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So here is the bay you parked-in, clearly intended for the brewers "dray" to deliver the beer !
https://maps.app.goo.gl/nBiuXJRAUeknmewm8
However, I have to say the way it is marked out is most unusual, and indeed open to question, in my opinion. The photos on their rejection letter, show you as only partially in the bay, and the unusual markings would not, in my opinion, point you to the need to look for a bay restrictions sign, which is mounted in a low position and is not at all prominent.

So the question is - are you prepared to stand your ground and take them all the way to London Tribunals ? If you do this it would be a double-or-quits gamble in that the full PCN penalty would be in play. I think you stand a reasonable chance of success, but see what others say. Don't however miss any deadlines on the PCN while waiting.

No you haven't missed anything, it is silly me for missing it !  Obviously the lateness of the hour caused me to miss the obvious ! However you didn't post your reps, so maybe that's why.

This looks like the Fob-Off letter to beat all others, where not only have they have totally ignored your representations, they haven't even bothered to look at the sign shown in their own letter of rejection, and compared it to the PCN time to the sign !

Under the enforcement process, what you have to do now is wait for the Notice to Owner and submit a formal representation, but no harm will be done by sending a second challenge to them asking them to compare the times on the sign, with the time on your PCN.
If they resist all the way to London Tribunals, you'd be justified in seeking a costs order.

This is unless an adjudicator has a brain fart a sure fired win and costs could well be awarded to you as Inc says wait for the NTO post it here and one of us will help with a draft representation and appeal if needed

Thanks Pastmybest, appreciate the offer and will update of course.

Yep Incandescent, I think I just wanted reassurance that I wasn’t being really daft about the way I interpreted sign etc because it seemed such an obvious error that I thought they would cancel it as soon as I made my first representations. I assume they just gamble that people will get scared when rejected and just pay up maybe.