AppealGo UK parking guides

Search plain-English guides on appealing UK parking tickets: council PCNs, private parking charges (ParkingEye, Euro Car Parks, APCOA...), bus lane, ULEZ, Clean Air Zone, Notice to Owner, TE9 witness statements, London boroughs and contravention codes. Returns slugs to pass to get_guide.

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "query": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Free text, e.g. 'ParkingEye grace period' or 'yellow box'"
    },
    "category": {
      "type": "string",
      "enum": [
        "notice-types",
        "operators",
        "councils",
        "codes"
      ]
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "query"
  ],
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#"
}

Returns a full AppealGo guide as Markdown, with its sources.

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "slug": {
      "type": "string"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "slug"
  ],
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#"
}

What a two-digit council PCN contravention code means (e.g. 01, 12, 30, 34, 62), its penalty band, and the grounds that usually beat it.

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "code": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The code on the PCN, e.g. '12' or '31J'"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "code"
  ],
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#"
}

Find the code for a description, e.g. 'disabled bay' or 'bus lane'.

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "query": {
      "type": "string"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "query"
  ],
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#"
}

Given the notice type and the date on the notice, returns the discount deadline, the challenge/representations deadline, when escalation can start, and (if you pass a rejection date) the tribunal or POPLA/IAS deadline. Statutory defaults; the notice is authoritative.

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "notice_type": {
      "type": "string",
      "enum": [
        "council_parking",
        "council_postal",
        "london_moving",
        "tfl_charge",
        "clean_air_zone",
        "private_anpr",
        "private_windscreen"
      ],
      "description": "council_parking = Council parking PCN (windscreen or handed to you); council_postal = Council PCN by post (CCTV parking, bus lane or moving traffic outside London); london_moving = London bus lane, yellow box or banned turn (borough or TfL red route); tfl_charge = ULEZ, LEZ or Congestion Charge PCN (TfL); clean_air_zone = Clean Air Zone PCN (Birmingham, Bristol, Bath, Bradford, Portsmouth, Sheffield, Tyneside); private_anpr = Private parking charge by post (ANPR camera); private_windscreen = Private parking charge left on the windscreen"
    },
    "notice_date": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "yyyy-mm-dd, the date on the notice"
    },
    "event_date": {
      "description": "yyyy-mm-dd, the parking date if different (private ANPR/windscreen)",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "notice_to_owner_date": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "rejection_date": {
      "description": "yyyy-mm-dd on the Notice of Rejection, if you have one",
      "type": "string"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "notice_type",
    "notice_date"
  ],
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#"
}

Public status for a customer reference such as PCN-4471A2B9.

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "reference": {
      "type": "string"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "reference"
  ],
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#"
}