Penalty Charge Notice contravention code (on-street enforced in person)

These contravention codes and penalty charges came into effect on 15 April 2011 and were updated on 7 April 2025.

On-street parking contraventions and penalty charges

Code	Description	Non-R Zone penalty charge	R Zone penalty charge
01	Parked in a restricted street during prescribed hours	£140	£160
02	Parked or loading/unloading in a restricted street where waiting and loading/unloading restrictions are in force	£140	£160
05	Parked after the expiry of paid for time	£90	£110
06	Parked without clearly displaying a valid pay & display ticket or voucher	£90	£110
07	Parked with payment made to extend the stay beyond initial time	£90	£110
12	Parked in a residents' or shared use parking place or zone without either clearly displaying a valid permit or voucher or pay and display ticket issued for that place, or without payment of the parking charge	£140	£160
16	Parked in a permit space or zone without clearly displaying a valid permit	£140	£160
19	Parked in a residents’ or shared use parking place or zone either displaying an invalid permit or voucher or pay and display ticket, or after the expiry of paid for time.	£90	£110
21	Parked in a suspended bay or space or part of bay or space	£140	£160
22	Re-parked in the same parking place or zone within one hour after leaving	£90	£110
23	Parked in a parking place or area not designated for that class of vehicle	£140	£160
24	Not parked correctly within the markings of the bay or space	£90	£110
25	Parked in a loading place during restricted hours without loading	£140	£160
26	Parked in a special enforcement area more than 50 cm from the edge of the carriageway and not within a designated parking place	£140	£160
27	Parked in a special enforcement area adjacent to a footway, cycle track or verge lowered to meet the level of the carriageway	£140	£160
28	Parked in special enforcement area on part of the carriageway raised to meet the level of a footway, cycle track or verge	£140	£160
30	Parked for longer than permitted	£90	£110
40	Parked in a designated disabled person's parking place without displaying a valid disabled person's badge in the prescribed manner	£140	£160
45	Parked on a taxi rank	£140	£160
47	Stopped on a restricted bus stop or stand	£140	£160
48	Stopped in a restricted area outside a school, a hospital or a fire, police or ambulance station when prohibited	£140	£160
49	Parked wholly or partly on a cycle track or lane	£140	£160
55	A commercial vehicle parked in a restricted street in contravention of the Overnight Waiting Ban	£140	£160
56	Parked in contravention of a commercial vehicle waiting restriction	£140	£160
61	A heavy commercial vehicle wholly or partly parked on a footway, verge or land between two carriageways	£140	£160
62	Parked with one or more wheels on or over a footpath or any part of a road other than a carriageway	£140	£160
99	Stopped on a pedestrian crossing or crossing area marked by zigzags	£140	£160
W3A	Warning notice (no payment necessary) Your vehicle has been seen committing a contravention of the new parking restrictions, please do not repeat the contravention	£0	£0