Contravention code | Description | Observations (checking for permitted activity/ exemption if applicable) An ‘instant ticket’ will be issued (law permitting) where the parking is considered to be dangerous | Time (the maximum observation period if applicable) | Penalty |
01 |
Parked in a restricted street during prescribed hours. |
Check for loading or unloading activity except when vehicle parked within a pedestrian zone |
5 mins except when vehicle is parked within a pedestrian zone |
£70 |
02 |
Parked or loading/unloading in a restricted street where waiting and loading/unloading restrictions are in force |
None required
|
Instant ticket
|
£70
|
12 |
Parked in a residents' or shared use parking place or zone without either clearly displaying a valid permit or voucher or pay and display ticket issued for that place, or without payment of the parking charge |
Check for loading or unloading activity |
5 mins |
£70 |
16 |
Parked in a permit space without displaying a valid permit |
Check for loading or unloading activity |
5 mins |
£70 |
18 |
Using a vehicle in a parking place in connection with the sale or offering or exposing for sale of goods when prohibited |
To confirm commercial activity |
5 mins |
£70 |
20 |
Parked in a loading gap marked by a yellow line |
Check for loading or unloading activity |
5 mins |
£70 |
19 |
Parked in a residents' or shared use parking place or zone either displaying an invalid permit or voucher or pay and display ticket, or after the expiry of paid for time. |
Check for loading or unloading activity |
5 mins
10 mins grace period for expiry of time
|
£50 |
20 |
Parked in a loading gap marked by a yellow line |
Check for loading or unloading activity |
5 mins. |
£70 |
21 |
Parked in a suspended bay / space / part of bay / space |
None required |
Instant ticket |
£70 |
22 |
Re-parked in same parking place or zone within the ‘specified time of leaving’ |
Check for permitted activity or exemption |
Instant ticket |
£50 |
23 |
Parked in a parking place or area not designated for that class of vehicle |
None required |
Instant ticket |
£70 |
24 |
Not parked correctly within the markings of a bay or space |
None required. The ‘whole’ of the vehicle must be parked within the parking place as marked on the carriageway. |
Instant ticket. |
£50 |
25 |
Parked in a loading place during restricted hours without loading |
Check for loading or unloading activity |
5 mins |
£70 |
26 |
Vehicle parked more than 50 centimetres from the edge of the carriageway and not within a designated parking place |
Check for loading or unloading activity |
5 mins |
£70 |
27 |
Parked adjacent to a dropped footway (non-residential) |
Check for loading or unloading activity |
5 mins |
£70 |
28 |
Parked in a special enforcement area on part of the carriageway raised to meet the level of a footway, cycle track or verge |
Check for loading or unloading activity |
5 mins |
£70 |
30 |
Parked for longer than permitted |
Check for loading or unloading activity. |
10 mins |
£50 |
40 |
Parked in a designated disabled person’s parking place without clearly displaying a valid disabled person’s badge |
Blue badge must be visible and correctly displayed |
Instant ticket |
£70 |
42 |
Parked in a parking place designated for police vehicles |
Check vehicle to see if police vehicle |
Instant ticket |
£70 |
45 |
Parked on a taxi rank |
Check for Hackney carriage plate and presence of driver |
Instant ticket |
£70 |
46 |
Stopped where prohibited (on a red route or clearway) |
None required |
Instant ticket |
£70 |
47 |
Parked on a restricted bus stop or stand |
None required |
Instant ticket |
£70 |
48 |
Stopped in a restricted area outside a school |
None required |
Instant ticket |
£70 |
49 |
Parked wholly or partly on a cycle track |
None required |
Instant ticket |
£70 |
61 |
A heavy commercial vehicle wholly or partly parked on a footway, verge or land between two carriageways |
Evidence of vehicle weight (unladen weight over 7.5 tonnes) |
5 mins to check for loading/ unloading if no alternative is available, otherwise instant ticket. |
£70 |
62 |
Parked with one or more wheels on or over a footpath or any part of a road other than a carriageway |
None required |
Instant ticket |
£70 |
99 |
Stopped on a pedestrian crossing and/or crossing area marked by zig-zags. |
None required |
Instant ticket |
£70 |