PCN code 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

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

Code 19 is a lower level penalty. In London, the current full amounts are Band A £110 · Band B £90, with early-payment amounts of Band A £55 · Band B £45. The actual amount and deadline can vary by authority, location and PCN date, so check the notice.

You can challenge a council PCN using the stages and deadlines shown on the notices. Check the issuer policy before relying on the reduced amount being re-offered after an unsuccessful challenge. A Notice to Owner enables a formal representation, and a Notice of Rejection explains the independent tribunal route.

Use the deadline on each document. The PCN states the initial challenge and payment periods, the Notice to Owner gives the formal-representation deadline, and the Notice of Rejection gives the tribunal-appeal deadline.

1. Was the permit in the windscreen obscured for example by a flyer put under the windscreen wiper or where the windscreen was covered in snow! If so your Penalty charge notice may be cancelled if you send in a photocopy of the permit. 2. Quite often motorists are confused by poor signage, for example where pay and display bays join resident’s only bays. Camden council in London are particularly poor at signposting their various restrictions. If the signage is confusing you should take photograp

3. Were the hours of enforcement clearly shown on the residents permit sign. 4. Were the road markings clear? A resident’s permit bay should be clearly shown by having broken white lines marking the restricted bays. They do not have to show individual bays but the lines must be visible.  At the end of the bay(s) there should be single broken bay markings unless the bays adjoin residents bays. Many bays which, for example, adjoin yellow lines have double bay markings at the end which is non compl