Yellow box markings don't meet the required standard
Yellow box junctions must be painted in a specific way — the lines must be the right thickness, the box must be the right size, the border must be complete, and the paint must not be so faded it can't be clearly seen. If any of these things are wrong, the marking may not be legally valid and a penalty charge based on it could be challenged. Many new yellow boxes painted outside London since 2022 have been found to contain these kinds of errors.
Legal basis
TSRGD 2016 (SI 2016/362), Schedule 9 Part 3; Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 s.85; Herron v Sunderland City Council [2011] EWHC 2188 (Admin)
How to identify this in your case
Visit location. Photograph markings overhead and from driver's eye-line. Compare hatch line width, perimeter completeness, box dimensions to TSRGD diagrams.
Sample appeal wording
Dear Sir/Madam, Re: PCN [NUMBER] — Yellow Box — [LOCATION] — [DATE] I challenge this PCN. The markings do not comply with TSRGD 2016. TSRGD 2016 (SI 2016/362) Schedule 9 Part 3 prescribes dimensions and configuration for yellow hatch box junction markings. My photographs show: - [Defect: faded paint to less than [%] visibility] - [Defect: perimeter line incomplete on [side]] - [Defect: hatch lines [X]mm thick, prescribed minimum is [Y]] - [Defect: box dimensions do not match prescribed] Under s.85 RTRA 1984 and Herron v Sunderland City Council [2011] EWHC 2188 (Admin), restrictions communicated by non-compliant markings cannot found a PCN. Please cancel. Yours faithfully, [NAME]
Replace [PARKING DATE], [NtK DATE] etc. with your own dates before sending.
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