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Penalty Charge Notice bands

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.

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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For more information contact Parking Services by telephone: 01634 332266 or by email: parking@medway.gov.uk

Write to: Parking Services, Medway Council, Gun Wharf, Dock Road, Chatham, Kent ME4 4TR

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