Parking in York Place used to be unrestricted. It was increasingly difficult for residents to find a parking space in the street, particularly in daytime hours.

The Residents' Association lobbied long and hard for a Residents' Parking scheme. In early 2012 the City Council implemented a Residents' Parking Zone in York Place and Windmill Close. Since then further schemes have been added to cover neighbouring streets. The system was revised in 2020, to phase out the original paper system. Control is now based on the registration numbers of residents' and visitors' vehicles. The system is run by an external contractor, MiPermit, but enforcement is done by the City Council's own staff both on foot and using ANPR equipped vehicles. 

Residents who wish to buy permits for themselves or visitors should open a free account with with MiPermit, using the online registration form. You will need your council tax billing number as a Reference Number to sign up, after which you will be able to buy and amend both residents' and visitors' virtual permits. You will also need to provide contact details - email or phone - set up a password and confirm address details. (New residents who don't yet have the paperwork needed for the online system should contact MiPermit directly 0345 520 7007, help@mipermit.com to use alternative temporary proof of residence.)

To buy a Residents' Parking Permit you will be asked to upload 'Vehicle Proof', normally a scan of the front page of the V5C registration document that associates the vehicle with your address. You also enter the vehicle registration number and select a starting date for the virtual permit and then pay for it.

It is now possible (2022) to set up your account with MiPermit so that they issue an automatic email reminder before vehicle permits expire. It's probably still worth making a diary entry yourself as a backup to this.

Visitors' Permits are bought in advance and you then fill in the time and vehicle details - online - at the time of use. The virtual permits are bought in blocks of forty permits, valid for six hours each. (£5 the batch, equivalent to £0.50 per full day, as with the previous scratchcard system). You may be asked for proof of residence in York Place to buy these permits. When your visitor arrives, go online and enter their registration number and the quantity of your pre-bought six hour permits you need to cover their stay. The older scratch card visitor permits remain valid until for use until we finally run out of them*.

There are also further types of permit, including ones for contractors carrying out works at premises. These are relatively expensive, and visiting workers would probably prefer to be added as 'visitors' while working. This is a permitted use of visitors' permits.

The City Council's website gives further details at https://www.worcester.gov.uk/parking/residents-parking-permits

Two particular sections of interest are as follows (July 2022)

Visitor parking sessions can be used to provide parking for residents, contractors carrying out work or where there is a requirement for a vehicle to park whilst attending your property.

Where a resident has recently moved to a property and cannot provide the required documentation, they can still apply by contacting Mi Permit (0345 520 7007, help@mipermit.com) and providing a copy of the tenancy agreement or solicitor's completion letter via email.

Additionally, it is now possible to apply for an Essential Attendance Permit (previously Carers (sic) Attendance Permit). see https://www.worcester.gov.uk/parking/essential-attendance-permit for further details. These permits are locally issued, not through the MiPermit system.

*The situation regarding the issue of visitors' permits to residents of the street who do not use online services is currently unclear. Any residents who now make use of the online system but still have unused scratch-card visitors permits are encouraged to keep these scratch-cards available for those residents who cannot use the online system. (July 2022)

Ian Johnson wrote and distributed a document about the current parking situation in York Place; a copy of a scan of this document may be downloaded below.