PCN contravention codes

The two-digit code on your PCN says what the council alleges. Find yours for what it means, how much it costs and what to check.

On-street parking

Code	Description	Level
01	Parked in a restricted street during prescribed hours	Higher
02	Parked or loading / unloading in a restricted street where waiting and loading / unloading restrictions are in force	Higher
04	Parked in a meter bay when penalty time is indicated	Lower
05	Parked after the expiry of paid for time	Lower
06	Parked without clearly displaying a valid pay & display ticket or voucher	Lower
07	Parked with payment made to extend the stay beyond initial time	Lower
08	Parked at an out-of-order meter during controlled hours	Lower
09	Parked displaying multiple pay & display tickets where prohibited	Lower
10	Parked without clearly displaying two valid pay and display tickets when required	Lower
11	Parked without payment of the parking charge	Lower
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	Higher
14	Parked in an electric vehicles' charging place during restricted hours without charging	Higher
16	Parked in a permit space or zone without a valid virtual permit or clearly displaying a valid physical permit where required	Higher
18	Using a vehicle in a parking place in connection with the sale or offering or exposing for sale of goods when prohibited	Higher
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	Lower
20	Parked in a part of a parking place marked by a yellow line where waiting is prohibited	Higher
21	Parked wholly or partly in a suspended bay or space	Higher
22	Re-parked in the same parking place or zone within one hour after leaving	Lower
23	Parked in a parking place or area not designated for that class of vehicle	Higher
24	Not parked correctly within the markings of the bay or space	Lower
25	Parked in a loading place or bay during restricted hours without loading	Higher
26	Parked in a special enforcement area more than 50 cm from the edge of the carriageway and not within a designated parking place	Higher
27	Parked in a special enforcement area adjacent to a footway, cycle track or verge lowered to meet the level of the carriageway	Higher
28	Parked in a special enforcement area on part of the carriageway raised to meet the level of a footway, cycle track or verge	Higher
30	Parked for longer than permitted	Lower
35	Parked in a disc parking place without clearly displaying a valid disc	Lower
40	Parked in a designated disabled person's parking place without displaying a valid disabled person's badge in the prescribed manner	Higher
41	Stopped in a parking place designated for diplomatic vehicles	Higher
42	Parked in a parking place designated for police vehicles	Higher
43	Stopped on a cycle docking station parking place	Higher
45	Stopped on a taxi rank	Higher
46	Stopped where prohibited (on a red route or clearway)	Higher
47	Stopped on a restricted bus stop or stand	Higher
48	Stopped in a restricted area outside a school, a hospital or a fire, police or ambulance station when prohibited	Higher
49	Parked wholly or partly on a cycle track or lane	Higher
55	A commercial vehicle parked in a restricted street in contravention of the Overnight Waiting Ban	Higher
56	Parked in contravention of a commercial vehicle waiting restriction	Higher
57	Parked in contravention of a bus ban	Higher
61	A heavy commercial vehicle wholly or partly parked on a footway, verge or land between two carriageways	Higher
62	Parked with one or more wheels on or over a footpath or any part of a road other than a carriageway	Higher
63	Parked with engine running where prohibited	Lower
99	Stopped on a pedestrian crossing or crossing area marked by zigzags	Higher

Moving traffic

Code	Description	Level
29	Failing to comply with a one-way restriction	Moving traffic
31	Entering and stopping in a box junction when prohibited	Moving traffic
32	Failing to proceed in the direction shown by the arrow on a blue sign	Moving traffic
33	Using a route restricted to certain vehicles	Moving traffic
36	Being in a mandatory cycle lane	Moving traffic
37	Failing to give way to oncoming vehicles	Moving traffic
38	Failing to comply with a sign indicating that vehicular traffic must pass to the specified side of the sign	Moving traffic
50	Performing a prohibited turn	Moving traffic
51	Failing to comply with a no entry restriction	Moving traffic
52	Failing to comply with a prohibition on certain types of vehicle	Moving traffic
53	Failing to comply with a restriction on vehicles entering a pedestrian zone	Moving traffic
54	Failing to comply with a restriction on vehicles entering and waiting in a pedestrian zone	Moving traffic

Bus lanes

Code	Description	Level
34	Being in a bus lane	Bus lane

Council car parks

Code	Description	Level
70	Parked in a loading place or bay during restricted hours without loading	Higher
71	Parked in an electric vehicles' charging place during restricted hours without charging	Higher
73	Parked without payment of the parking charge	Lower
74	Using a vehicle in a parking place in connection with the sale or offering or exposing for sale of goods when prohibited	Higher
78	Parked wholly or partly in a suspended bay or space	Higher
79	Parked in a car park without registering for the free parking period	Lower
80	Parked for longer than permitted	Lower
81	Parked in a restricted area in an off-street car park or housing estate	Higher
82	Parked after the expiry of paid for time	Lower
83	Parked in a car park without clearly displaying a valid pay & display ticket or voucher or parking clock	Lower
84	Parked with payment made to extend the stay beyond initial time	Lower
85	Parked without a valid virtual permit or clearly displaying a valid physical permit where required	Higher
86	Not parked correctly within the markings of a bay or space	Lower
87	Parked in a designated disabled person's parking place without displaying a valid disabled person's badge in the prescribed manner	Higher
89	Vehicle parked exceeds maximum weight or height or length permitted	Higher
90	Re-parked in the same car park within one hour after leaving	Lower
91	Parked in a car park or area not designated for that class of vehicle	Higher
92	Parked causing an obstruction	Higher
93	Parked in car park when closed	Lower
94	Parked in a pay & display car park without clearly displaying two valid pay and display tickets when required	Lower
95	Parked in a parking place for a purpose other than that designated	Lower
96	Parked with engine running where prohibited	Lower

Codes and descriptions from the PATROL standard list and DfT Annex B, checked 13 November 2026.