Parking

There will be two levels of Penalty Charge depending on the severity of the contravention.

• The higher band in Kent and Medway will be £70 (reduced to £35 if paid within 14 days).
• The lower band in Kent and Medway will be £50 (reduced to £25 if paid within 14 days).

Higher band penalty charge notices

• Parked in a restricted street during prescribed hours.
• Parked or loading/unloading in a restricted street where waiting and loading/unloading restrictions are in force.
• Parked in a residents' or shared use parking place without clearly displaying either a permit or voucher or pay and display ticket issued for that place.
• Parked in an electric vehicles’ charging place during restricted hours without charging.
• Parked in a permit space without displaying a valid permit.
• Using a vehicle in a parking place in connection with the sale or offering or exposing for sale of goods when prohibited.
• Parked in a loading gap marked by a yellow line.
• Parked in a suspended bay/space or part of bay/space.
• Parked in a parking place or area not designated for that class of vehicle.
• Parked in a loading place during restricted hours without loading.
• Vehicle parked more than 50cm from the edge of the carriageway and not within a designated parking place.
• Parked adjacent to a dropped footway.
• Parked in a designated disabled person’s parking place without clearly displaying a valid disabled person’s badge.
• Parked in a parking place designated for diplomatic vehicles.
• Parked in a parking place designated for police vehicles.
• Parked on a taxi rank.
• Stopping where prohibited (on a red route or clearway).
• Stopped on a restricted bus stop/stand.
• Stopped in a restricted area outside a school.
• Parked wholly or partly on a cycle track.
• A commercial vehicle parked in a restricted street in contravention of the overnight waiting ban.
• Parked in contravention of a commercial vehicle waiting restriction.
• Parked in contravention of a coach ban.
• A heavy commercial vehicle wholly or partly parked on a footway, verge or land between two carriageways.
• Parked with one or more wheels on any part of an urban road other than a carriageway (footway parking).
• Stopped on a pedestrian crossing and/or crossing area marked by zig-zags.
• Parked in a loading area during restricted hours without reasonable excuse.
• Using a vehicle in a parking place in connection with the sale or offering or exposing for sale of goods when prohibited.
• Parked in a restricted area in a car park.
• Parked in a permit bay without clearly displaying a valid permit.
• Parked in a disabled person’s parking space without clearly displaying a valid disabled person’s badge.
• Vehicle parked exceeds maximum weight and/or height and/or length permitted in the area.
• Parked in a car park or area not designated for that class of vehicle.

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Lower band penalty charge notices

• Parked without clearly displaying a valid pay and display ticket.
• Parked after the expiry of paid-for time.
• Parked in a meter bay when penalty time is indicated.
• Parked with payment made to extend the stay beyond initial time.
• Parked at an out-of-order meter during controlled hours.
• Parked displaying multiple pay and display tickets where prohibited.
• Parked with engine running where prohibited.
• Parked without clearly displaying two valid pay and display tickets when required.
• Parked without payment of the parking charge.
• Parked in a resident's or shared use parking place displaying an invalid permit, an invalid voucher or an invalid pay and display ticket.
• Re-parked in the same parking place within one hour of leaving.
• Not parked correctly within the markings of the bay or space.
• Parked for longer than permitted.
• Parked in a disc parking place without clearly displaying a valid disc.
• Parked in a disc parking place for longer than permitted.
• Parked without payment of the parking charge.
• Parked for longer than the maximum period permitted.
• Parked in a car park without clearly displaying a valid pay and display ticket.
• Parked with additional payment made to extend the stay beyond time first purchased.
• Parked beyond the bay markings.
• Re-parked within one hour of leaving a bay or space in a car park.
• Parked in car park when closed.
• Parked in a pay and display car park without clearly displaying two valid pay and display tickets when required.
• Parked in a parking place for a purpose other than the designated purpose for the parking place.

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