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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
 

Notice of Appeal

 

This is the form which the Enforcement Authority should send with their Notice of Rejection. It is basically a four sided form where you give details and the grounds on which you would like to appeal.

The grounds of appeal are the same as for making representations:
The grounds upon which you may make representations are:

•    That the alleged contravention did not occur – this is the most frequent ground and includes,    incorrect signage and lineage,  incorrectly completed Penalty Charge Notice, if you were not illegally parked, if the vehicle was exempt from the regulations, if you were loading where permitted, where the vehicle was correctly displaying a permit or pay and display ticket etc.

•    you were not the owner of the vehicle at the relevant time – for example you had sold it.

•    the vehicle was parked by someone in control of it without the owner's consent – for example it was stolen.

•    the vehicle is owned by a hire firm who have supplied the name and address of the hirer;

•    the penalty exceeded the amount applicable in the circumstances of the case – it may be that you are asked to pay the higher fine for a contravention which carries the lower penalty

•    there has been a procedural impropriety on the part of the Enforcement Authority – for example the penalty charge notice not served within 28 days.

•    the Traffic Order allegedly contravened is invalid;

•    the civil enforcement officer was not prevented by some person from fixing the penalty charge notice to the vehicle or handing it to the person in charge of the vehicle.

•    the penalty charge has already been paid.

 
The Adjudicator can ONLY allow an appeal if one of these grounds applies. Adjudicators CANNOT allow appeals for other reasons, e.g. mitigating circumstances, although they can refer the matter back to the Enforcement Authority for reconsideration if those reasons are compelling and the adjudicator believes that the enforcing authority did not discharge their duty to consider them.
Remember, if the penalty charge is not paid or an appeal is not made within the 28 days allowed, the Enforcement Authority may issue a charge certificate

 

For advice on how to have your PCN cancelled please see our section “received a parking PCN”