Free PCN appeal letter generator

Fill in the form and get a neutral, well-structured letter for an informal challenge, formal representations, a tribunal appeal statement, or a hire company transfer of liability. Everything stays in your browser. Nothing is sent or saved.

1. What do you need? Informal challenge: PCN on the windscreen, before a Notice to Owner Formal representations: reply to a Notice to Owner, or to any PCN that came by post Tribunal appeal statement: after a Notice of Rejection (London Tribunals or Traffic Penalty Tribunal) Hire company: transfer liability to the hirer

Did your PCN come by post (camera)? There is no informal stage, so choose "Formal representations".

Who issued the PCN?

Type of PCN

2. The PCN

Council / authority

PCN number

Vehicle registration

Contravention code

Date of contravention

Location

Date of notice

Date of the Notice of Rejection

3. Your details

Full name

Email (optional)

Address

Phone (optional)

4. Grounds

What happened? (facts, in date order)

Compelling reasons / mitigation (optional)

Why the council's rejection is wrong (optional)

Ask for the officer's photos / camera footage Ask them to re-offer the 50% discount if they reject the challenge

5. Evidence you'll enclose

Other evidence

Your letter

Read it through and edit anything that isn't exactly right. Send it using the method on your notice (online form, email or post) and keep a copy. Making a false representation is an offence.

Which letter do I need?

Official sources

Not legal advice. This site gives general information about council PCNs in England, based on official sources (last reviewed 21 October 2026). Rules and amounts change and every case is different. Always check the notice you received, your council's website and the official sources, and consider independent advice for complex cases. PCN Codes is not connected to any council, TfL, London Tribunals or the Traffic Penalty Tribunal.