Parking Tickets

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1. How many parking tickets has Devon County Council issued in each of the past three years (can be year to April, or Jan-Dec whichever is easier).

01/04/24 – 31/03/25 01/04/23 – 31/03/24 01/04/22 – 31/03/23
Penalty Charge Notice (PCN’s) Issued 85,957 84,266 71,978

This includes Postal PCN’s issued for drive aways.

2. Of those, how many ticket were appealed?

01/04/24 – 31/03/25 01/04/23 – 31/03/24 01/04/22 – 31/03/23
Appeals Received 14,703 15,907 13,829

These figures are for Appeals received at the Council.

3. Of those ticket appealed, how many were upheld (i.e. ticket cancelled?).

01/04/24 – 31/03/25 01/04/23 – 31/03/24 01/04/22 – 31/03/23
Appeals Accepted 4833 5112 4418

These are figures for Cases decided by the Council.

In addition, if possible:
4. What reasons were tickets refunded for – i.e. was it disability?

Appeal Grounds 01/04/24 – 31/03/25 01/04/23 – 31/03/24 01/04/22 – 31/03/23
Bankruptcy 8 12 4
Breakdown 144 149 115
Carer 111 129 149
Disabled 687 553 502
Dispensation/waiver 114 113 134
Emergency Vehicle 14 29 15
Emergency Works 20 19 22
Issued in Error 324 388 241
General / Discretion 104 66 63
Line, Sign, TRO 211 336 264
Load/Unloading 358 426 482
Medical 64 72 48
Mitigation 1316 987 701
Pay & Display/RingGo 1047 1177 1083
Refunded* 0 0 0
Taken / Stolen 17 31 37
Valid Permit 293 616 545
Vulnerable 1 9 13
Cancelled Foreign Vehicle 398 384 249
Cancelled DVLA No Trace 1171 1065 884

Please note upheld appeals require no payment. Refunds are not required.

*Payment is acceptance of liability. Data on later refunds not held.

5. How much money did Devon County Council receive in parking fine revenue for each of the three years?

01/04/24 – 31/03/25 01/04/23 – 31/03/24 01/04/22 – 31/03/23
Income Paid in Date Range £2,870,225.15 £2,651,588.50 £2,349,300.84