Council or transport authority Yellow box PCN
This situation: The ticket must identify the correct place; vague or wrong street or junction names can fail the council's case. - full question

Does the street name on your ticket match the place where they say you broke the rule?

Challenge guidance for this situation

This page explains a common yellow box PCN appeal angle. If the checker brought you here, the guidance below is adjusted using your yes/no answer in the URL. This is not legal advice.

Your draft letter

Replace everything in [square brackets] with your own details. Scroll inside the box if the text is long. 

Subject: Representation / appeal: yellow box [PCN number]

I challenge this penalty because the location on the penalty notice is wrong or misleading.

The notice says: [text from PCN]. The camera / incident actually relates to: [describe the correct junction or road].

The authority must enforce the charge for the correct place and junction. If the notice does not match where the offence is meant to have happened, the penalty may not be valid.

[Add maps, photos, or directions if helpful. Vehicle registration, date.]

Yours faithfully,

[Name]

Guidance for your case

What to do next

Set out the correct location and how the ticket differs. Use the draft below.

Why this can matter

Adjudicators have allowed appeals when the PCN described the wrong place, junction, or box, or the motorist was misled about where the offence was said to occur.

Wrong junction name or road on the PCN has overturned tickets. Compare to maps.