Cardiff PCN Appeal Guide: Know Your Rights Before You Pay

Cardiff Council issues parking charge notices covering city centre restrictions, resident permit zones and bus lane contraventions. You have 14 days to pay at the 50% reduced rate or 28 days to submit an informal challenge. Include photographs of the signage, bay markings and your vehicle's position at the time the PCN was issued. Cardiff enforces a range of on-street restrictions including double yellow lines, resident permit zones and school street restrictions. If the signage or road markings at the contravention location did not comply with the relevant statutory instrument, this is a recognised ground for challenge.

If Cardiff reject your informal challenge they issue a Notice to Owner. You have 28 days to make formal representations. If those are rejected, Cardiff issues a Notice of Rejection and you have 28 days to appeal to the Traffic Penalty Tribunal (TPT). The TPT covers England and Wales, so Cardiff council decisions are subject to TPT adjudication. The TPT appeal is free, conducted online and decided by an independent adjudicator. The adjudicator's decision binds Cardiff Council but not you. You can submit written evidence, photographs and any correspondence online through the TPT portal.