MHCLG Statutory Code Consultation 2025 — Proportionality Leverage
MHCLG consulted on a new statutory Private Parking Code of Practice (under the Parking (Code of Practice) Act 2019) from 11 July to 26 September 2025; no outcome or statutory code has been published yet (checked 14 July 2026). The consultation proposes MAINTAINING the existing £100 industry cap (while stating the government is open to other amounts) and questions whether the £70 debt recovery fee can be justified. The earlier statutory code (published February 2022, withdrawn June 2022) proposed tiered caps of £50 to £100 outside London for lesser breaches. For minor breaches, drivers can use the withdrawn code's £50 tier and the live statutory process as persuasive — not binding — evidence that a £100 demand is disproportionate. This is a leverage argument only: no statutory cap is in force.
Legal basis
Parking (Code of Practice) Act 2019 (enabling Act — no statutory code yet in force; the February 2022 code was withdrawn in June 2022); MHCLG Private Parking Code of Practice consultation, 11 July – 26 September 2025 (outcome awaited as of 14 July 2026; proposes keeping the £100 cap and questions the £70 debt fee). The operative cap is industry-only: BPA–IPC Single Code of Practice v1.1 para 8.2.1 (£100).
How to identify this in your case
PCN issued in 2025 or 2026 with a charge above £50.
Sample appeal wording
Dear [Operator Name], Re: PCN [PCN_NUMBER] — Charge £[AMOUNT] The Government opened consultation on the statutory Private Parking Code of Practice on 11 July 2025 (closed 26 September 2025) under the Parking (Code of Practice) Act 2019. The Government's stated proposal is a £50 cap on parking charges. While the statutory Code is finalised, charges above £50 face increasing legal and political doubt. I invite you to either (a) cancel this PCN, or (b) reduce it to £50 in line with the Government's proposed proportionality threshold. I rely on ParkingEye v Beavis [2015] UKSC 67. Yours faithfully, [Driver Name]
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- https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/private-parking-code-of-practice
- Parking (Code of Practice) Act 2019
- ParkingEye v Beavis [2015] UKSC 67
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