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Pendle's Car Parks and the Disc System

Parking in all of Pendle Council's car parks is free. These can either be long-stay car parks or short-stay ones. The maximum length of stay in a short-stay car park is two and a half hours. If you think you may need longer than this, we'd recommend you use a long-stay car park instead.

• Directory of car parks in Pendle, including postcodes
  

When using one of the short-stay car parks, you must display a disc showing your time of arrival. These parking discs are available free of charge at all Council offices and many nearby shops. Alternatively, you can telephone Engineering and Special Projects on 01282 661053.

Car Parks Parking Enforcement

The short-stay car parks are patrolled on a regular basis by civil enforcement officers, who may serve a Penalty Charge Notice (PCN) if they have reason to believe that a vehicle is contravening the parking regulations.

You will contravene the regulations if:

• you fail to display a disc
• you show a false time of arrival (the disc should be set to the nearest quarter mark)
• you subsequently return to the vehicle and alter the time displayed on the disc
• you park for longer than two and a half hours
• you re-park your vehicle in the same car park within two hours of driving away
• you park beyond the bay markings (ie your vehicle occupies two parking spaces).

Please follow this link for a full list of contravention codes (external ink) and the relevant penalty.

Pay or Challenge A Fine (Car Parks)

For penalty charge notices issued from 7 September 2009 onwards, you should contact Chipside Lancashire at their website or on 0845 505 2525 to pay or challenge a Penalty Charge Notice served in one of our car parks.

Payment can be made online or by post.

On-Street Parking Enforcement

From 7 September 2009, on-street parking enforcement has been carried out directly by Lancashire County Council. The scheme, which replaced ParkWise, is known as Lancashire Parking Services (external link).

The new service enforces on-street restrictions such as parking on double yellow lines, limited waiting bays, residents-only parking bays, parking in bus lanes and parking on pedestrian crossings.

Pay or Challenge A Fine (On-Street Parking)

If you wish to challenge a Penalty Charge Notice served whilst parked on a public highway, please contact Lancashire Parking Services on 0800 195 2774.

Payment can be made online, by post, or using a telephone via 0800 195 2774. Please note that Lancashire Parking Services do not accept American Express.