Our approach to parking enforcement

How we issue parking fines

For all parking fines, we record the vehicle registration number, the vehicle make and colour, its location and the time and date it was found to be breaking a parking restriction. Each parking fine has a unique number.

For fines involving tickets and permits we record the ticket, badge or permit details.

We also record additional notes, such as conversations with drivers, observations about the nearest signs and the condition of the lines. Wherever possible, we take photographs of the vehicle, its parking position, and the windscreen and windows to show any tickets, badges or permits and to prove that the parking fine has been attached to the vehicle.

You can find more information about our approach to parking enforcement in our Policy guidance for the enforcement of penalty charge notices.