Penalty Charges

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Penalty Charge Levels

A Penalty Charge Notice will be issued for failure to comply with parking contraventions of either £70.00 for a higher level contravention or £50.00 for all other contraventions. The Penalty Charge will be discounted by 50% if paid within 14days from the date the notice was served.

Amounts payable by Owners of Vehicles issued with a Penalty Charge Notice in respect of contraventions of on and off street parking places orders, waiting and loading restrictions and all relevant parking contraventions, within the Borough of Tameside designated as a Civil Enforcement Area will be:

Higher Level Contraventions

On Street
01	Parked in a restricted street during prescribed hours ie parked on yellow lines
02	Parked or loading/unloading in a restricted street where waiting and loading/unloading restrictions are in force
12	Parked in a residents / shared use parking place without clearly displaying a permit/ voucher or pay and display ticket issued for that place
14	Parked in an electric vehicles’ charging place during restricted hours without charging
16	Parked in a permit space without displaying a valid permit
18	Using a vehicle in a parking place in connection with the sale or offering or exposing for sale of goods when prohibited
20	Parked in a loading gap marked by a yellow line
21	Parked in a suspended bay or space or part of bay or space
23	Parked in a parking place or area not designated for that class of vehicle
25	Parked in a loading place during restricted hours without loading
26	Vehicle parked more than 50 cm from the edge of the carriageway and not within a designated parking place
27	Parked in a special enforcement area adjacent to a dropped footway
40	Parked in a designated disabled person’s parking place without clearly displaying a valid disabled person’s badge in the prescribed manner
41	Parked in a parking place designated for diplomatic vehicles
42	Parked in a parking place designated for police vehicles
45	Parked on a taxi rank
46	Stopping where prohibited (on a red route or clearway)
47	Stopped on a restricted bus stop/stand
48	Stopped in a restricted area outside a school when prohibited
49	Parked wholly or partly on a cycle track or lane
55	A commercial vehicle parked in a restricted street in contravention of an Overnight Waiting Ban
56	Parked in contravention of a commercial vehicle waiting restriction
57	Parked in contravention of a coach ban
61	A heavy commercial vehicle wholly or partly parked on a footway, verge or land between two carriageways
62	Parked with one or more wheels on any part of an urban road other than a carriageway (footway parking).
99	Stopped on a pedestrian crossing and/or crossing area marked by zig-zags
Off Street
70	Parked in a loading area during restricted hours without reasonable excuse
74	Using a vehicle in a parking place in connection with the sale or offering or exposing for sale of goods when prohibited
81	Parked in a restricted area in a car park
85	Parked in a permit bay without clearly displaying a valid permit
87	Parked in a designated disabled person’s parking place without displaying a valid disabled person’s badge in the prescribed manner
89	Vehicle parked exceeds maximum weight or height or length permitted in the area
91	Parked in a car park or area not designated for that class of vehicle
92	Parked causing an obstruction

Lower Level Contraventions

On Street
04	Parked in a meter bay when penalty time is indicated
05	Parked after the expiry of time paid for
06	Parked without clearly displaying a valid pay and display ticket or voucher
07	Parked with payment made to extend the stay beyond initial time
08	Parked at an out of order meter during controlled hours
09	Parked displaying multiple pay & display tickets where prohibited
10	Parked without clearly displaying two (or other number) valid pay and display tickets when required
11	Parked without payment of the parking charge
19	Parked in a residents’ or shared use parking place or zone displaying an invalid permit, an invalid voucher or an invalid pay and display ticket
22	Re-parked in the same parking place or zone within one hour of leaving
24	Not parked correctly within the markings of the bay or space
30	Parked for longer than permitted
35	Parked in a disc parking place without clearly displaying a valid disc
36	Parked in a disc parking place for longer than permitted
63	Parked with engine running where prohibited
Off Street
73	Parked without payment of the parking charge
80	Parked for longer than the maximum period permitted
82	Parked after the expiry of time paid for
83	Parked in a car park without clearly displaying a valid pay and display ticket or voucher or parking clock
84	Parked with additional payment made to extend the stay beyond time first purchased
86	Parked beyond the bay markings
90	Re-parked within one hour of leaving a bay or space in a car park
93	Parked in a car park when closed
94	Parked in a pay and display car park without clearly displaying two valid pay and display tickets when required
95	Parked in a parking place for a purpose other than the designated purpose for the parking place
96	Parked with the engine running where prohibited

Page last updated: 8 April 2008