Ticket Issued Outside the Restriction Hours

Parking restrictions only apply during the hours shown on the sign at the location. If the warden issued your ticket at or after the time the restriction ends — for example, at or after 18:30 or 20:00 — the restriction was not in force and the ticket is not valid.

Legal basis

Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984; Traffic Regulation Orders made thereunder; Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2016 (time plate requirements)

How to identify this in your case

Check the time the PCN was issued (on the face of the ticket). Check the restriction hours on the sign/time plate at the location or in the Traffic Regulation Order (available from the council). If the issue time is at or after the end of the restriction period, the PCN is invalid.

Sample appeal wording

Dear Representations Team, Re: PCN [NUMBER] — Vehicle [REG] I formally challenge this PCN on a straightforward factual ground. The PCN was issued at [TIME] on [DATE]. The parking restriction at [LOCATION] operates only between the hours of [START TIME] and [END TIME], as indicated on the time plate at the location (photograph attached) and as confirmed by the Traffic Regulation Order. At the time of issue, the restriction was not in force. There was therefore no contravention. I request that this PCN be cancelled immediately. Yours faithfully, [NAME]

Replace [PARKING DATE], [NtK DATE] etc. with your own dates before sending.

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Ticket Issued Outside the Restriction Hours

Legal basis

How to identify this in your case

Sample appeal wording

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