PCN code 35: Parked in a disc parking place without clearly displaying a valid disc

Parked in a disc parking place without clearly displaying a valid disc

Code 35 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. We hear of penalty charge notices (parking tickets)being issued for this offence even when the pay and display tickets are clearly visible. It may be that you had displayed it in a side window, attached it to the front windscreen or simply placed it on the dash board. Sometimes the adhesive fails and it is possible for a ticket, especially in damp weather, to fall off of the windscreen and land upside down. Sometimes the window fogs up on the inside and the ticket is not visible. If you have

2. In some areas (Westminster for example) you must purchase the ticket from the pay and display machine on the same side of the Road as where you are parked. However sometimes the Machine on the same side of the Road is out of order in which case you should purchase a ticket from the nearest alternative machine wherever it is or place a note in your windscreen. If you receive a penalty charge notice then simply write in and explain the situation and the PCN should be cancelled. Just watch out t