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Hi all,

I'm looking for advice on two PCNs issued by Tower Hamlets on Ebor Steet (EC1).

My husband was parked on the double yellow lines on Ebor Street. He is a blue badge holder for the passenger, but the badge was not displayed on this occasion.

PCN 1 was issued at 20:48 and attached to the windscreen. My husband moved the car slightly further down the same side of the road.

At 00:40, a CEO was issuing PCN 2. The CEO told him it would be cancelled and did not hand him anything, but both PCNs now appear on the system.

The side of Ebor street where he was parked is understood locally to fall under Hackney, not Tower Hamlets. Both PCNs simply state Ebor Street with no further location detail.

A few questions:
Can Tower Hamlets issue PCNs if the car was on the Hackney side of the road?
Can a second PCN be issued a few hours after the first one?
Lastly, the CEO told him the second PCN would be cancelled and did not serve it. Is this simply our word against the CEO's, and how is this usually dealt with?

Location:



Images of ticket and from CEO:


https://ibb.co/TxJ1YLdQ
https://ibb.co/8LWcppF5
https://ibb.co/8LWcppF5
https://ibb.co/VWryPDJW
https://ibb.co/XkFh0Z6z
https://ibb.co/SDQZnPkP
https://ibb.co/NnTYjdP2
https://ibb.co/C5vVF6Ys
https://ibb.co/6J7jKyWG
https://ibb.co/sdc8Lt9z
https://ibb.co/hF6V14xb

Hackney constituency wards (select Hoxton East and Shoreditch at the very bottom of the interactive map). Alternatively, there is a PDF that can be downloaded.

https://hackney.gov.uk/constituencies-wards

Many thanks for any advice/help with this.

Thanks stamfordman - that map is much clearer than the ones we had.

What would be the best way to challenge the PCNs now? Should I keep it simple and state that Tower Hamlets has no enforcement powers on that side of Ebor Street, so both the PCNs are invalid? And should I ignore the other points (two PCNs issued, CEO not serving the second one?)

Many thanks