NEW parking clocks will allow Lyme Regis residents to park for two hours for free at any time of the day.

Lyme Regis Town Council is issuing new permits to local residents to use in any of its three car parks – Woodmead, Monmouth Beach and Cabanya.

Residents can already park for free all day between November and Easter, but the new permits will give added flexibility to park for two hours in the months in between.

The council says it has has introduced the clock permits as a way of giving something back to residents.

They can be collected from the town council office and will be available to anyone who already has a residents’ concessionary permit.

Anyone who doesn’t already have a concessionary permit can obtain one by showing their council tax bill for a Lyme Regis address, along with the vehicle’s V5 registration document displaying the same address.

The normal concessionary permit can be applied for on the council’s website.