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So I parked in a car park in Newham today and paid using a parking app. Never parked in this car park before so as I was leaving I approached the warden/CEO in the car park and showed him the app confirmation page and asked I paid for the correct car park as there were two suggestions with the same name, he confirmed I paid for the correct car park. This bit of information is irrelevant but I’m just trying to paint a picture, I had every intention of paying correctly.

Come back to the car with good time and I see a yellow PCN on my windshield. I approach a parking warden/CEO (different one from earlier), he checked his device and explained to me and showed me that I paid for parking but I mistyped the O as 0 in my number plate and that’s why. He explained to me I can email Newham council and appeal it and mistakes like this happen all the time.

So I filed an informal appeal straightaway. Apparently they always get rejected. I have no idea what to do; if it gets rejected and I take it further do I risk having to pay the higher amount of the fine if I don’t win? How likely is it that it would be overturned anyway? I also have dyslexia, again, I know not hugely relevant but I can sometimes genuinely read an 0 as O and not realise.

If any other information is needed like specific car park name, PCN charge image etc please let me know, happy to upload.

Any help is appreciated thank you

Hi, thanks for the reply.

PCN image here https://imgpile.com/p/KhfWoJe

For context the actual registration is NA70 XOV.

And I don’t quite understand what you mean. If you mean registration format rules, like for modern formats the last three characters are always letters, no, I didn’t know this until you asked. When paying for parking I am typing my registration from memory. I mistyped O as 0 as a typo, commonly done with dyslexia, sometimes I type 3 instead of E.