Ticket Issued Outside Your Parking Zone's Hours

Glasgow's parking permit zones each have their own specific hours when restrictions apply. A ticket issued outside those hours for your zone is not valid. There have been known cases of parking wardens issuing tickets in the hour after restrictions have ended, particularly in permit zones near the city centre.

Legal basis

Glasgow City Council Traffic Regulation Orders made under the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984; Road Traffic Act 1991 Part II and Schedule 6, which remain in force in Scotland (the Schedule 6 repeal by the Traffic Management Act 2004 is expressed to apply to England and Wales only), as applied to Glasgow by the Road Traffic (Permitted Parking Area and Special Parking Area) (City of Glasgow) Designation Order 1999 (SSI 1999/59); the ground of representation is Schedule 6, paragraph 2(4)(b) — that the alleged contravention did not occur — with representations to be made within 28 days of service of the notice to owner under paragraph 2(3); appeal from a rejection lies to the First-tier Tribunal for Scotland (General Regulatory Chamber), procedure under SSI 2020/98

How to identify this in your case

Check the PCN issue time. Visit Glasgow City Council's parking zone map to identify the exact hours of operation for the zone where you were parked. If the PCN was issued outside those hours, challenge immediately.

Sample appeal wording

Before you send this

Deadline. A late submission can be turned down without your argument being read. Check your notice for the deadline and how it is counted.
Paying may end it. Paying can count as accepting the notice and can close a challenge already under way. Part-paying or acknowledging an old debt can also revive a time limit that had expired.
The amount can change. Check what happens to the sum if you challenge — it may be held, re-offered lower, or keep rising, and fees or enforcement can continue meanwhile.
Use the official route. Use the method, recipient and form your notice specifies, with any reference, evidence and signature it asks for. Sent elsewhere, it may not count.
Only say what is true. Do not copy any statement of fact unless it is true for you, and check the legal point still applies. Delete what does not fit. It may be treated as your statement.
Careful what you volunteer. Avoid unnecessary admissions — naming the driver or accepting responsibility can remove arguments. But answer anything you are legally required to answer, and do include the evidence your ground needs.
Keep the record. Keep what you sent, the attachments, any receipt, and the reply. Note the next deadline.

Sample wording to adapt and send yourself — it may not fit your notice or the stage you are at. Replace the bracketed prompts with your own details; leave any case citation as it is.

Dear Representations Team — Glasgow City Council, Re: PCN [NUMBER] I formally challenge this PCN on the ground that it was issued outside the hours of the applicable parking restriction. The PCN was issued at [TIME]. The restriction at [LOCATION] operates only between [HOURS] according to the time plate at the location and the applicable Traffic Regulation Order. The restriction was not in force at the time of issue. I request cancellation. Yours faithfully, [NAME]

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Sources

Glasgow City Council — Parking
Road Traffic Act 1991, Schedule 6, paragraph 2(4)(b)
Road Traffic (Permitted Parking Area and Special Parking Area) (City of Glasgow) Designation Order 1999 (SSI 1999/59)
First-tier Tribunal for Scotland General Regulatory Chamber Parking and Bus Lane Appeals (Rules of Procedure) Regulations 2020 (SSI 2020/98)