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Cases on the site currently cover parking, bus lane, moving traffic and road user charging, including the London Congestion Charge and Clean Air Zones (outside London). More cases and contravention types will be added in due course.
Please note: All adjudicator decisions included on this website are in the public domain. While they have been curated together here for the convenience and interest of users, any information contained within the decisions remains the responsibility of the original adjudicating body. Any questions relating to the content of cases should also be directed to the adjudicating body.
Mr B – v – Calderdale Borough Council
CX00053-2511
Traffic Penalty Tribunal
Decision Date: 2025-12-11
Outcome: Dismissed
This case confirms that a civil enforcement officer is entitled to observe a vehicle within the ten-minute period of grace provided to motorists who have paid to park. The penalty can, however, only be imposed after the grace period has expired.
Additionally, the case clarifies that paying for a virtual parking session through an app is equivalent to displaying a pay-and-display ticket. A penalty charge notice issued for failing to pay and display, therefore, adequately describes the contravention.
Other points addressed in this case include:
- the possibility that more than one contravention code can apply (in this instance, parking after the expiry of paid for time could also apply)
- the principle that other previously determined appeals may be persuasive, but are not binding on an adjudicator
- a caution that case names and appeal numbers sourced on the web should not be relied upon to support an appeal, without providing the full written decision to the Tribunal.
Mr M – v – Southampton City Council
(SN00091-2507)
Traffic Penalty Tribunal
Decision Date: 2025-08-07
Outcome: Dismissed
This case clarifies that private hire vehicle (PHV) drivers are not entitled to stop at a bus stop to allow passengers to board or alight. This is a stopping contravention with no period of grace.
Mr M – v – East Hertfordshire District Council
(ET00005-2503)
Traffic Penalty Tribunal
Decision Date: 2025-04-23
Outcome: Dismissed
A procedural error that does not resulting in unfairness does not amount to a procedural impropriety. The intention of Parliament could not have been that an inconsequential error would defeat the substantive purpose of the legislative scheme. This decision applies the judgment in Glasgow City Council v The Upper Tribunal of Scotland [2025].
A Limited Company – v – Wakefield Council
(WP00029-2408)
Traffic Penalty Tribunal
Decision Date: 2024-08-28
Outcome: Dismissed
This case clarifies that once service of the penalty charge notice is correctly executed, the loss of the penalty charge notice (even if unlawfully removed by a third party) does not undermine the validity of it, or limit its enforcement.
The motorist’s non-receipt of the penalty does not cause an extension of the statutory discount to arise as of right and the adjudicator has no power to extend a discount or alter the penalty amount.
Miss H – v – St Helens Council
(SZ00004-2406)
Traffic Penalty Tribunal
Decision Date: 2024-07-16
Outcome: Dismissed
This case clarifies that the blue badge concession can only apply when the badge is clearly displayed in the vehicle. A badge that has fallen from view is not clearly displayed.
More generally, the council does not have to prove that a motorist intended to park in contravention, only that a contravention occurred, and adjudicators have no power to take mitigating circumstances into account.
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