Teignbridge District Code 49 PCN Appeal (2026)

1. What does Teignbridge District Code 49 mean?

Code 49 alleges parking wholly or partly on a cycle track or lane. A segregated cycle track is different from a lane forming part of the carriageway. DfT describes mandatory lanes as prohibiting driving and parking during their operating times, while an advisory lane is not the same mandatory prohibition. Separate waiting restrictions may still apply.

Contravention

Code 49 alleges parking wholly or partly on a cycle track or lane

Category

On-Street Parking PCNs

Issuing authority

Teignbridge District Council

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

Teignbridge District, then Traffic Penalty Tribunal after a formal Notice of Rejection.

2. What must Teignbridge District establish?

Show the solid or broken boundary, cycle symbols, physical separation and any operating-time signs. A cycle track separated from the carriageway is not simply another painted lane.

Also record separate yellow lines or other waiting controls. An advisory cycle lane does not remove a parking restriction that applies independently.

• The authority must identify whether the location is a cycle track, a mandatory cycle lane or an advisory lane, and the enforceable parking prohibition relied upon.
• The vehicle must be parked wholly or partly within the relevant facility. Permitted crossing or access must be distinguished from remaining parked there.
• Any operating hours and the lane's boundary must cover the parked vehicle. An advisory line alone is not the same mandatory prohibition as a solid cycle-lane line.
• Any access, works or emergency exception must apply to that facility and activity. An old loading allowance must not be assumed to permit parking in every mandatory cycle lane.

3. Grounds and exemptions for a Teignbridge District Code 49 appeal

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

The applicable law and order determine any necessary-access, emergency or other exception. Do not import an old handbook's loading allowance into every mandatory cycle lane: current DfT guidance prohibits parking in a mandatory lane during its operating hours. A Blue Badge and hazard lights do not provide general cycle-lane parking permission.

• The vehicle was outside the cycle track or lane alleged. Photograph the physical separation, line and vehicle position rather than relying on a cropped view of a cycle symbol.
• The council treated an advisory lane as a mandatory prohibition without identifying another enforceable parking restriction. Compare the solid or broken line, signs and any yellow-line or order-based control.
• The mandatory lane restriction was not operating at the PCN time or the area was lawfully available for the use made of it. Provide the full time panel and relevant provision.
• The vehicle was not parked but making a permitted crossing or was stopped by circumstances covered by a specific exception. Explain the complete event; access to nearby premises is not general permission to park on a cycle facility.
• 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 Teignbridge District

For a parking PCN attached to the vehicle or handed to the driver, send an informal challenge to Teignbridge District. 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.

• Wide photographs of the cycle facility, line, kerb or physical separation.
• The complete signs and operating-time panels.
• The council's recording and description of the vehicle's movement or parked position.
• The relevant restriction or permission and evidence supporting a claimed access or emergency exception.

1. Follow the submission instructions on your current notice. The link below is Teignbridge District's official parking information, not a verified submission form.
2. Check the issuing authority, PCN reference and vehicle registration on your current notice before choosing a challenge route.
3. Use the submission method and deadline stated on your current notice. Check that any online form is for the notice type and stage you have.
4. Keep a copy of your submission and attachments, and retain any acknowledgement or postal delivery record.
5. Explain which part of the Code 49 allegation you dispute. Include the PCN reference, vehicle registration, your address and copies of photographs or records supporting each point.
6. Save the full submission, attachments and dated acknowledgement.

5. How long does Teignbridge District have to respond?

Teignbridge District 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 Teignbridge District rejects your representation

A formal Notice of Rejection explains Teignbridge District's decision and how to appeal to Traffic Penalty Tribunal. You have 28 days beginning with service of that notice to pay or register your tribunal appeal.

Compare the reply with the Code 49 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 Teignbridge District appeal to Traffic Penalty Tribunal

Traffic Penalty Tribunal is independent of Teignbridge District. Use the registration instructions and verification details in the Notice of Rejection, upload your evidence and explain why the alleged Code 49 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 Teignbridge District'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

1 of 10 recorded cases were allowed (10.0%).

Full Code 49 PCN Appeal Guide

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