How to have your moving traffic PCN cancelled

General advice if you have received a penalty charge notice (PCN) for a moving traffic contravention

This section deals with general advice on your options if you have received a Penalty charge notice for a moving traffic contravention such as a yellow box, or failing to comply with a sign (e.g. no right turn) and how to have your PCN cancelled.

Of course there are also different grounds of appeal that you can use for specific contraventions so it is very important that you check these as well as the section below. At the bottom of each page there is a search facility. You can either type in the 2 digit contravention code from your penalty charge notice or select the description from the drop down list or select the description from the list on the left. You will then see diagrams of signs that should be in place and the many specific ways that you can have your PCN cancelled. We have even summarised loads of adjudicator’s decisions so you can see on what grounds motorists have won!

Below you will see a lot of general tips and advice that may well result in your penalty charge notice being cancelled. The information is comprehensive but very easy to follow and much is based on successful appeals to the adjudicator.

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1. Parked in a restricted street during prescribed hours
2. Parked or loading / unloading in a restricted street where waiting and loading / unloading restrictions are in force
4. Parked in a meter bay when penalty time is indicated
5. Parked after the expiry of paid for time
6. Parked without clearly displaying a valid pay & display ticket or voucher
7. Parked with payment made to extend the stay beyond initial time
8. Parked at an out-of-order meter during controlled hours
9. Parked displaying multiple pay and display tickets where prohibited.
11. Parked without payment of the parking charge
12. Parked in a residents’ or shared use parking place or zone without a valid virtual permit or clearly displaying a valid physical permit or voucher or pay and display ticket issued for that place where required, or without payment of the parking charge
14. Parked in an electric vehicles’ charging place during restricted hours without charging
16. Parked in a permit space or zone without a valid virtual permit or clearly displaying a valid physical permit where required.
19. Parked in a residents' or shared use parking place or zone with an invalid virtual permit or displaying an invalid physical permit or voucher or pay and display ticket, or after the expiry of paid for time
20. Parked in a part of a parking place marked by a yellow line where waiting is prohibited - a loading gap
21. Parked wholly or partly in a suspended bay or space.
22. Re-parked in the same parking place or zone within one hour after leaving.
23. Parked in a parking place or area not designated for that class of vehicle
24. Not parked correctly within the markings of the bay or space
25. Parked in a loading place or bay during restricted hours without loading
26. Parked in a special enforcement area more than 50 cm from the edge of the carriageway and not within a designated parking place
27. Parked in a special enforcement area adjacent to a footway, cycle track or verge lowered to meet the level of the carriageway
28. Parked in a special enforcement area on part of the carriageway raised to meet the level of a footway, cycle track or verge.
29. Failing to comply with a one-way restriction
30. Parked for longer than permitted
31. Entering and stopping in a box junction when prohibited
32. Failing to proceed in the direction shown by the arrow on a blue sign
33. Using a route restricted to certain vehicles
34. Being in a bus lane
37. Failing to give way to oncoming vehicles
38. Failing to comply with a sign indicating that vehicular traffic must pass to the specified side of the sign
40. Parked in a designated disabled person’s parking place without displaying a valid disabled person’s badge in the prescribed manner.
45. Stopped on a taxi rank
46. Stopped where prohibited (on a red route or clearway)
47. Stopped on a restricted bus stop or stand
48. Stopped in a restricted area outside a school, a hospital or a fire, police or ambulance station when prohibited.
50. Performing a prohibited turn
51. Failing to comply with a no entry restriction
52. Failing to comply with a prohibition on certain types of vehicle
53. Failing to comply with a restriction on vehicles entering a pedestrian zone
54. Failing to comply with a restriction on vehicles entering and waiting in a pedestrian zone
62. Parked with one or more wheels on or over a footpath or any part of a road other than a carriageway.
99. Stopped on a pedestrian crossing or crossing area marked by zigzags

1. Parked in a restricted street during prescribed hours
2. Parked or loading / unloading in a restricted street where waiting and loading / unloading restrictions are in force
4. Parked in a meter bay when penalty time is indicated
5. Parked after the expiry of paid for time
6. Parked without clearly displaying a valid pay & display ticket or voucher
7. Parked with payment made to extend the stay beyond initial time
8. Parked at an out-of-order meter during controlled hours
9. Parked displaying multiple pay and display tickets where prohibited.
11. Parked without payment of the parking charge
12. Parked in a residents’ or shared use parking place or zone without a valid virtual permit or clearly displaying a valid physical permit or voucher or pay and display ticket issued for that place where required, or without payment of the parking charge
14. Parked in an electric vehicles’ charging place during restricted hours without charging
16 Parked in a permit space or zone without a valid virtual permit or clearly displaying a valid physical permit where required.
19. Parked in a residents' or shared use parking place or zone with an invalid virtual permit or displaying an invalid physical permit or voucher or pay and display ticket, or after the expiry of paid for time
20. Parked in a part of a parking place marked by a yellow line where waiting is prohibited - a loading gap
21 Parked wholly or partly in a suspended bay or space.
22. Re-parked in the same parking place or zone within one hour after leaving.
23. Parked in a parking place or area not designated for that class of vehicle
24. Not parked correctly within the markings of the bay or space
25. Parked in a loading place or bay during restricted hours without loading
26. Parked in a special enforcement area more than 50 cm from the edge of the carriageway and not within a designated parking place
27. Parked in a special enforcement area adjacent to a footway, cycle track or verge lowered to meet the level of the carriageway
28. Parked in a special enforcement area on part of the carriageway raised to meet the level of a footway, cycle track or verge.
40. Parked in a designated disabled person’s parking place without displaying a valid disabled person’s badge in the prescribed manner.
45. Stopped on a taxi rank
46. Stopped where prohibited (on a red route or clearway)
47. Stopped on a restricted bus stop or stand
48. Stopped in a restricted area outside a school, a hospital or a fire, police or ambulance station when prohibited.
62. Parked with one or more wheels on or over a footpath or any part of a road other than a carriageway.
99. Stopped on a pedestrian crossing or crossing area marked by zigzags