How do I not pay a parking fine UK?

If it is a local authority PCN on your windscreen, the first step is to write to the council within 14 days of being given the notice to make an informal appeal, explaining why you think the fine should be cancelled. If it accepts your appeal, the fine will be cancelled.



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Fixed penalty notices are issued for parking, dangerous driving or other offences. You will receive a fine and could even get points on your licence. In England and Wales, you have 28 days to pay them or you will need to pay 50% more, while refusing to pay at all could mean you end up being taken to court.

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You won't get a criminal record or points on your licence. Everything from how PCNs are served, through appeal or payment, to debt recovery is laid down in regulations. PCNs are used for some moving traffic offences too, particularly in London – bus lanes, no entry, restricted turn, yellow box junction.

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A Penalty Charge Notice (PCN) is commonly known as a parking ticket. If the location is one where parking is normally permitted, Local Authorities in England and Wales operate a Grace Period at the end of the parking period of 10 minutes.

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UK councils typically issued 19,631 parking fines per day in 2022, according to new analysis 1 from Churchill Motor Insurance. This represents a 12 per cent increase from 2021 when local authorities issued an average of 17,500 parking fines per day.

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How parking fines affect your insurance. Standard parking fines don't affect your insurance. Only parking offences that result in points being added to your driving licence will have an impact on your insurance costs.

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Facts About UK Parking Control Fines UK Parking Control must take the case to court and win in order to make the charge enforceable, but if they lose, they can be made to pay you compensation.

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Parking Fines normally don't affect your Credit Score. However, if a decree (court order) is obtained against you for a private parking charge and goes unsettled for 30 days, after it is awarded, it will be registered on your Credit Report. It will then affect your Credit Score and impact on your ability to borrow.

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If the parking operator knows who was driving the vehicle when the parking charge notice was issued, they should ask that person to pay. If they do not know who was driving the vehicle, the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 allows the parking operator to ask the registered keeper to pay.

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When to appeal a parking ticket
  • You were parked correctly. ...
  • The parking signs or road markings were unclear. ...
  • There was no way to pay. ...
  • You were charged too much. ...
  • You weren't driving when the ticket was issued. ...
  • You couldn't get back to your car. ...
  • Your car broke down. ...
  • You were only just out of time.


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