Bus lane — outside operating hours / part-time bus lane
Many bus lanes are part-time (e.g. 7-10am, 4-7pm Mon-Fri). Driving outside hours is lawful. Errors: clock drift, wrong enforcement times, public holidays, weekend operation. TPT regularly cancels where the council cannot prove the time fell within operating hours.
Legal basis
Bus Lane Contraventions (Penalty Charges, Adjudication and Enforcement) (England) Regulations 2005; relevant TRO defining operating hours; TSRGD 2016
How to identify this in your case
Cross-check PCN timestamp with the upright bus lane sign's stated hours. Bank holidays and weekend hours often disputed.
Sample appeal wording
Dear Sir/Madam, Re: Bus Lane PCN [NUMBER] — [LOCATION] — [DATE/TIME] I challenge this PCN. The contravention time falls outside the published operating hours. - PCN time: [TIME] on [DATE] - Operating hours per upright sign: [e.g. 'Mon-Fri 07:00-10:00 and 16:00-19:00'] - [DATE] was [Saturday / Sunday / public holiday / outside the time window by [X] minutes] Under the TRO and Bus Lane Contraventions Regulations 2005, the lane is open to all traffic outside operating hours. No contravention occurred. This falls squarely within the TPT statutory grounds: 'The alleged contravention did not occur.' Please cancel the PCN. Yours faithfully, [NAME]
Replace [PARKING DATE], [NtK DATE] etc. with your own dates before sending.
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