Renfrewshire Council

What it costs

A penalty charge notice issued for a parking fine is £100. 

If you pay the fine within 14 days of it being issued, it will be reduced to £50.

If you only pay £50 after the 14 days have expired, this will be considered as part-payment and you'll still need to pay the remaining balance of £50.

If we receive full payment within 28 days of issuing the penalty charge notice, we will close the case.

If you have lost your penalty charge notice, call us on 0300 300 0380.

Ways to pay your penalty charge notice

Online Payment

You can pay your parking fine online through MyAccount.

By phone

Call us on 0300 300 0300. Our customer services are open from 8:45am to 4:45pm Mondays to Thursdays and 8:45am to 3:55pm on Fridays.

In person

Visit our Customer Service Centre at Renfrewshire House, Cotton Street, Paisley, PA1 1BU.

Opening hours: 8:45am to 4:45pm Mondays to Thursdays, and 8:45am to 3:55pm on Fridays.

By post

Do not send cash by post. 

Make sure you attach the completed Penalty Charge Notice (PCN) payment slip to the cheque or postal order. 

Make it payable to 'Renfrewshire Council' and write the PCN Number on the reverse of the cheque or postal order.

If you are paying by credit card, make sure the card details are entered accurately on the payment slip. 

If you don't pay the parking fine

If we don't receive payment for the fine, we will send a 'Notice to Owner' to the registered keeper of the vehicle.

If you receive a Notice to Owner, you can pay the fine or have a representation made on your behalf.

Representations can only be made on certain grounds which are explained on the Notice to Owner form.

However, we may consider exceptional circumstances that are not covered by the categories on the form.

If we agree with your representation, you'll receive a Notice of Acceptance and the case will be closed.

If your representation is not accepted, you will receive a Notice of Rejection.

If you ignore a penalty charge notice

Do not ignore a penalty charge notice.

It will carry additional charges if you don't pay it, or contest the fine, promptly.

We may issue you with a Charge Certificate:

• if the fine has not been paid 28 days after we've issued a Notice to Owner
• after an appeal or representation has been refused.

A Charge Certificate will increase the penalty by another 50% of the original charge.

If we issue you with a Charge Certificate, your no longer have the right to appeal.

If the fine remains unpaid, we may pass it to our debt recovery team for further action.

Appealing your parking fine

You can appeal the parking fine if you don't think you should have been given it.