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Hi there,
I was visiting a friend in London and parked in a permit holder bay. We had internet troubles but did get the permit. Now the PCN is timed at 09:42 and I got the permit at 10:11.
I'm a complete rookie at fighting these things so any advice is greatly appreciated.
Thank you in advance,
Nomad

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Please give us a detailed account of exactly what these internet problems were. An adjudicator is going to require such an explanation so we need to know now in order to determine whether you have a case.

This is a central London borough, why was 4G / 5G on a mobile not an option?

The fact that it's a day pass definitely helps.

As painful as it might be, you need to write out a step by step chronology of all the various attempts that were made, what went wrong and so on. There is a significant time delay to cover, so you need to persuade an adjudicator that for the entire time between parking and the permit being obtained, you were attempting to get the permit sorted out. Just saying "internet problems" won't cut it.

Also, if you could get a screenshot of the browser history that would be extremely helpful as it will show all the various attempts that were made.

Thank you for your help.
I'll appeal it and see what they come back with.

@Nomad_Stan03 no, that's pointless. Write a draft and put it on here for review. There's no much point in you coming here for help and then going off on your own with a half-baked representation.

Ok, I really do appreciate the time you're taking with me here. Thank you.

Dear Sir/Madam,
I would like to appeal this PCN I received on the 24/10/2023 in which I did not have the virtual permit at the time. I was visiting London from up North and was informed off the person I was visiting that I would need to attain a permit when I got there.
I did infact attain a day permit albeit a little later than I had hoped due to technical difficulties with my friends laptop. She has very poor internet connection in her basement flat and the site in which she was creating me a profile for my pass kept on disconnecting. Please see attached, my day pass permit and please forgive the delay in its attainment.
Kind regards,

No. There is to much of it's our fault.

Dear Mr parking

I make this informal challenge against the imposition of PCN number xxxxxxxxx on the basis that the contravention did not occur.

I was visiting a friend who lives at ( friends address ) from my home in the north of England. I parked close to the friend address and went to their home. They informed my that they would need to register to obtain a virtual permit for the day and proceeded to register in order to do so.

Due to unanticipated internet issues the connection timed out on more than one occasion my friend persevered and at 10.11am a permit was issued I later discovered this PCN issued at 09.42am.

Immediately after parking the process of obtaining a permit was commenced it took longer than expected due to the connection issues but as was required i made the payment ASAP


Regards

@Pastmybest The chat bot on the council website advises to note that I haven't had any pcns cancelled out of goof faith within the past 12 months, would you advise this?

Roger that. I've sent it off. I'll report back when I hear back.