Ayrshire Roads Alliance: Prestwick Town Centre Resident Parking Proposals

Ayrshire Roads Alliance is considering a proposed extension of the existing residents parking scheme in Prestwick town centre, and we’d love to hear your views.

Background summary 📝

Since 2016 we've operated a residents permit scheme which covers the mainly residential streets off the Main Street Prestwick town centre.

The existing scheme allows residents to purchase an annual season ticket at a cost of £45 (or £80 for two years) up to a maximum of two permits per household.

Non-residents can park in the affected streets free of charge for a maximum duration of 1, 2 or 3 hours depending on the street.

Introduction of the existing scheme 📝

The existing scheme was introduced following extensive consultations with the community. This established the need to free up on street parking availability within residential streets located within a short walking distance to the town centre amenities which were subject to long term visitor parking to the detriment of residents.

The permits allow residents to park all day without time restriction, whereas visitors are subject to a Limited Waiting restriction which applies a 1, 2 or 3 hour maximum length of stay and a 1 hour prohibition of return.

Like the Ayr permit schemes, the current Prestwick Town Centre scheme is administered by South Ayrshire Council and is based on a paper permit system. Again, there is currently no system in place to cater for tradespersons, window cleaners, carers etc. so similar modifications to the Prestwick scheme are recommended.

Feedback on the current scheme 📝

Since the introduction of the existing parking scheme, feedback from residents has been largely positive.

The scheme has successfully freed up residential streets from long term visitor parking sessions thus allowing residents to go about their business throughout the day with relative ease whilst still providing free visitor parking for short term parking sessions.

However, further parking challenges have been identified, particularly on streets surrounding Prestwick Town train station, where commuter parking continues to affect parking availability for residents. We also need to consider options to combat potential displaced vehicles from existing on and off street parking facilities as a result of the introduction of any new parking scheme.

That's why we're now running this consultation to gather residents’ views on the potential expansion of the scheme to include streets that experience parking challenges.

This consultation is your opportunity to share your views on these issues and the proposed changes.

Proposed changes📝

We are now proposing to extend the scheme to include the following streets:

As well as additional changes to Links Road including:

• introduction of residents parking permits
• creation of limited waiting bays and a further 2 disabled bays at the entrance to Prestwick Golf Club
• extension of restrictions along the properties adjacent to the golf course,
• extension of restrictions to create junction clearances and
• removal of keep clear lines and the formalisation of parking restrictions.

We are also looking for your opinion on:

• removal of the existing 2 resident permits per household cap
• introduction of a visitor or carer permit

What happens if the proposed changes are approved📝

• Residents would then be required to purchase an annual season ticket at a cost of £45 per annum.
• Non-residents can park in the restricted streets free of charge for a maximum duration of 1, 2 or 3 hours.

Submit your comments 📝

Your feedback is extremely important and will help inform the final decision on the proposed extension. Please review the documents and complete the survey by Friday 21 August 2026