Hammersmith and Fulham Code 22 PCN Appeal (2026)

1. What does Hammersmith and Fulham Code 22 mean?

Code 22 alleges returning to a parking place within a prohibited period. A sign may allow a limited stay but prevent a further visit for a stated interval. The no-return period is separate from the maximum stay and is not always one hour. The council needs evidence that connects the two visits to the restriction that actually applied.

Contravention

Code 22 alleges returning to a parking place within a prohibited period

Category

On-Street Parking PCNs

Issuing authority

London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham

Formal representation deadline

28 days beginning with service of the Notice to Owner or postal parking PCN.

Penalty and discount

Use the charge and discount printed on your PCN; the applicable amount depends on the notice and contravention date.

Initial discount

The initial 50% discount applies for 14 days beginning with PCN service, or 21 days for an approved-device postal parking PCN. An early challenge may lead to a renewed discount if rejected; check the council's policy and the amount and deadline in its reply.

Appeal route

Hammersmith and Fulham, then London Tribunals after a formal Notice of Rejection.

2. What must Hammersmith and Fulham establish?

Read the maximum stay and no-return period separately. Photograph the complete sign, including any different conditions at other times.

Where the two visits involved different spaces, compare the signs and parking-order boundary. An individual painted bay is not necessarily the whole parking place governed by the restriction.

• The parking conditions must impose a no-return period for the particular parking place or zone; the interval is not always one hour.
• The records must establish the alleged re-parking, vehicle and locations. Two sightings alone do not necessarily prove a departure and prohibited return.
• Compare the first departure and later arrival with the actual no-return interval and operating hours, not just the first observation time.
• Check the geographical extent of the condition. A new payment, driver change or move to another space within the same parking place does not automatically reset it.

3. Grounds and exemptions for a Hammersmith and Fulham Code 22 appeal

The statutory ground must match what happened. These code-specific points explain how to establish it.

A concession or express authorisation may affect the stay conditions, but it must cover the no-return restriction itself. An unavoidable event can support a specific exception or discretion. A new payment, a different driver or another bay in the same controlled area does not automatically reset the prohibition.

• The second arrival was after the no-return period had expired. Establish the earlier departure and later arrival using timed records, then apply the period shown on the sign.
• The council has mistaken another vehicle or a single observation for evidence of both visits. Ask for the registrations, times, locations and photographs underpinning the alleged return.
• The later visit was outside the parking place or area to which the no-return condition applied. Compare the parking order's extent with the signs; moving to the next individual space does not necessarily mean leaving the controlled parking place.
• The no-return condition was not in force or was not adequately conveyed. Show the full sign and time panels, and identify which permitted-use period applied to each visit.
• The alleged parking contravention did not happen, including where a relevant exemption applied or the restriction was not adequately signed.
• You were not the owner at the relevant time: you never owned the vehicle, sold it before the event or acquired it afterwards.
• The vehicle was under someone else's control without the owner's consent at the time of the alleged contravention.
• You are a vehicle-hire firm and the vehicle was hired under a qualifying agreement with a signed statement accepting PCN liability. Supply the hirer's name and address.
• The authority is demanding more than the penalty legally applicable to this case.
• The authority failed to comply with a statutory requirement in imposing or recovering the penalty: a procedural impropriety.
• The traffic order relied on is invalid, except an order subject to Part 6 of Schedule 9 to the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984.
• For a postal PCN relying on prevented service or a qualifying drive-away under regulation 10(2)(b) or (c), nobody prevented the officer from attaching or handing over the PCN. This is not the ground for an approved-device postal PCN.
• The enforcement notice should not have been served because the penalty was already paid in full, or at the valid discounted amount by the applicable deadline. Paying a parking tariff is different from paying the penalty.

4. How to make a formal representation to Hammersmith and Fulham

For a parking PCN attached to the vehicle or handed to the driver, send an informal challenge to Hammersmith and Fulham. Formal representations are made against the Notice to Owner, or directly against a postal parking PCN, within 28 days beginning with service. Respond to the formal notice even if an earlier informal challenge is unanswered.

The initial 50% discount applies for 14 days beginning with PCN service, or 21 days for an approved-device postal parking PCN. An early challenge may lead to a renewed discount if rejected; check the council's policy and the amount and deadline in its reply.

Hammersmith and Fulham's challenge page says that, for parking, bus-lane or moving-traffic tickets, a challenge received within the 14-day discount period will receive an extended discretionary discount period if the council does not cancel. The page does not specify the length of that extension; use the terms in the council's reply.

• The council's first and second observation records, including the exact locations.
• Timed receipts, vehicle-location records or other evidence of the first departure and later arrival.
• The full sign stating maximum stay, no-return period and operating hours.
• The parking-place boundary or relevant order provision where the two visits were at different spaces.

1. Open Hammersmith and Fulham's PCN service below. Enter the PCN reference (prefix HZ) and vehicle registration to find the notice and evidence.
2. Use the council-linked PCN portal with your reference beginning HZ and vehicle registration without spaces. It allows you to view details and photographs and make a challenge or representation; online challenges and photographs are not available until 24 hours after issue.
3. The council also accepts written challenges at LBHF Parking Services. Use the procedure and deadline for your notice.
4. For a parking Notice to Owner, use the formal representation procedure on that notice.
5. Do not pay if you intend to challenge, because the council says payment closes the case. The portal cannot display closed cases.
6. The portal cannot display cases where the vehicle has been removed to the car pound.
7. Explain which part of the Code 22 allegation you dispute. Include the PCN reference, vehicle registration, your address and copies of photographs or records supporting each point.
8. Postal alternative: LBHF Parking Services, PO Box 4666, Worthing BN11 9FY. Allow time for receipt before the deadline and retain proof of posting.
9. Save the full submission, attachments and dated acknowledgement.

5. How long does Hammersmith and Fulham have to respond?

Hammersmith and Fulham must serve its decision within 56 days beginning with receipt of qualifying formal representations. If it fails to comply, those representations are deemed accepted. This statutory period applies to formal representations, not an informal challenge or a request for photographs.

6. If Hammersmith and Fulham rejects your representation

A formal Notice of Rejection explains Hammersmith and Fulham's decision and how to appeal to London Tribunals. You have 28 days beginning with service of that notice to pay or register your tribunal appeal.

Compare the reply with the Code 22 grounds and evidence you submitted. Identify any unanswered point, missing evidence or inconsistency between the restriction and the recorded event. Keep the rejection notice and the appeal details supplied with it.

An informal rejection is different: formal representations can be made if a Notice to Owner follows.

7. Taking your Hammersmith and Fulham appeal to London Tribunals

London Tribunals is independent of Hammersmith and Fulham. Use the registration instructions and verification details in the Notice of Rejection, upload your evidence and explain why the alleged Code 22 contravention or liability is disputed.

There is no fee to register the appeal. If it is refused, the full penalty is normally payable; an earlier discount does not automatically continue. If registering late, explain the delay so the adjudicator can decide whether to accept the appeal.

Read Hammersmith and Fulham's evidence pack and respond to the points relevant to your case. Keep to the tribunal's directions and evidence deadlines.

2025 London Tribunals results: shared context

0 of 1 recorded cases were allowed (0.0%).

Full Code 22 PCN Appeal Guide

Read the detailed legislation, signage requirements, exemptions and case analysis for this contravention.