Official sources
Everything on PCN Codes is based on these official sources (checked 21 October 2026). If anything here differs from the notice you received or the current law, the official source wins.
Contravention codes
- London Councils: Penalty Charge Notices contravention code list (v7.0)
- PATROL / Traffic Penalty Tribunal: Contravention codes (England and Wales)
Penalty amounts
- London Councils: Parking and traffic charges in London
- London Councils: London boroughs raise parking and traffic PCN levels (17 March 2025, effective 7 April 2025)
- GLA decision DD2769: London Borough of Harrow request to change PCN levels (signed 12 January 2026)
- SI 2022/71 Schedule 3: penalty charge bands outside Greater London
- Westminster City Council: Parking-related fees and charges from 2 March 2026
Legislation
- Traffic Management Act 2004, Part 6
- The Civil Enforcement of Road Traffic Contraventions (Approved Devices, Charging Guidelines and General Provisions) (England) Regulations 2022 (SI 2022/71)
- The Civil Enforcement of Road Traffic Contraventions (Representations and Appeals) (England) Regulations 2022 (SI 2022/576)
- SI 2022/576 regulation 5: grounds for representations
- The Civil Enforcement of Parking Contraventions (England) Representations and Appeals Regulations 2007 (SI 2007/3482), revoked 31 May 2022
- London Local Authorities and Transport for London Act 2003 (London moving traffic)
- London Local Authorities Act 1996 (London bus lanes)
- Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988, section 66 (hired vehicles)
- The Road Traffic (Owner Liability) Regulations 2000 (SI 2000/2546), Schedule 2 (hiring agreement particulars)
- Protection of Freedoms Act 2012, Schedule 4 (private parking keeper liability)
Statutory guidance and GOV.UK
- DfT statutory guidance: civil enforcement of parking contraventions (updated 20 Oct 2022)
- DfT statutory guidance: bus lane and moving traffic enforcement outside London (updated 21 Oct 2022)
- GOV.UK: Appeal against a penalty charge notice
- GOV.UK: If you get a court order (order of recovery)
- GOV.UK: Getting more time to challenge a court order
- GOV.UK: Traffic Enforcement Centre forms (TE13, TE14, PE2, PE3)
- GOV.UK: Parking fines and penalty charge notices
- GOV.UK: The Private Parking Code of Practice
Tribunals and appeal bodies
- London Tribunals: Grounds of appeal for parking
- London Tribunals: Grounds of appeal for moving traffic
- London Tribunals: Grounds of appeal for bus lanes
- London Tribunals: Preparing your appeal
- Traffic Penalty Tribunal (England outside London, and Wales)
- Adjudicator decision on hire agreement particulars (published on keycases.info, January 2026)
- TfL FOI response on hire agreements and bus lane liability (FOI-1665-2425)
- POPLA (appeals for British Parking Association members)
- Independent Appeals Service (appeals for IPC members)
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.