Business Blue vPermit

A business blue parking permit provides short-term parking for staff who need to move between multiple destinations during the course of a given business day for activities like business meetings, seminars, workshops, or student placement visits.

Business blue permits can’t be used as a general day-to-day parking solution or an all-day preferential car space.

You will need to have a valid parking session (either staff vPermit or CellOPark session) as well as a business blue permit to park in a blue bay.

Physical / hardcopy permits are no longer used.

All staff with a valid FAN can request a business blue permit (students won’t be able to request a business blue permit). If you are a staff member and you are also an enrolled student please contact PFD Customer Service about gaining access to business blue permits.

You will need to have a valid parking session (either staff vPermit or CellOPark session) as well as a business blue permit to park in a blue bay.

Having a business blue permit does not guarantee you a spot. It is possible that at times there may be no available blue bays in the car park of your choice, or any car park.

If this occurs you can contact PFD Customer Service who can help you find a business blue bay in another car park or help you find an alternative parking solution. Blue bay occupancy can also be found through the University’s way finding system. The parking team can help you with access to this.

Business blue permits can only be used in a blue bay and can’t be used to park in a 2P bay unless prior agreement has been sought from PFD Customer Service.

All staff members with a valid FAN are able to access and use business blue permits for short-term business parking at Flinders. If you are a staff member and you are also an enrolled student, please contact PFD Customer Service about gaining access to a permit.

If you can’t find anywhere to park please telephone the PFD Customer Service team who will be happy to help you find a parking bay in one of the car parks at Flinders. Refer to digital car park signs or the bay availability app. Remember that you can use general parking (white bays) where it is available.

There are blue bays in most car parks at Bedford Park. 

Car parks 3, 10, 11, 16, 17, 19 and 22 do not contain business blue bays. Visit the 'Where can I park?' page for further details on types of bays in each car park.

If there are no available blue bays, please refer to the live Parking Availability page or contact the PFD Customer Service team and they will be happy to help you find a parking bay in one of the car parks at Flinders. 

Please contact the PFD customer service team.

Yes, you can cancel a business blue permit that you have created at any time using the online vPermit tool.

Business blue permits don’t need to be returned as they will automatically expire at the end of your selected session.

No, the purpose of a business blue permit is is to enable short-term parking for staff who need to travel between multiple destinations for business needs during the course of a business day.

If you have a meeting or conference that spans several days, we encourage you to consider a general parking solution as this may more suitable for your needs.

At present, you can request a business blue permit for one x single 2 or 4-hour session at a time.

Yes, you can request a business blue permit 24 hours in advance - however please note that requesting a permit does not guarantee space will be available. 

At this time, it’s not possible to book a recurring business blue permit, though this is something that we are looking into as a future enhancement of the system.

We would love to receive your feedback through Service One.

The purpose of a business blue permit is to enable short-term parking for staff who need to travel between multiple destinations for business needs during the course of a business day. 

All staff members with a valid FAN are able to access and use business blue permits for short-term parking at Flinders. If you are a staff member and you are also an enrolled student please contact PFD Customer Service about gaining access to business blue permits.

There is no cost to staff or your college/portfolio for using a business blue permit. Note, however that you will need to have a valid parking session (either staff vPermit or CellOPark session) as well as a business blue permit to park in a blue bay.