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Car has been parked in the same spot for days, went today to find a PCN on the window and a suspended bay sign.

Just wondering if there is anything I can do about it.

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It's been there for a week but I moved it yesterday morning, back to same space and didn't see the suspension signs. Us there anywhere to see when they were put up?
I went past it twice more today and saw all the cars getting tickets but no one was there doing any work and the suspension was only for today.

You might like to note that the format of the Temporary Suspension sign as photographed does not conform to the version that Tower Hamlets got authorised in 2012, which is here:

https://assets.dft.gov.uk/trafficauths/case-3525.pdf

The wording differences don't convey any difference in meaning but they are different. Whether an adjudicator would rule this is "substantially compliant" is a matter of judgement.

A typical Fob-Off letter that we see so often, in fact I have never seen one that so totally fails to deal with the PCN and the representations against it.
So it's now up to you, fold and cough-up, or wait for the Notice to Owner and submit reps again.

You request the suspension log from the council. This will give the relevant dates. However, this would delay your reps, so best to submit reps on the basis that your car was legally parked on <date>, and on this date, being familiar with the local parking arrangements, and regular suspensions taking place,  you checked your car just before travelling for a short stay abroad, and no suspension sign was seen. Therefore insufficient notice was given of the suspension, and as a resident, you consider the PCNs should therefore be cancelled.

Do I make a FOI request to get the information?

You request the suspension log from the council. This will give the relevant dates. However, this would delay your reps, so best to submit reps on the basis that your car was legally parked on <date>, and on this date, being familiar with the local parking arrangements, and regular suspensions taking place,  you checked your car just before travelling for a short stay abroad, and no suspension sign was seen. Therefore insufficient notice was given of the suspension, and as a resident, you consider the PCNs should therefore be cancelled.