Residents’ parking permits in Utrecht, Rotterdam and The Hague are set to rise sharply next year, but no increase is on the cards in Amsterdam, according to research by home owners lobby group Vereninging Eigen Huis.

In Utrecht, the price of a permit will got up €66 to €342, in Rotterdam prices will almost double to €115 and in The Hague, permits will cost €60 – a rise of €23.

Amsterdam, which has announced parking fees for visitors will shoot up in 2019, has not yet published details of any residents parking permit fee rises. The city centre is currently the most expensive place to park – at €535 for a full year – but prices drop sharply outside the centre. In Noord, a permit costs just €30.

Hilversum has bucked the national trend and actually slashed the cost of a permit bt 50% to €75.

Nationwide, the average cost of a parking permit is €95 next year, a rise of 2.4% on 2018, VEH said.