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Live cases legal advice => Civil penalty charge notices (Councils, TFL and so on) => Topic started by: ReflectoR on March 13, 2026, 04:28:06 pm

Title: Re: Tower Hamlets PCN Contravention Code 01 / Parked in a restricted street during prescribed hours
Post by: Incandescent on March 13, 2026, 07:56:49 pm

I don't know what it is, but so many people seem to miss "seeing" the yellow signs at the top. Maybe its the absence of text that does it, because the "No Waiting" symbol is used instead.

Title: Re: Tower Hamlets PCN Contravention Code 01 / Parked in a restricted street during prescribed hours
Post by: stamfordman on March 13, 2026, 05:28:26 pm

Looks like you're stuffed on this one too - the sign is clear, with no the waiting restriction at the top to be read first.

There must be a single yellow line and that's there too.

(https://i.ibb.co/0yhPWKsK/Screenshot-2026-03-13-at-17-25-54.png)
(https://i.ibb.co/gLWkH8Zg/Screenshot-2026-03-13-at-17-25-34.png)

Title: Re: Tower Hamlets PCN Contravention Code 01 / Parked in a restricted street during prescribed hours
Post by: ReflectoR on March 13, 2026, 04:31:58 pm

:o  I just reread the sign I posted. I can see now why I got a PCN.

I feel a bit stupid now. Argh...

Friday theres extra restrictions, and the permit holders is only Mon-Thurs.

Any chance of appeal on any other grounds?

P.s. I've checked the spreadsheet, and couldn't tell if anything applied to my case.

Title: Tower Hamlets PCN Contravention Code 01 / Parked in a restricted street during prescribed hours
Post by: ReflectoR on March 13, 2026, 04:28:06 pm

Hello again everyone,

I received a PCN whilst parked in a Permit Holder C1 bay in Tower Hamlets.

I'd parked there, because I was under the impression I had a permit that would cover me for that area.

The permit I had was C3, but from my understanding of how TH works, is that any C permit covers the entirity of the C zone. So for example C3 should be usable in C1. The numbering is from when they tried to divide the zone further, but had gone back to C without numbers.

PCN Front
(https://u.cubeupload.com/rtx/RTS01TT61074714PCNFr.jpg)

PCN Back
(https://u.cubeupload.com/rtx/RTS02TT61074714PCNBa.jpg)

Signage of where I parked
(https://u.cubeupload.com/rtx/RTS03SignagePhoto.jpeg)

Tower Hamlets Policy
(https://u.cubeupload.com/rtx/RTS04PermitPolicy.jpg)

My Voucher to Park
(https://u.cubeupload.com/rtx/RTS05Voucher.jpg)

I've not had this issue before with parking like this in Tower Hamlets.