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Hi, I left my car parked in this spot for a couple of days and got a pcn. However, when I parked it here there was no sign or restriction (it had been like this for months). To my surprise, when I came back to the car I had a pcn and there was a newly fitted sign. The GSV is https://maps.app.goo.gl/H6AE7WqDg7whaX9R9. I was parked right in front of the houses. I also have pictures of the place when there wasn’t a sign.

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Re: Southwark - Contravention 12 parked in a residents or shared ….
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When exactly did you park there. This is similar to being in a bay before a suspension is put up but you run a risk with a missing parking sign where you know you are not entitled to park.

PCN time: 17:12 on 17 April.



« Last Edit: April 22, 2025, 05:13:12 pm by stamfordman »

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I left my car parked there on the 1st April and didn’t use it since. I didn’t know I wasn’t allowed to park there, I assumed there was no sign so it was free to park

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I came back 18th April and found the pcn

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I think maybe this post has been forgotten?

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I think maybe this post has been forgotten?
You're lucky it didn't get towed, because you'd have got a massive bill for tow and storage. It's very unwise to leave cars unattended in London for long period, (18 days in your case), because parking suspensions are very common.

I suggest you submit an informal challenge stating that when you parked the car on 1st April there was no sign for the bay. Your GSV link shows there was a sign there in July 2024, not all that long ago. So in your reps you should also ask them when the new sign was put on the pole.

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Well don't say when you parked - just that you parked there with no sign and you believed the bay was unrestricted.

Attach your hopefully not time stamped picture saying you took the precaution of keeping a record that there was no parking restriction.