Notice to Owner sent more than 6 months after the ticket
After issuing a parking ticket (PCN), the council must send you a 'Notice to Owner' within 6 months. This notice is how they formally ask the registered keeper of the vehicle to pay. If they send it late — after that 6-month window — they lose the right to chase the registered keeper for payment, and you can challenge it on that basis.
Legal basis
Traffic Management Act 2004 sch.7 para.1(1); The Civil Enforcement of Road Traffic Contraventions (Representations and Appeals) (England) Regulations 2022 (SI 2022/576) (service of the notice to owner)
How to identify this in your case
Check the date of the original PCN and compare to the date of the Notice to Owner. If more than 6 months has elapsed between them, the NtO is out of time and liability as keeper cannot be established.
Sample appeal wording
Dear Representations Team, Re: PCN [NUMBER] — Notice to Owner [REF] I formally challenge the validity of this Notice to Owner. The Traffic Management Act 2004, Schedule 7, paragraph 1(1) requires the Notice to Owner to be served within 6 months of the date of the Penalty Charge Notice. The PCN was issued on [DATE]. The Notice to Owner was not served until [DATE] — a period of [X months and Y days]. This is outside the 6-month statutory window. The council has therefore lost its statutory right to pursue the registered keeper for this penalty. I require immediate cancellation of this notice. Yours faithfully, [NAME]
Replace [PARKING DATE], [NtK DATE] etc. with your own dates before sending.
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- Traffic Management Act 2004 sch.7 para.1(1)
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