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Hi all,
Parked in a location meant for coaches. It was a big car park where there were what seemed like "double car parks" to us. It seemed a bit silly as I mused to my wife, how would the person parking in front get out without the guy behind? Thankfully we have our friends who can share the car park and we will be leaving with them she replied. The baby yelling in our ear meant that was enough. That was our mistake right there. I should have listened to my gut feeling and kept looking elsewhere.
But then again, the 20-30 cars parked in similar bays gave me the false confidence I needed.

We returned a couple of hours later to find all the cars having the familar yellow lapel tucked under their wipers. Heart sank. And now here I am. Trying to figure if I should even bother challenging?

The PCN does state that I have 14 days to pay it off at a discount, 28 days later owner would be notified. Since I am on a lease, that would mean extra expenses for me that the lease company would charge as administration costs.

The PCN image is attached.
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This is the car park, with coach spaces right at the back end. which is where i parked. Parking Lot

I did use ringo to pay to park, but the code was for the car park, not the coach park.

Is it worth challenging?

Yes, the bays weren't marked as coach only bays but the entrance to the parking lot does provide two lanes, one for cars other for coaches. And subsequently towards the back where there are only bigger bays, it says coach with an arrow indicating the direction of traffic movement. I suppose it is intended to mean that cars are not supposed to be there.





Rear of the PCN in two parts:

That is correct. I too struggled to discern the letters with the exact penalty amount quoted even looking at the paper under broad daylight.
The early payment amount is clearly written though and they even have a website(southend.gov.uk/viewpcn) where I can input the PCN details for all details.

What does non-compliant mean? Do I have grounds for a challenge?

I don't have the v5 logbook as i just leased the car from a 3rd party tesla authorized leaser(drivalia).
When they are made aware of the tickets they would add their admin costs for delivering the ticket to me which if memory serves is £45.
Previously when I had made a successful challenge on a private PCN delivered through them, they had reverted the admin charge as well but it was not a straightforward process and they made it clear that they still have admin costs so are not obligated to revert them.

I believe my safest course of action is to appeal asap and if i dont get an acknowledgement of appeal within 14 days, then just pay it off as I could end up with a higher admin fees even if the challenge succeeds and of course in the worst case if appeal gets rejected then even more.