Transport and advice websites
Councils: paying and challenging a PCN
- Every council's parking pages, for paying or challenging a Penalty Charge Notice.
- Pay a parking fine and Parking tickets on GOV.UK.
Independent adjudicators
Challenge the council first. If it rejects your formal representations, you can appeal to:
- London Tribunals, for PCNs issued by London boroughs and Transport for London.
- The Traffic Penalty Tribunal, for PCNs issued in England outside London and in Wales.
Guidance from government
- Department for Transport
- How councils in England should enforce parking: the statutory guidance councils must have regard to.
- Parking, Blue Badges and road offences: the Welsh Government's guidance for councils in Wales.
- The Blue Badge scheme: rights and responsibilities in England
- Road safety, driving rules and penalties on GOV.UK.
Highway Code
The law
- Traffic Management Act 2004: summary (guidance)
- Traffic Management Act 2004 (the Act)
- Part 6 of the Act: civil enforcement of traffic contraventions (the part councils use to enforce parking)
Advice and information
- Citizens Advice gives free, independent and confidential advice, including on parking tickets.
- Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) keeps the register of vehicles and their keepers. Councils send PCNs to the keeper's address on it, so keep it up to date.
- National Highways manages England's motorways and major A roads.
- London Councils: parking services, for parking in London.
- PATROL, the joint committee of councils in England outside London and in Wales, with information about parking and traffic penalties.
This page was checked against the law in England and Wales on 22 October 2026. It is general guidance, not legal advice: see the legal disclaimer.