Display your new permit
New permits required from 1 September
Permit not sticking?
We’re aware that some 2022 beach parking permits aren’t sticking properly to windscreens. Residents with affected permits are welcome to return them to one of our Customer Service Centres and we’ll issue a new one on the spot.
Who is eligible?
Beach Parking Permits are issued to ratepayers each year with their August rates notice free of charge (2 permits per rateable property).
Ratepayers or residents of the Northern Beaches Council area can each purchase up to 2 additional permits.
Motorbike and Scooter Parking
Motorbikes and scooters are required to display a valid parking permit or parking ticket when visiting Pay and Display carparks. Permits are required to be displayed in a special secured permit holder and this is the responsibility of the rider.
Cost
Full year - $223 (valid from 1 September to 31 August)
Half year - $112 (valid from 1 March to 31 August).
Parking permits are non-refundable.
How to apply
Permits may be purchased by Northern Beaches Residents only. Proof of residency MUST be provided. Up to two permits may be purchased.
Online applications
Half year parking permit applications are now open
Other options
- Come into one of our Customer Service branches (please check opening hours).
- Download and complete the Beach Parking Permit Application form and email or post your form with payment details.
Email: council@northernbeaches.nsw.gov.au
Post to: Northern Beaches Council, PO Box 82, Manly NSW 1655
Delivery options
For email, online or postal applications:
- Click and collect from Customer Service – Avalon, Dee Why, Manly or Mona Vale
- Standard post – no charge
- Registered post - $12.00
Permit details
Permits are valid from 1 September 2022 until 31 August 2023, and half-yearly permits are available from 1 March 2023 until 31 August 2023.
Parking permits are non-refundable.
The permit must be affixed by its own adhesive to the passenger side of the windscreen.
Pay ‘n Pay meters are available for casual parking for non-permit holders.
More information
Find out more or refer to the Policy.
Designated beach permit parking areas
These are the locations of Council Pay and Display Carparks. Residents and ratepayers displaying a current Northern Beaches Council beach parking permit may park for free.
- Avalon Beach
- Bayview Baths
- Bayview Park
- Bilarong Reserve
- Bilgola Beach
- Birdwood Park
- Clareville Beach
- Clontarf
- Collaroy Beach North
- Collaroy Beach South
- Curl Curl Beach (mid)
- Dee Why Beach
- Dee Why Headland
- Devitt Street Beach Carpark
- Fisherman's Beach
- Freshwater Beach
- Gore Street, Freshwater
- Governor Phillip Park, Palm Beach
- Jamieson Park
- Long Reef Beach
- Manly Beachfront (including North and South Steyne and Queenscliff) *four-hour limit
- Manly Dam
- McKillop Park Reserve
- Narrabeen Beach (mid)
- Middle Creek Reserve, North Narrabeen
- Mona Vale Beach
- Moore Road, Freshwater (beach end)
- Narrabeen Street Beach Carpark
- Newport Beach
- North Avalon Beach
- North Curl Curl
- North Narrabeen Beach
- North Narrabeen Rockpool
- Ocean Road, Palm Beach
- Pittwater Park, Palm Beach
- Robertson Street Beach Carpark, Narrabeen
- Sandy Bay
- Shelly Beach *four-hour limit
- South Curl Curl Beach
- Spit Bridge (Battle Boulevard Only)
- Warriewood Beach
- Whale Beach
- Winnererremy Bay Reserve
Where parking permits aren’t valid
Beach parking permits aren’t valid at Bayview’s Rowland Reserve, Church Point Reserve (to the top of McCarrs Creek Road, above Holport Marina) and Palm Beach’s Woorak Reserve / Iluka Park boat trailer parking area.
To park in these areas you need a special permit or you can purchase a metered ticket and display it on your dashboard.
Beach parking permits also don’t apply in Council operated parking stations, sign posted residential parking precincts and 1 hour metered / ticketed parking.
See the Beach Parking Permit Policy for detailed information.
Mobility parking scheme permits
Vehicles displaying a valid mobility parking permit don’t need a beach parking permit and are exempt from paying at Pay and Display meters.
This can either be a permit issued by NSW Roads & Maritime Service or a nationally recognised permit through the Australian Disability Parking Scheme (ADPS).
Replacement beach parking permits
Council will replace parking permits in special circumstances. Sometimes this incurs a fee. Simply return it to us with anything else we need. Please refer to our Policy for further information
Damaged or faulty permits
We will replace your permit for free - even if it's in pieces.
Selling your car
Peel off the permit and we will replace it for free when presented with documentation. Permit must be fully affixed by its own adhesive and is not transferable between vehicles.
Sold your car without removing the permit
We will replace your permit for a $112 replacement fee. What we need:
- Statutory Declaration
- sight a copy of your registration papers.
Lost or discarded permits
We will replace your permit for a $112 replacement fee. What we need:
- Statutory Declaration
Broken windscreen, car stolen or written-off
We will replace your permit for free (if documentation is supplied. Otherwise a replacement fee will apply). What we need:
- a police report/insurance documents, receipt for broken windscreen or RMS documentation stating car is written-off
- Statutory Declaration