Pay a parking ticket (Penalty Charge Notice)

If you have received a parking ticket (Penalty Charge Notice), you can pay it online.

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If you get a Penalty Charge Notice in a council-operated off-street car park you should contact the council directly. Contact details can be found at this link:

Local councils in Northern Ireland

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You can find out how any personal information you send to the Parking Enforcement Processing Unit when using this service will be handled by viewing its privacy notice.

Pay a parking ticket (Penalty Charge Notice)

Additional information

You can also pay a parking ticket (Penalty Charge Notice):

by telephone on 0300 200 7895 using a credit/ debit card (Visa/ Mastercard/ Switch)
Contacting 08 and 03 telephone numbers
by post to the Parking Enforcement Processing Unit address below by crossed cheque or postal order made payable to 'Department for Infrastructure':

Parking Enforcement Processing Unit
P.O. Box 134
Coleraine
BT52 9AF

When paying by cheque or postal order:

complete and include the tear-off slip at the bottom of the parking ticket
write the parking ticket number on the back of the cheque or postal order

You can find more information about PCNs at this link:

Parking tickets (Penalty Charge Notices)

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Pay a parking ticket (Penalty Charge Notice)

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