The City of Melbourne engaged with the Kensington community from February 2024 to April 2024 to get feedback about on-street parking. This feedback was combined with an expert parking report conducted by Movement and Place, data about parking in the local area, and what we learned from other neighbourhood parking reviews, to develop a set of changes to make parking simpler and more available in Kensington.

These parking improvements were rolled out in Kensington from November 2024 to better balance the needs of businesses, residents and visitors. The changes we're making are not 'set and forget'. We will review them each year to make sure the new parking conditions are working well and adjust them where needed.

These improvements included:

Apply simpler, more consistent controls that meet local area needs

• Where parking demand is high, we will line-mark individual parking spaces. This will support parking enforcement and help prevent vehicles blocking access and driveways.
• Where there is weekday demand for parking, we will typically update controls to apply from 7am to 7pm, Monday to Friday.
• Where there is consistent demand for parking, we will typically update controls to apply from 7am to 7pm, Monday to Sunday.
• Where demand is high, we will typically increase the number of parking spaces where resident exceptions apply.
• Current parking availability in Kensington does not require the introduction of paid parking.

Improve parking availability

• We will add 'No Parking' bays that allow pick up/drop off for passengers and goods to support local businesses and schools.
• We will add more accessible bays in key locations near public transport, business and community facilities to support kerbside access.
• We will use standard street layouts to create a consistent and balanced mix of kerbside uses and a simpler parking experience.
• This first round of parking changes will not affect some areas where existing controls apply for longer periods, such as 7am to 11pm.

The map below shows where we made improvements this round.

The downloadable maps below provide an overview of the parking conditions that will apply in each area. Learn more about the community consultation that informed these changes, as well as residential parking permits in your neighbourhood, including permit types and availability.