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While I was in bed with Covid... 

Last week, on Friday 22nd Sept night time, I left my car in an authorised permit bay outside my home (i.e. I have a permit).

I felt unwell, did a covid test the next morning, and found it to be positive -- I stayed home, my car remained in the same spot. (it was an NHS test, now in my records and fully provable).

A few days later I discovered I was given a ticket, due to the bay being suspended!


There was a single-bay suspension in place already -- I was fully aware of, and avoided, this -- but at some point the restriction sign was swapped and extended to four bays!

I cannot prove when it was changed, but believe this was done after I parked.


Trying not to be paranoid, but the ticket issuing officer was the same one who ticketed me a few weeks ago (and subsequently got me towed)! 

Ticket:


https://mega.nz/file/mBwlgKBB#0V2V3dy--6nB1ZZPyJUXyXvRn1caFFrzRSvmdqGHhh4


https://mega.nz/file/vUZCxCTB#gAZELkrccw9os9-0lu8LDIEFj68-AF2gmBzEL-LUyss

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This perhaps?

To whom it may concern,

I wish to challenge the PCN TTxxxxxxxxxx on the following grounds:

On Friday 22nd Sept, I returned home feeling unwell and left my car in an authorised permit bay outside my home. The next morning I took an NHS covid test, which was positive - this can be proven by my medical records.

I stayed home for the next few days; I did not use my car in this time.

At the time I parked, there were no signs indicating this new suspension -- therefore I was alarmed to I discover the PCN.

There was, however, a previous single-bay suspension in place a few days earlier at a different spot -- at some point the restriction sign was removed and replaced with one that extended to four bays; I believe this was after I parked.

Therefore, I ask that you please cancel the ticket at your earliest opportunity.

Yours faithfully

Oh, it's in my NHS App, email and SMS -- I can send screenshots of any of those.

Suspension logs:

What's the date of your positive covid test?

Quote from: cp8759 on October 06, 2023, 12:05:11 am

What's the date of your positive covid test?

Saturday 23rd -- 2 days before the suspension started.

Right, so you still have a good appeal because if you hadn't had covid, you could have moved the car.

For an informal representation, 2 / 3 months is quite possible. Fortunately at the formal notice to owner stage, there's a statutory deadline of 56 days.

They only have 6 months to issue the notice to owner, if they don't then that's the end of the matter (though it is not impossible that they might try and serve one out of time hoping you don't know the rules).