permit itself; it must be submitted with your other documents as part of your permit application.

Essential user permits

The essential user permit is currently unavailable. Further information will be published once the scheme is ready to launch.

Contract parking

Reserved bays in off-street car parks available on a contract basis.

Glenmore permits

Glenmore permits are available to purchase online.

Glenmore Resident Permit

This permit is only for the residents of Glenmore only.

Glenmore Roadside Permit

This permit:

  • is for people who live in the Badenoch and Strathspey Area
  • can only be used in the permit bay and on-street pay and display
  • cannot be used in the Glenmore car parks

Purchase a Glenmore Permit

View permit costs

Page last modified: 1 June 2026