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Morning All,

I parked on Abbey Road, Abbey Wood SE2 between 11am - 1pm and paid £15.10 for 2hrs parking via Ringo.

There was only was space available and when I came back to my car I noticed an PCN on my vehicle.

Baffled how I received this PCN I viewed their evidence and it looks like where I had parked was 'permit holders only' as you can see in the pictures below, another vehicle was parked over the double lines which separate payed parking and permit bays. The pay to park sign was right near my vehicle and the PERMIT HOLDERS ONLY SIGN was further down the road, the complete opposite direction I was going as the station was behind me.

I believe this in entirely unfair as I had no intention of not paying as I did pay via Ringo. I do not believe this is signed properly and other people had PCNs on their vehicle so I'm assuming it's a common mistake.

There was so signage separating payed for parking bays or permit holder only bays.

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More photos as it would not allow me to upload more than 4.

Please have a read of

https://www.ftla.uk/civil-penalty-charge-notices-(councils-tfl-and-so-on)/read-this-first-before-posting-your-case!-this-section-is-for-council-tfl-dartme/

and post up here both sides of the unredacted PCN and a GSV link to the location.

This looks straightforward, here's a draft representation:


Send this via the council website and keep a screenshot of the confirmation page.

Unfortunatelyy, no, it is not correct.

The 56 day limit applies to formal representations against a Notice to Owner, which you have yet to receive. With the penalty having now gone up to £110, there should be one on its way soon.
You have submitted an "informal challenge" and there is no time limit on responding to these. In fact, if you look at the back of your PCN, you'll see a paragraph before the Data Protection Statment where it is explained.  Essentially, you MUST respond to the Notice to Owner, assuming you are the owner.

Hi All,

Just an update, I've recieved a letter in the post today from Bexley Council rejecting my appeal. Seems they ignored most of my appeal reason and focused on what they wanted.





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Hi again,

I have once again received an rejection letter from Bexley Council after both appeals. I now have the option to appeal to the Parking Adjudicator or pay £110.

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I can't seem to attach the image to this post so I have posted links above.

Fir conveneience, using the BBCodes provided by Freeimage

Good spot! In terms of my appeal to London Tribunals, is the below sufficient?

I challenge liability for this penalty because the alleged contravention did not occur. Having reviewed the CEO's photos it is clear that there are two distinct bays separated by bay divider markings, however it is obvious that I missed these because a silver Honda was parked directly on top of those markings, please see the CEO's fourth photo.

While I appreciate it is not the council's fault that the silver Honda was parked on top of the road markings, that is not my fault either. As the bay divider markings were not visible, I had no way of knowing that my car was not parked in the pay and display bay. I attach a copy of my ringo receipt showing that I paid £14.80 to park.

I believe Bexley Council have my vehicle mixed up with the Silver Honda. The reason I believe this is because in my appeal rejection letter, Bexley Council ignored my grounds of appeal and stated the following "Your vehicle was parked partly in a permit holders' bay where pay and display tickets and cashless payments are not valid. You can see in image 4 that your vehicle was parked across the end of a bay with one type of restriction and into the start of another bay with a different restriction." This is in reference to the Silver Honda as shown in image 4 which is not my vehicle.

Furthermore my car was parked in close proximity to the pay and display machine, while the permit only sign was away from my car and I walked in the opposite direction to the sign when I got out of my car, I am attaching a photo to illustrate the point.

In light of the above the PCN should be cancelled.

Yours faithfully,