Annual Parking Report 2022
Appendix Four - Contravention Codes and what they mean
Code | Code description | Code contravention | Penalty amount | PCN's issued 2022/23 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
01 | Parked in a restricted street during prescribed hours | This contravention occurs when a vehicle waits during the prescribed hours in a restricted street (i.e. yellow lines) | £70 | 1,053 |
02 | Parked or loading/unloading in a restricted street where waiting and loading/unloading restrictions are in force | This contravention occurs when a vehicle waits or loads/unloads during prescribed hours in a street where there are loading/unloading restrictions as well as waiting restrictions | £70 | 258 |
05 | Parked after expiry of time paid for | This contravention occurs when a vehicle waits in a parking bay during controlled hours and the purchased time has run out | £50 | 22 |
06 | Parked without clearly displaying a valid pay and display ticket | This contravention occurs when a vehicle waits in a pay and display bay during controlled hours and a valid pay and display ticket has not been displayed within the vehicle | £50 | 403 |
12 | Parked in a residents' or shared use parking place or zone without either displaying a valid permit or pay and display ticket issued for that place, or without payment of the parking charge | This contravention occurs when a vehicle waits in a residents' or shared use parking bay during the prescribed hours and either fails to display a valid permit or pay and display ticket or fails to pay the appropriate charge for that parking place | £70 | 692 |
19 | Parked in a residents' or shared use parking place or zone without either displaying an invalid permit or pay and display ticket or after the expiry of paid for time | This contravention occurs when a vehicle waits in a residents' or shared use parking place or zone displaying an invalid permit or pay and display ticket that would have been valid for that parking place at some time or after the expiry of paid for time | £50 | 43 |
21 | Parked wholly or partly in a suspended bay or space | This contravention occurs when a vehicle waits in a suspended parking place or in a suspended part of a parking place | £70 | 11 |
23 | Parked in a parking place not designated for that class of vehicle | This contravention occurs when a vehicle which is not of the class authorised to wait in the parking place or area is observed doing so during controlled hours | £70 | 75 |
24 | Not parked correctly within the markings of the bay or space | This contravention occurs when a vehicle waits with part of it outside the markings of a parking bay or space | £50 | 70 |
25 | Parked in a loading place during restricted hours without loading | This contravention occurs when a vehicle waits in a parking place designated as an on-street loading bay during restricted hours without loading or unloading taking place | £70 | 41 |
26 | Parked in a special enforcement area more than 50cm from the edge of the carriageway and not within a designated parking place | This contravention occurs when a vehicle waits more that the specified distance from the edge of the carriageway and not within a designated parking place | £70 | 27 |
27 | Parked in a special enforcement area adjacent to a footway, cycle track or verge lowered to meet the level of the carriageway | This contravention occurs when a vehicle waits on the carriageway, adjacent to the footway where the footway, cycle trace or verge has been lowered to meet the level of the carriageway | £70 | 232 |
30 | Parked for longer than permitted | This contravention covers a number of circumstances in which a vehicle waits for longer than the permitted period | £50 | 105 |
34J | Being in a bus lane | This contravention occurs when an unauthorised vehicle travels through a bus lane | £70 | 15,987 |
40 | Parked in a designated disabled person's place without displaying a valid persons badge in the prescribed manner | This contravention occurs when a vehicle waits in a disabled person's parking place without displaying a valid person's parking badge | £70 | 487 |
42 | Parked in a parking place designated for police vehicles | This contravention occurs when a vehicle which is not an official police vehicle waits in a parking place marked 'POLICE' | £70 | 2 |
46 | Stopped where prohibited (in a clearway) | This contravention occurs when a vehicle waits during prescribed hours on the carriageway of a clearway indicated by 'No Stopping' signs | £70 | 1 |
47 | Stopped in a restricted bus stop or stand | This contravention occurs when a vehicle other than a public service vehicle operating a scheduled service waits during prescribed hours on a restricted bus stop or bus stop clearway marked by yellow markings and the words BUS STOP and BUS STAND | £70 | 287 |
48 | Stopped in a restricted area outside a school when prohibited | This contravention occurs when a vehicle waits during prescribed hours on a section of carriageway outside a school with 'SCHOOL KEEP CLEAR' written on the road with accompanying zigzag markings and a sign describing times of control | £70 | 134 |
73 | Parked without payment of the parking charge | This contravention occurs when a vehicle is parked in a car park where 'Pay By Phone' is available and where payment is required, but no pay and display ticket is on display and there is no record of a telephone payment having been made | £50 | 7 |
80 | Parked for longer than the maximum permitted period | This contravention covers a number of circumstances in which a vehicle waits for longer than the permitted period in the car park | £50 | 1 |
81 | Parked in a restricted area | This contravention occurs when a vehicle is parked in an restricted area marked by white or yellow hatch markings or the words 'No Parking' | £70 | 27 |
82 | Pay and display ticket expired | This contravention occurs when a vehicle has on display an expired pay and display ticket | £50 | 151 |
83 | Parked in a car park without clearly displaying a valid pay and display ticket or voucher or parking clock | This contravention occurs when a vehicle waits in a pay and display bay during controlled hours and a valid pay and display ticket has not been clearly displayed in the vehicle | £50 | 2,192 |
85 | Parked in a permit bay without clearly displaying a valid permit | This contravention occurs when a vehicle waits in a permit bay during controlled hours and a valid permit has not been clearly displayed within the vehicle | £70 | 491 |
86 | Not parked fully within a marked bay | This contravention occurs when a vehicle waits with part of it outside the markings of a parking bay or space | £50 | 117 |
87 | Parked in a designated disabled persons parking space without displaying a valid disabled persons badge in the prescribed manner | This contravention occurs when a vehicle waits in a disabled person's parking place without displaying a valid person's parking badge | £50 | 70 |
91 | Parked in a car park or area not designated for that class of vehicle | This contravention occurs when a vehicle which is not of the class authorised to wait in the parking place or area is observed doing so during controlled hours | £70 | 61 |
93 | Parked in a car park when it is closed | This contravention occurs when a vehicle is parked within a car park during its published hours of closure | £50 | 4 |
95 | Parked in a parking place for a purpose other than the designated purpose for the parking place | This contravention occurs when a vehicle is parked within a car park other than for the purpose of parking the vehicle | £50 | 9 |
99 | Stopped on a pedestrian crossing or crossing marked by zigzags | This contravention occurs when a vehicle waits on a pedestrian crossing marked by zigzags | £70 | 18 |