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OP, photo no.4, presumably taken by the CEO, shows what appears to be your car outside a bay with the driver's door open!

That's not a CEO photo.

I still think that 6(a)(iii) of the Order exempts a Blue Badge vehicle regardless of the signage going into this car park.

a vehicle which is waiting in any pay and display or shared use parking
place which is not suspended and with blue badge holder availability
and displaying a valid blue badge and where required a parking disc.


Not particlarly clear but it seems to offer an exemption.

Mike

I don't think it's a pay and display or shared use parking place, so I'm not sure that the exemption applies.

Nonetheless, I would wait for the Notice to Owner and make representations again, as the council is legally require to consider them afresh.

Send the same representation again.

What are the chances of winning this and does it help that the photos don’t show the car registration number

Hard to say, and no the issue of the car reg doesn't help at all.

The key point is that at this stage the discount is not on offer, so as long as you don't miss any deadlines the penalty from here on can only go down (possibly to zero), it cannot go up. So there's no point in paying now, you might as well challenge.

OK, so they've re-offered the discount, but there is some real tosh in their letter

"It remains the responsibility of the driver to check in advance what the parking provisions are. This can be done by researching online or asking the people you are visiting"
and
"There are parking provisions throughout London, so checking parking provisions or restrictions in advance of a visit should be common practice"

Really ? So where is all this written down as a requirement of motorists ?

The motorist should be able to rely on traffic signs at his destination. That is the legally mandated method of informing motorists of restrictions defined in traffic orders. So when I decide to visit my cousin in Peebles, I need to go on-line to check the Peebles traffic restrictions ?

I think I'd be strongly tempted to take them to London Tribunals, but it's your money not mine.

So should I appeal to the tribunal or pay and make a complaint to the council about no parking for disabled people and hope to get PCN cancelled or refunded