PCN Code 11: Parked without payment of the parking charge
This is the official national contravention code printed on your notice. Here's what it means, and whether there's a common ground worth checking.
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“Parked without payment of the parking charge”
Code 11 is an on-street contravention from London Councils' national PATROL contravention code list, the standard list used on council and TfL penalty notices across England and Wales, not just London.
Councils set two penalty bands, higher and lower, and this contravention is usually charged at the lower band — the exact amount still varies by authority, so check the figure printed on your own notice.
Often argued as: The contravention did not occur
The alleged contravention simply didn't happen, either because you were legally entitled to be there, or because the signage/road markings were so inadequate that no valid restriction was actually communicated. Adjudicators treat inadequate signing as meaning no contravention arose at all, not as a separate, weaker ground, it stands or falls with this one.
This is a statutory ground (reg 5(4)(a), Civil Enforcement of Road Traffic Contraventions (Representations and Appeals) (England) Regulations 2022) — one of six specific grounds an independent adjudicator can allow an appeal on, not just something a council might choose to accept. Whether it actually applies to you depends on your own facts and evidence, not the code alone.
Check your notice and pick your groundParked in a residents' or shared use parking place or zone without a valid virtual permit or clearly displaying a valid physical permit or voucher or pay and display ticket issued for that place where required, or without payment of the parking charge
Code 13Reserved for TfL use (Low Emission Zone)
Code 14Parked in an electric vehicles' charging place during restricted hours without charging
Code 16Parked in a permit space or zone without a valid virtual permit or clearly displaying a valid physical permit where required
Not sure which code applies to you? See the full list.
Official source for this code
London Councils' national PCN Contravention Code List (PATROL), the standard reference used on penalty notices across England and Wales.
Last reviewed: 30 August 2026
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