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of PCN appeals against Newport City Council are won
The Traffic Penalty Tribunal recorded 350 outcomes for appeals against Newport City Council from 2019/20 to 2024/25, and 167 of them ended with the driver paying nothing. That is 6.7 points below the 54.4% tribunal average.
What the parking is worth. In its 2024-25 return to the Welsh Government, Newport City Council reported £1.3m of parking income and a surplus of £22,000 after running costs. Wales reports parking as a single service, so unlike England there is no published figure for how much of that came from penalties rather than from people paying to park, and we are not going to estimate one. A surplus is not profit either: on-street surpluses have to be spent on transport under section 55 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984.
46 of those 167 wins were uncontested. In 27.5% of the appeals Newport City Council lost, it put up no defence at the tribunal at all. That is a small share, so expect Newport City Council to defend most cases and put your argument in front of an adjudicator rather than fold early. Those tickets were not close calls. The authority had already given up on them, and the appeal was the only thing standing between the driver and a cancelled charge.
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| Year | Allowed | Not contested | Refused | Won |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019/20 | 17 | 15 | 31 | 49% |
| 2020/21 | 26 | 3 | 18 | 60% |
| 2021/22 | 22 | 8 | 18 | 61% |
| 2022/23 | 23 | 7 | 31 | 48% |
| 2023/24 | 17 | 3 | 37 | 35% |
| 2024/25 | 16 | 10 | 41 | 38% |
| All years | 121 | 46 | 176 | 47.7% |
Busiest year: 2024/25, with 69 appeals decided. A further 7 appeals were closed by consent order across the period, which the tribunal counts separately because it can mean the driver agreeing to pay the original charge.
What this does and does not tell you
These are appeals that reached an independent adjudicator, which is the last stage. They leave out every ticket cancelled earlier, when you first challenge it or make formal representations, and that is where most successful challenges actually end. So your real chance of getting a ticket cancelled somewhere in the process is higher than 47.7%, not lower. Among the 203 authorities in England outside London and in Wales with enough appeals to compare, Newport City Council ranks 146th for how often drivers win.
Two details worth knowing before you read too much into the number. The refused column includes appeals made after the deadline and appeals the driver withdrew, so it is not purely a record of arguments that lost on the evidence. And a small number of appeals each year finish with no outcome recorded against any of these categories, so the totals here are of appeals that reached a recorded outcome rather than of every appeal lodged.
Before you write
- Find your contravention code. Every PCN carries a two digit code that says exactly what they claim you did, and what they have to prove. Look yours up.
- Check the deadline. Discounts and rights both expire. Work out your dates.
- Know how appeals work outside London. The Traffic Penalty Tribunal route, step by step.
- Do not just ignore it. What actually happens if you do.
How similar authorities compare
| Authority | Appeals won |
|---|---|
| Darlington Borough Council | 47.9% of 119 |
| Middlesbrough Council | 47.8% of 295 |
| Rushcliffe Borough Council | 47.7% of 132 |
| Newport City Council (this page) | 47.7% of 350 |
| Maidstone Borough Council | 47.4% of 572 |
| Herefordshire County Council | 47.2% of 218 |
| Lincolnshire County Council | 47.2% of 941 |
Every authority we hold figures for, with sources →
Source: Traffic Penalty Tribunal, appeals data by authority, covering 2013/14 to 2024/25. The tribunal decides appeals for England outside London and for Wales, across parking, bus lane, moving traffic, clean air zone, river crossing and littering penalties. Only parking penalties appear in its record. A tribunal outcome depends on the evidence in that particular case, so nothing here predicts yours.