Parking

Penalty Charge Notices

Appealing against a Penalty Charge Notice (PCN)

Parking PCN, issued by a CCTV device

Note: 'date of service' means that date the penalty charge notice was received by the owner of a vehicle / registered keeper.

If you receive a penalty charge notice, which you feel is unfair, you may challenge it using the representations and appeals process.

A penalty charge notice issued for a parking contravention, which has been issued by a CCTV device, will be posted to the over of a vehicle / registered keeper within 14 days from when the contravention was identified.

The penalty charge notice contains details of how to submit a formal representation against the penalty charge notice.

1. Formal representations

There are 7 grounds on which representations may be made and details of these are shown below:

The alleged contravention did not occur:
- (1) You were never the owner of the vehicle in question
- (2) You had ceased to be the owner before the date on which the alleged contravention occurred; or
- (3) You became its owner after that date
The vehicle had been permitted to remain at rest in place in question by a person who was in control of the vehicle without the owner's consent
You are a vehicle-hire firm and:
- (1) The vehicle in question was on hire under a hiring agreement at the time of the contravention; and
- (2) The person hiring the vehicle had signed a statement of liability acknowledging their liability in respect of any penalty charge notice served during the period of the hire agreement
The penalty charge exceeded the amount applicable in the circumstances of the case
There has been a procedural impropriety (described below) on the part of the enforcement authority
The traffic order (except where it is an order made under Schedule 9 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984) which is alleged to have been contravened is invalid
The penalty charge notice has already been paid

If the penalty charge notice cannot be cancelled, and you disagree with our decision, you will be told the reasons why and sent a form that allows you to appeal to the independent parking adjudicator.

2. Appeal - to the independent parking adjudicator

An experienced lawyer who is independent of us will consider your case at adjudication. You cannot appeal to the parking adjudicator until we have told you that your representation has been rejected.

You may choose whether to attend the hearing in person or deal with it by post. The decision of the adjudicator is final and binding upon both you and us. You can find out more about the Parking Adjudicator by visiting the Parking and Traffic Appeals Service website.

Appeals are held at New Zealand House, Haymarket in central London.

Challenge against a penalty charge notice|

Contact

Parking Services

PO Box 500

Barking

IG11 7LU

Tel: 020 8215 3005

Fax: 020 8227 3041

Textphone: 020 8227 2685

Email: parking@lbbd.gov.uk|