Residents across Southampton will have to pay for permits allowing them to park outside their own homes.

Council chiefs have agreed to charge £30 annually for first residents’ permits in 13 existing resident permit zones across the city.

Opposition councillors have criticised the new permit charges as “another tax” on residents, following the introduction of green waste collection charges and the extension of parking charges into the evening in the city centre.

The new charge is the same that is currently charged for annual visitors’ permits and second residents’ permits in the 13 zones.

A new £15, three-month temporary residents’ permit will also be introduced.

The areas that will see the new permits introduced in October include Freemantle, Woolston, Newtown, Coxford and Shirley.

The council says introducing the charge will help to cover the costs of funding parking management across the city and could bring in £130,000 annually.

After the plans were approved by the city council’s Cabinet, officers will now work on putting the final details of the scheme together ahead of its introduction in the autumn.

Freemantle councillor and Conservative group deputy leader Jeremy Moulton has objected to the new permits, saying they add another financial burden on city residents.

He said: “It is a tax on residents who want to park outside their own houses or on their own street.

“It’s another tax on top of green waste collections, on top of the council tax increase and it punishes people who are already suffering from parking problems.”

But Labour Cabinet member for environment and transport Jacqui Rayment said: “It is not another tax.

“As a council we pay for a number of services, and as a council we are not in a position where we can continue to pay for these services in the same way.”

Council leader Simon Letts has also announced that the authority will review existing permit schemes, including the one in place around St Mary’s Stadium.