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01: Parked in a restricted street during prescribed hours.
02: Parked or loading/unloading in a restricted street where waiting and loading/unloading restrictions are in force, parked where there is a yellow line AND yellow markings on the kerb.
04: Parked in a meter bay when penalty time is indicated. You must move your car before the time purchased has expired.
05: Parked after the expiry of paid for time at a pay and display bay. You must move your car before the pay and display ticket has expired.
06: Parked without clearly displaying a valid pay and display ticket. The pay and display ticket must be clearly displayed on the windscreen.
07: Parked with payment made to extend the stay beyond the initial time (Meter Feeding).
08: Parked at an out of order meter during controlled hours. If a meter shows out of order you are not permitted to park there.
09: Parked displaying multiple pay and display tickets where prohibited.
15: Parked in a resident parking space without clearly displaying a valid resident parking permit.
16: Parked in a permit space without displaying a valid permit.
20: Parked in a loading gap marked by a yellow line between two spaces.
21: Parked in a suspended bay/ space or part of a bay/space.
22: Re-parked in the same parking space within 1 hour of leaving.
23: Parked in a parking space or area not designated for that class of vehicle.
24: Not parked correctly within the markings of a bay or space.
25: Parked in a loading bay during restricted hours without loading.
26: Vehicle parked more than 50cm from the kerb, and not then within a designated parking space.
27: Parked across a dropped footway.
30: Parked for longer than permitted.
31: Entering and stopping in a box junction when prohibited
32 (d,t,w): Failing to drive in the direction shown by the arrow on a blue sign
33 (b,c,e,f,g,h,i,k,s,q): Using a route restricted to certain vehicles
34 (see 33): Vehicle seen contravening a bus lane.
37: Failing to comply with a give way to oncoming vehicles sign
40: Parked in a designated disabled persons parking space without clearly displaying a valid disability badge.
45: Parked in a taxi rank.
47: Parked on a restricted bus stop / stand.
48: Stopped in a restricted area outside of a school.
50 (l,r,u): Failing to comply with a sign indicating a prohibited turn
51: Failing to comply with a no entry sign
52 (g,m,s,v,x): Failing to comply with a sign indicating a prohibition on certain types of vehicles
53: Failing to comply with a sign indicating a restriction on vehicles entering a pedestrian zone
55: A commercial vehicle parked in a restricted street, in contravention of the over night waiting van.
62: Parked with one or more wheels on any part of an urban road other than the carriageway (footpath parking).
82: Parked after expiry of time paid for in a pay and display car park.
83: Parked in a pay and display car park, without clearly displaying a valid pay and display ticket.
99: Stopped on a pedestrian crossing and/or area marked by zigzags.
no code currently allocated: Failing to stop at a stop line
 

Penalty Charge Notice - issued at the scene

 

This section deals with PCN's that are either handed to the driver or placed on the windscreen of a vehicle.

THERE ARE 2 TYPES OF PENALTY CHARGE NOTICE (PCN):

1. WHEN THE PCN IS SERVED BY POST AFTER THE OFFENCE HAS EITHER BEEN CAPTURED BY CCTV CAMERA OR IF THE DRIVER HAS DRIVEN AWAY. Click here.

2. IF IT IS PLACED ON A VEHICLE WINDSCREEN OR HANDED TO THE PERSON IN CHARGE OF THE VEHICLE. Covered in this section - continue reading below.


Stage 1.) Penalty Charge Notice –  Either handed to the driver or placed on the windscreen of a vehicle.

Stage 1.) Penalty Charge Notice – Either handed to the driver or placed on the windscreen of the vehicle.
Stage 2.) Notice To Owner (NTO) - issued by post to the owner of the vehicle if the penalty charge Notice is not paid within 28 days (or informal representations made)
Stage 3.) Making Representations - formal representations can be made within 28 days from receipt of the notice to owner..
Stage 4.) Notice of Acceptance – if your representations are accepted.
Stage 5.) Notice of Rejection – if your representations are not accepted.
Stage 6.) Notice of Appeal -  the form sent out with a notice of rejection allowing you to appeal to the independent parking adjudicator
Stage 7) Charge Certificate – can be issued if you fail to pay the penalty charge notice 28 days after an enforcement notice or refusal of your informal representations or appeal.
Stage 8) Registration of Debt , order for Recovery, warrant of execution and witness statement (formerly a statutory declaration) – The debt can be registered at the traffic enforcement centre if you have not made payment within 14 days of the issue of a charge certificate. There are then recovery procedures available to an enforcing authority to follow including instructing of bailiffs.

We set out below full details of each of these stages with samples of the documents used in each stage.