Pay a parking ticket
If you have been issued with a parking ticket you have 28 days to pay or challenge it.
The cost of a ticket is either £50 or £70, depending on the reason it has been issued.
Payments made within 14 days of the date the ticket is served will have a 50% discount applied.
A civil enforcement officer who issues a ticket cannot cancel it. If you feel a ticket has been wrongly issued you can challenge the ticket using the online form in the "Appeal Process" section below.
If you have received a parking fine and have lost your ticket, please email parkingservices@cambridgeshire.gov.uk and include your full name, telephone number, vehicle registration number and penalty charge notice issue date (if known).
You can view the County TMA enforcement manual, Parking Ticket Code of Practise and PCN manual for details of how civil enforcement is undertaken within Cambridge.
Appeal process
If you appeal against the parking ticket within 14 days after receiving it and if your appeal is rejected, the council will generally extend the period of 50% discount for payment. If your appeal is rejected, you will be provided with all the information you need for the appeal to an independent adjudicator.
Please follow the instructions on the reverse of the PCN or use the online form below.
Non-payment of a parking ticket
Failure to pay or challenge a parking ticket will begin a process of increasing costs and actions to ensure that payment is made:
- Day 1: Parking ticket notice
- Day 14: 50% prompt payment discount expires
- Day 28: Notice to Owner issued to registered keeper
- Day 52: Charge increased by 50% and Charge Certificate issued to owner
- Day 66: Charge registered as a debt with the county court, with additional £8 fee
- Day 87: Warrant issued to Enforcement Agents to recover full charge and Enforcement Agents fees
