Cardiff parking signs must show Welsh and English equally
Cardiff Council is legally required to display all parking tariff information in both Welsh and English, with neither language given less prominence than the other. This applies to RingGo zones, MiPermit signs, council-operated pay-and-display machines, and contractor-installed signs in newer areas such as Cardiff Bay and Central Quay. If the tariff sign where you parked showed only English, the sign may not meet Cardiff's legal requirements, which could make your ticket invalid.
Legal basis
Welsh Language (Wales) Measure 2011 s.44; Cardiff Council Compliance Notice (Welsh Language Commissioner, 30 March 2016, as amended); TSRGD 2016 Sched 18 Pt 5
How to identify this in your case
Photograph the tariff board / pay-and-display sign at the point of contravention. Compare to Cardiff Council's published bilingual sign templates.
Sample appeal wording
Dear Sir/Madam, Re: PCN [PCN_NUMBER] — Cardiff Cardiff Council is bound by the Compliance Notice issued by the Welsh Language Commissioner under section 44 of the Welsh Language (Wales) Measure 2011. Service Delivery Standards and Operational Standards in that notice require that signs and tariff information published by the Council be bilingual. The tariff board / sign at [LOCATION] which is the basis of the PCN displays only English text. Photographs are attached. This sign is non-compliant with Cardiff's Standards and is therefore not lawfully erected for the purposes of paragraph 1 of Schedule 7 of the Traffic Management Act 2004. Please cancel the PCN. Yn gywir / Yours faithfully, [NAME]
Replace [PARKING DATE], [NtK DATE] etc. with your own dates before sending.
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- welshlanguagecommissioner.wales
- cardiff.gov.uk
- legislation.gov.uk/mwa/2011/1