Parking enforcement

Nottinghamshire County Council in partnership with the District and Borough Councils took over responsibility for parking enforcement on the county roads and Council-owned public car parks on 12 May 2008. The partnership between the County Council and Ashfield District Council ( www.ashfield-dc.gov.uk), Bassetlaw District Council ( www.bassetlaw.gov.uk), Broxtowe Borough Council ( www.broxtowe.gov.uk), Gedling Borough Council ( www.gedling.gov.uk), Mansfield District Council ( www.mansfield.gov.uk), Newark and Sherwood District Council ( www.newark-sherwooddc.gov.uk) and Rushcliffe Borough Council ( www.rushcliffe.gov.uk) is known as the Notts Parking Partnership and has been formed to ensure that parking enforcement is provided consistently and fairly across the County.

Further information

E-mail: parking.enforcement@nottscc.gov.uk
Tel: 0845 520 1357

Payment of a penalty charge notice (PCN)

If you have received a penalty charge notice you can make the payment here online

Challenging a PCN

Information about how to challenge a PCN.

How the Partnership operates

The Notts Parking Partnership has employed NCP Services ( www.ncpservices.co.uk) to supply Civil Enforcement Officers to enforce parking restrictions in the County. The contractor provides approximately 20 trained and equipped officers across the county. The District and Borough Parking Managers manage parking enforcement in their respective areas. This consists of allocating daily patrol ‘beats’, issuing daily parking dispensations, directing Enforcement Officers to reported parking issues and determining formal appeals.

The County Council operates a single Penalty Charge Notice (PCN) processing centre which ensures that all correspondence relating to PCNs is fairly and consistently resolved within stipulated timescales. The PCN process is detailed in PCN Information.

Benefits of Civil Parking Enforcement

Civil Parking Enforcement simply returns parking enforcement to a time when the Police and Traffic Wardens had sufficient resources to ensure that parking restrictions were respected. Over a number of years this resource has reduced as the Police have had to face new challenges. Legislation first introduced in 1991 has allowed local authorities to take responsibility for enforcement from the Police and many authorities have now done so. It is anticipated that most, if not all, of the UK will have Civil Parking Enforcement by 2011. The established benefits of improving parking enforcement are:

• Reduced congestion
• Improved road safety
• Greater availability of parking spaces particularly for shoppers
• Greater protection of disabled spaces and residents parking areas.

The money raised from the PCNs issued is used to pay for the enforcement service. Any surplus must be spent on improving local transport. This includes improving parking, traffic management, better public transport and facilities for pedestrians or cyclists.

There will be no significant changes to the restrictions as a consequence of the new enforcement. All that will change is who is responsible for undertaking enforcement. Apart from finding parking easier, drivers who park legally will not be affected by these changes.