Enforcement Information

Civil Parking Enforcement (CPE)

Suffolk County Council is the local Highway Authority and Suffolk Highways manages the local highway network in East Suffolk.

Numerous pieces of legislation apply for highways management and the Statutory Instrument 2020 No. 14 -The Civil Enforcement of Parking Contraventions Designation Order 2020 (legislation.gov.uk) enables Civil Parking Enforcement (CPE) to be administered across Suffolk.

Suffolk County Council delegated functions to East Suffolk Council, enabling it to administer CPE on SCC’s behalf in East Suffolk. The functions include:

• the patrolling of on-street kerb-space management regulations serving Penalty Charge Notices (PCNs) where necessary to encourage driver compliance of regulations
• the processing of PCNs in accordance with the statutory process, which includes the consideration of appeals and the collection of penalty charges and road traffic debt. What to do if you receive a parking fine.

Many drivers follow the rules and highway laws set out in the Department for Transport's publications of The Highway Code, Know your traffic signs and where applicable the Blue Badge scheme: rights and responsibilities in England booklet, but those who do not, risk receiving a PCN.

If you wish to report a parking problem please visit our Parking problems webpage.

Traffic regulation orders 

Traffic regulation orders (TROs) are made under the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 and they enable the management of the highway network. Suffolk County Council is the local Highway Authority responsible for making TROs for East Suffolk’s highway network.

The kerb-space management regulations installed via TROs for Suffolk’s highway network may be viewed at Suffolk Traffweb. These regulations are patrolled and civil parking enforcement action taken when necessary in order to encourage compliance thereby facilitating the safe and expeditious movement of all highway users in accordance with the Traffic Management Act 2004. 

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