Which type of parking, traffic or clean air notice is this?

Private Parking Charge Notice

Issued by a parking company (for example on retail, hospital or supermarket land). The company belongs to one of two trade bodies, and that decides where your second-stage appeal goes. Look on the notice for the BPA or IPC logo or membership line — that alone picks POPLA vs the IAS. If neither is printed on the first notice, check the membership page on the website of the operator named there — do not guess from the landowner or a rental firm.

• BPA member (British Parking Association) → appeal to the operator first, then POPLA.
• IPC member (International Parking Community) → appeal to the operator first, then the IAS. POPLA cannot hear IPC cases, and the IAS cannot hear BPA cases.
• Scotland: private parking still goes only to POPLA or the IAS (by BPA/IPC membership) — never to the Scottish transport tribunal, which hears council notices only. Only the driver (not the registered keeper) is liable.
• Hire or lease car, or a letter forwarded by your rental company: the route is always set by the original parking company named on the FIRST notice. Letters from your rental firm or a debt collector do not change the route — they only pass the same charge along. Ask your rental firm for a copy of the ORIGINAL notice before choosing a route.

Council, TfL and clean-air Penalty Charge Notice

Issued by a council, Transport for London or another statutory authority. This route covers parking, bus lane, moving traffic, red route, Congestion Charge and ULEZ/clean-air penalties — a camera notice by post counts just like a windscreen ticket. The tribunal depends on where the notice was issued:

• London (boroughs and all TfL notices, including ULEZ and red routes) → London Tribunals.
• England outside London, and Wales → Traffic Penalty Tribunal.
• Scotland → the First-tier Tribunal for Scotland (Transport Appeals). Private parking ticket in Scotland? That belongs in the Private section — this tribunal hears council notices only.
• Northern Ireland → notices come from the Department for Infrastructure (not local councils); after DfI reviews your challenge, appeals go to the Northern Ireland Traffic Penalty Tribunal — NI's own body.

Typical sequence: challenge or representations to the issuer first, then the tribunal for your nation or city.