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Good morning forum members!

Need some help on this PCN. Missus has been up and down the hospital due to her mum who sadly passed away few days ago. She didn’t realise the timing of the change of restrictions. The car has a valid permit that allows us to park in zone B but not on market days being Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. Do we have any hope on this please. For now the PCN number is TT59553849 and the VRM is GY02VEU. I will try and upload the actual PCN, sorry my IT skills are limited. Thanks

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She's been walloped for parking in a business permit bay. A quick look along Cardigan St shows these are a restriction for business permit holders B1 on Tues, Thurs, Sat. On the other days, (MOn, Wed, Fri) the bay is Pay and Display, or permits B1.
https://maps.app.goo.gl/pByz7TaJxuCJAKDM8

So did she pay on the day she got the PCN ? You say you can park in ZOne B but the restriction is for B1
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Hiya.

Thanks for your reply, so basically our car has annual resident permit which allows us to park in any zone B in Tower hamlets. However, not on business bays during controlled hours. Missus was at the hospital and returned early hours and did not fully see the lower part of the signage. There are cctv cameras that are owned by the Council and if they really wanted to see they will see that she left the car at the spot early hours. The CEO picked the car up later during the morning. Hope that makes sense.
Thanks
« Last Edit: July 23, 2025, 11:39:38 am by H-M3 »
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I would make a polite ask for discretion on compassionate grounds saying it was an honest mistake by a local permit holder.

You can enclose a picture of the death certificate - they'd have to be pretty hard-hearted not to cancel.

Only point against you is why drive there if you live in the zone.





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Honestly I think the missus was really stressed as her mother was at last stages, also the area can be quite challenging after 5:30pm as there is always bays being suspended and limited spaces near our flat. I wanted to ask, is there any rule about 5 minutes observation before issuing the PCN. I ask as the photos don’t show the 5 minutes timeframe?
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There is no 5 minute grace - you're thinking of guidance for CEOs to observe but that's only if they feel there may be exempt activity. Point is here the car wouldn't have moved and no sign of activity 5 mins later so it only makes sense to bring up lack of observation if you had exempt activity.
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OP, could you be more specific about when the car was parked pl and also post the back of the PCN. The PCN was issued at 11.38 which is over 5 hours into the restricted period. Whether it's possible to construct a 'circumstances beyond driver's control' argument is very fact specific.

And IMO there's no such contravention description as 'business permit holder':

Parked in a permit space or zone without a valid virtual permit or clearly displaying a valid physical permit where required


..is the mandated description with the requirement to add a suffix which specifies the type of restriction.
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Quote from: H C Andersen on July 23, 2025, 03:19:27 pm
OP, could you be more specific about when the car was parked pl and also post the back of the PCN. The PCN was issued at 11.38 which is over 5 hours into the restricted period. Whether it's possible to construct a 'circumstances beyond driver's control' argument is very fact specific.

And IMO there's no such contravention description as 'business permit holder':

Parked in a permit space or zone without a valid virtual permit or clearly displaying a valid physical permit where required


..is the mandated description with the requirement to add a suffix which specifies the type of restriction.
Hi, the car was parked approximately after midnight that same day.

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Hi, the car was parked approximately after midnight that same day.

Which implies a medical emergency as hospitals don't have midnight visiting hours.

I don't mean to pry, but we'll need more.

I'm assuming that parking was in the vicinity of the hospital, but to be clear was the car parked at the hospital or near where you live i.e. parked when your wife returned from the hospital?
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My apologies. The car was parked near our flat after she returned from visiting her mother. Hope that helps. Regards
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At this point, l can't see anything other than to ask them to exercise discretion and see what happens.

She arrived back, no doubt tired, couldn't find a res permit bay (there aren't any near where she parked, they're all so-called 'Business permit B1) so parked where she did because it was vacant, but she knew she'd done it(this is after all a thrice-weekly restriction) possibly even meant to move before restriction came into effect but forgot, or just didn't notice hence it was left for 5 hours while in contravention.

We don't know.

IMO, just draft the best you can and post here.



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Thanks. No she genuinely did not see the bottom part, she just read the first part and assumed it was fine.
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Trying to think about an argument....

So your wife doesn't live in the road concerned but regularly parks elsewhere , however because she returned late from visiting her mother at the hospital found all res permit places taken and had to trawl a wider area for a parking space..

Would this fit?
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Quote from: H C Andersen on July 23, 2025, 07:27:00 pm
Trying to think about an argument....

So your wife doesn't live in the road concerned but regularly parks elsewhere , however because she returned late from visiting her mother at the hospital found all res permit places taken and had to trawl a wider area for a parking space..

Would this fit?
100%! Thanks
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Quote from: H C Andersen on July 23, 2025, 07:27:00 pm
Trying to think about an argument....

So your wife doesn't live in the road concerned but regularly parks elsewhere , however because she returned late from visiting her mother at the hospital found all res permit places taken and had to trawl a wider area for a parking space..

Would this fit?
Any suggestions?
Many thanks
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