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Any ideas at all? Worth doing anything?

I will! Thank you for your reply.

To answer your question, yes I am the registered keeper and it is up to date

Thanks for your reply!

I posted the ticket reference and gave the reg as I thought it would be easier than uploading the images.



Using that link above. Not sure how to attach images.

But to answer your question, yes the sign did say City of Westminster.

However - I did check Kensington Bourough map and cross referenced with google maps and I am on a border area.

The ticket indicates 'Queens Gate' - I parked here exactly (Albert Court, 60 Prince Consort Rd, South Kensington, London SW7 2BE) - which is Prince Consort Rd - which is not correct to what the ticket has indicated. I'll draft the  appeal and post below.

Edit: Do I have another angle of appeal here since they have given my parking location as an incorrect location as Queens Gate (A4) and not Prince Consort Road?

Hi all,

Would really appreciate some advice on this one. I was having issues with replying on my other thread.

I’ve received a Westminster PCN (WE66329824) for vehicle EA58WLN (I’m the registered keeper). It’s for code 12r and was issued on Easter Sunday (5 April 2026). Location on the PCN is given as Queen’s Gate. It’s still at the discounted stage.

Initially I thought this was just going to be a mitigation case. Before parking, I checked RBKC guidance which says resident bays aren’t enforced on bank holidays:
   •   https://www.rbkc.gov.uk/sites/default/files/media/documents/Residents%20parking%20map.pdf
   •   

I later found Westminster’s page which confirms enforcement still applies there:
   •   https://www.westminster.gov.uk/parking/bank-holiday-parking

I now realise I was just over the boundary into Westminster, so I accept I may have been in contravention. The sign at the location was just “Resident permit holders only (Zone A)” with no days/times, which I understand likely means 24/7.

However, one thing that concerns me is the location stated on the PCN.

The PCN says Queen’s Gate, but I 100% parked on Prince Consort Road (exactly here Albert Court, 60 Prince Consort Rd, South Kensington, London SW7 2BE). These are different roads, not just different descriptions of the same location. In the photos you can see landmarks indicative of Prince Consort Road.

So I’m wondering:
   •   does this mean the location on the PCN is incorrect?
   •   if so, is that something that can invalidate it, or is it likely to be treated as “close enough”?

Separately, on mitigation:
I did make a genuine effort to check the rules beforehand and relied on nearby council guidance. From a driver’s perspective the road looks continuous and there’s no obvious indication that you’ve crossed into a different borough with different rules.

For context, I’m a medical student and was using the area to study for upcoming exams, so wasn’t trying to avoid paying — I had checked before parking.

So overall:
   •   is the location point worth pursuing, or a non-starter?
   •   or is this realistically just a mitigation case?

Happy to upload CEO photos or anything else if helpful.

Thanks 👍

I checked official council guidance before parking
• I relied on what I believed were applicable rules in the immediate area

Quick reality check.

No. You checked the wrong council as regards where you actually parked, and in any event Sundays are not Bank Holidays, they're Sundays.

Wrong location would normally be fatal - as much as anything else because there's unlikely to be a CoW Traffic Regulation Order which specifies such a restriction in Queen's Gate.

Pl post clear photos from their evidence from which the car's location can be cross-referenced against other geographic databases.

GSV here of 60, Prince Consort Road.


Please show us both sides of the unredacted PCN. Fot guidance on posting images see here
https://www.ftla.uk/civil-penalty-charge-notices-(councils-tfl-and-so-on)/read-this-first-before-posting-your-case!-this-section-is-for-council-tfl-dartme/

Subject to seeing the PCN, I would be inclined to forget the contravention for now and to challenge as follows (if possible by e-mail, attaching copy of the PCN - keep the original safe, with a screenshot of the PCN on website))

If Westminster reject yr challenge, hopefully they will mess up the rejection. See how others here comment.

Wrong location voids a PCN because liability rests with the Registered Keeper, who may not have been driving on the day and to whom the NtO will be sent, and may need to identify the location.

On which topic Are you the Registered Keeper? If so, are yr name & address on the V5 correct in every particular? (If details not corrrect, add them to your challenge.

If you're not the RK, then is the vehicle leased/hired/borrowed/other? Please give us details.

Here is my draft:

PCN WE66329824 – Vehicle EA58WLN

Dear Sir or Madam,

I make this challenge to the above PCN for the following reason.

On returning to my vehicle on Sunday 5 April 2026, I found the PCN affixed to it. The PCN states that at 11:37am the vehicle was in contravention in Queen’s Gate.

However, as the Council’s own photographs clearly confirm, the vehicle was not located in Queen’s Gate at that time, but on Prince Consort Road (outside Albert Court), some distance away.

As the Council will be aware, an incorrect location renders the PCN invalid as the alleged contravention has not been properly particularised.

I therefore look forward to confirmation that the PCN has been cancelled.

Yours faithfully,


Do I need to add anything to try and prove the fact that its in the wrong location? (Such as map locations etc)
If all good I'll go ahead and challenge