What are the current levels for Penalty Charge Notices under the new two-tier system?
A local authority may set penalty charges in accordance with different bands in different parts of its area, provided that all the charges in each part of its area are set in accordance with the same band.
The current charge level is £70 for higher level contraventions and £50 for lower. Both these charges are reduced by 50% if paid within 14 days.
Higher level contraventions for on-street parking are those falling within one or more of the following descriptions:
- Parked in a restricted street during prescribed hours
- Parked or loading/unloading in a restricted street where waiting and loading/unloading restrictions are in force
- Parked in a residents’ or shared use parking place without clearly displaying either a permit or voucher or pay and display ticket issued for that place
- Parked in a permit space without displaying a valid permit
- Using a vehicle in a parking place in connection with the sale or offering or exposing for sale of goods when prohibited
- Parked in a loading gap marked by a yellow line
- Parked in a suspended bay/space or part of bay/space
- Parked in a parking place or area not designated for that class of vehicle
- Parked in a loading place during restricted hours without loading
- Vehicle parked more than 50 centimetres from the edge of the carriageway and not within a designated parking place
- Parked adjacent to a dropped footway
- Parked in a designated disabled person’s parking place without clearly displaying a valid disabled person’s badge
- Parked in a parking place designated for police vehicles
- Parked on a taxi rank
- Stopped where prohibited (on a red route or clearway)
- Stopped on a restricted bus stop or stand
- Stopped in a restricted area outside a school
- Parked with one or more wheels on any part of an urban road other than a carriageway (footway parking)
- Stopped on a pedestrian crossing and/or crossing area marked by zig-zags
This list is not inclusive - full details of the contraventions can be found at: https://www.legislation.hmso.gov.uk/si/si2007/pdf/uksi_20073487_en.pdf