All 32 London councils, including Hounslow Council, plan to introduce higher penalties across London for drivers that contravene parking or traffic regulations from Monday, 7 April 2025
Published: Friday, 14th March 2025

The move - which will raise parking and traffic penalty charges for the first time since 2011 - is designed to create a stronger deterrent to obstructive parking and to encourage better parking behaviour and, consequently, improve road safety throughout London.
This follows a determination by the London Councils’ Transport and Environment Committee, approval by the Mayor of London and having received no objection from the Secretary of State for Transport.
A Penalty Charge Notice (PCN) is issued for breaches of parking and traffic regulations.
Serious contraventions, such as parking on double yellow lines and causing an obstruction incur a higher-level penalty and minor contraventions, like overstaying in a pay and display parking bay, incur a lower-level penalty.
For Hounslow Council – identified as a band A borough – this means that higher-level parking penalties charges will increase from £130 to £160, discounted to £80 if paid within 14 days from the date the PCN was issued. Parking penalties at the lower level will rise from £80 to £110, discounted to £55 if paid within the 14 days.
As part of the changes, Bus Lane and Moving Traffic contraventions will also increase from £130 to £160, along with additional parking fees in relation to clamping and removing vehicles:
- Release fee from wheel clamp: £100
- Release fee from car pound: £280
- Daily storage fee: £55 per day
- Disposal fee: £100
Residents will be able to check the new charges here.
Councillor Shivraj Grewal, Hounslow Council’s Cabinet Member for Infrastructure, Recycling and Transformation, said:
“We are committed to making Hounslow and London’s roads safer for everyone, which is why we are working together to tackle anti-social drivers. With these new, higher penalties in place, we hope that those drivers will now think before driving dangerously or parking inconsiderately – or be ready to pay hefty fines.”