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Hi everyone.

I got a PCN for parking during restricted hours on Caledonian Road. The PCN is below. The pictures only showed my car, and no street signage.

The closest gateway signs (if they're called that) has one of the signs missing on one side, I don't know if that helps. This is on Brewery Road.

I appealed simply saying "The contravention did not occur". I have included their response to the appeal below as well.

As usual any help is greatly appreciated. Thank you.

PCN Front

PCN Back


Appeal reply

I knew the parking timings. I left it overnight, and forgot to move it the next day. Normally I'd wake up and move it to a permit bay as it becomes available.

I was just seeing if I had any way of wriggling out of it.

You have a resident's permit?

Your best bet was probably to ask for a first time cancellation as a resident permit holder and it was an oversight but they probably wouldn't have cancelled.

The tribunal does allow appeals where the CPZ signage and council evidence of such is poor so you could try playing dumb and continuing in this way but it would be a gamble and in any case you would first have to write reps to the NTO. You could just say the CPZ entry signage from your direction of travel was inadequate owing to a missing sign.

You got an NTO?

You don't 'appeal' to councils - you make representations. Appeals are to the tribunal.

I see you have history with multiple Islington PCNs, most successful and two others still outstanding.

While adjudicators may focus only on the evidence to hand Islington may well say you are well aware of local restrictions.