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#Post#: 110874--------------------------------------------------
What is the legal/enforceable timing for the 10 minute grace per
iod-10th minute or 11th minute?
By: X10 Date: February 23, 2026, 8:47 pm
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Hi all,
I did a search and trawled through a lot of threads and pinned
posts but could not find an answer to this question, perhaps I
did not use the correct terms.
My question is this, when can a ticket be issued after a parking
period has lapsed, based on the 10 minute grace period?
Using the following example - Parking ticket expires 08:30, PCN
issued by CEO stating "Observed From 08:36 to 08:40" "Time:
08:40"
From a challenge/legal/appeal perspective, would this be a valid
PCN or does the CEO have to wait until 08:41 to issue the PCN?
I ask only as some places seem to indicate it can only be issued
on the 11th minute onwards, other places say 10th minute onwards
and I'm curious as to what is correct.
If it's already been difinitively discussed/answered here,
apologies, please direct me to the appropriate link.
Thank you!
#Post#: 110877--------------------------------------------------
Re: What is the legal/enforceable timing for the 10 minute grace
period-10th minute or 11th minute?
By: Dave Green Date: February 24, 2026, 12:37 am
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I don't know about the legal side of it but once the clock hits
08:40, 10 full minutes have elapsed from 08:30 so at 08:40, you
are starting minute 11.
#Post#: 110904--------------------------------------------------
Re: What is the legal/enforceable timing for the 10 minute grace
period-10th minute or 11th minute?
By: MrChips Date: February 24, 2026, 4:14 am
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Pretty sure they have to wait until 11 minutes have elapsed -
will try and find a previous case for you.
#Post#: 110913--------------------------------------------------
Re: What is the legal/enforceable timing for the 10 minute grace
period-10th minute or 11th minute?
By: tincombe Date: February 24, 2026, 5:09 am
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If you don't have a current PCN, should this not be in the Flame
Pit?
In any event, this applies:
HTML https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2022/71/regulation/5
The end of a 'permitted parking period' may be indicated either
by the display of a ticket, whether P&D or voucher or whatever,
or virtually.
How this expiry time is shown is IMO the end of the permitted
parking period.
If, say, this is 09.30 am then as the regs provide that 'no
penalty charge may be imposed under paragraph (1) in relation to
a parking contravention where—
(a)the vehicle is stationary in a designated parking place and
is left beyond the permitted parking period, and
(b)the period for which it is left beyond the permitted parking
period does not exceed 10 minutes.'
then IMO the embargoed period is the expiry time, however
expressed, plus a full 10 minutes e.g. an expiry time of 9.30
would prevent a PCN from being served until 9.41.
#Post#: 110942--------------------------------------------------
Re: What is the legal/enforceable timing for the 10 minute grace
period-10th minute or 11th minute?
By: stamfordman Date: February 24, 2026, 7:51 am
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Given that parking PCNs are only issued at minute intervals the
grace period can only expire when it is certain that a full 10
minutes has elapsed so that means 08:41 in this case.
#Post#: 110961--------------------------------------------------
Re: What is the legal/enforceable timing for the 10 minute grace
period-10th minute or 11th minute?
By: Dave Green Date: February 24, 2026, 8:42 am
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[quote author=stamfordman link=topic=10024.msg110942#msg110942
date=1771941088]
Given that parking PCNs are only issued at minute intervals the
grace period can only expire when it is certain that a full 10
minutes has elapsed so that means 08:41 in this case.
[/quote]
But 10 full minutes have elapsed when the clock hits 08:40.
Starting at 08:00, one full minute has elapsed at 08:01,
two full minutes have elapsed at 08:02
up until 08:10 when ten minutes have elapsed and minute 11
begins.
It's no different to your age. On your 10th birthday, you have
been around for 10 full years and are beginning year 11 of your
life.
#Post#: 110970--------------------------------------------------
Re: What is the legal/enforceable timing for the 10 minute grace
period-10th minute or 11th minute?
By: MrChips Date: February 24, 2026, 9:16 am
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But if observation starts at 8.30, that could be 8.30 and 59
seconds, in which case a PCN issued at 8.40 would almost
certainly be within the ten minutes of grace.
#Post#: 111022--------------------------------------------------
Re: What is the legal/enforceable timing for the 10 minute grace
period-10th minute or 11th minute?
By: NorthernUpholder Date: February 24, 2026, 12:28 pm
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What's the contravention? That'll determine whether 10 minutes
is due.
10 minutes grace isn't related to observation though. It's the
amount of leeway you have after your time runs out. Say you had
a P&D or pay by phone, you have 10 minutes for unforeseen
circumstances such as appointments overrunning or the like. But
to be sure it's 10 full minutes you have to do 11. That's not
actually written down, it's just practical.
Observation just needs to be 5 mins. In practice 6 mins because
if you time from say 10:00 to to 10:05 you may have timed from
10:00:50 to 10:05:10 and given less than 5 mins. But there is no
statutory requirement of observation time, just that it's
applied according to rules.
#Post#: 111031--------------------------------------------------
Re: What is the legal/enforceable timing for the 10 minute grace
period-10th minute or 11th minute?
By: stamfordman Date: February 24, 2026, 12:48 pm
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Depends on what type of permitted parking place it is.
A pay bay - CEO can check a displayed ticket or more likely now
a pay by phone session.
A time limited free bay - CEO would need observation to
determine an overstay.
A simple way of looking at this:
If there were no 10 minute grace, when is the earliest a PCN
could be issued?
If you answered 8:31, you are of course right, so then when is
over 10 mins from 8:31?
#Post#: 111098--------------------------------------------------
Re: What is the legal/enforceable timing for the 10 minute grace
period-10th minute or 11th minute?
By: sx4 Date: February 25, 2026, 5:30 am
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If ticket expired 08.30 then the 10 minute grace period would be
until 08.40 so the CEO could issue a pcn at 08.40 and 1 second,
but most CEOs would wait until 08.41 .
My council who I worked for gave instructions to give the extra
minute but legally we didn’t have to , but when I was doing the
job it was only 5 minutes grace period not 10.
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