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Live cases legal advice => Civil penalty charge notices (Councils, TFL and so on) => Topic started by: Fi on May 28, 2026, 02:56:18 pm

Title: Re: PCN Code 12 - for parking where there was a non-yellow temporary parking sign - is it challengeable?
Post by: tincombe on May 29, 2026, 12:43:26 pm

'...changing it from permit holders only during week and free at weekends and bank holidays to only permit holders only. I didn't realise my permit didn't renew automatically, so I was given PCN for Saturday, Sunday and Monday (bank holiday), which normally would not require permits to park there.'

Your post title reads 'Code 12'.

So in short: The additional restrictions require the same Mon-Fri permit, therefore as you are a permit holder PR, this must mean simply that it had expired, hence the PCNs. If so, when did it expire and have you since replaced it?

If this isn't the case, then pl explain and post at least one of the PCNs

Title: Re: PCN Code 12 - for parking where there was a non-yellow temporary parking sign - is it challengeable?
Post by: Incandescent on May 29, 2026, 11:20:51 am

There doesn't need to be a yellow "No Waiting" sign, because there are no general restrictions, just time-based ones for permit holders and pay-by-phone users.

Title: Re: PCN Code 12 - for parking where there was a non-yellow temporary parking sign - is it challengeable?
Post by: Fi on May 29, 2026, 10:58:58 am

Sorry yes - here's the non-yellow sign where I parked and got the tickets.

https://imgpile.com/p/ItIAz1z (https://imgpile.com/p/ItIAz1z)

Thanks,
Fi

Title: Re: PCN Code 12 - for parking where there was a non-yellow temporary parking sign - is it challengeable?
Post by: catnip on May 28, 2026, 06:49:23 pm

Quote from: Fi on May 28, 2026, 03:29:20 pm

Oh no! I should have thought about it before doing it.

Do you know if I hadn't paid, would I have a case to challenge it?

Thanks,
Fi

Can you post a photo of the non-yellow sign as both of the images you have shown are the same.

Title: Re: PCN Code 12 - for parking where there was a non-yellow temporary parking sign - is it challengeable?
Post by: Fi on May 28, 2026, 03:29:20 pm

Oh no! I should have thought about it before doing it.

Do you know if I hadn't paid, would I have a case to challenge it?

Thanks,
Fi

Title: Re: PCN Code 12 - for parking where there was a non-yellow temporary parking sign - is it challengeable?
Post by: John U.K. on May 28, 2026, 03:19:18 pm

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I got back late on the Monday, hot and tired I paid all 3 PCNs (£80 each. The full year's residential permit is about £250...)

I fear that paying closes the case . . . :(

Title: PCN Code 12 - for parking where there was a non-yellow temporary parking sign - is it challengeable?
Post by: Fi on May 28, 2026, 02:56:18 pm

Hi there - thank you in advance for your help!

I live near a park that had a festival this weekend (lambeth London). There has been a temporary change in parking restrictions for parking on my road - changing it from permit holders only during week and free at weekends and bank holidays to only permit holders only. I didn't realise my permit didn't renew automatically, so I was given PCN for Saturday, Sunday and Monday (bank holiday), which normally would not require permits to park there.

I got back late on the Monday, hot and tired I paid all 3 PCNs (£80 each. The full year's residential permit is about £250...)

They have put up signs, but they are very small, and are not that obvious. They are also not yellow - see image here: https://imgpile.com/p/EdSIg7b (https://imgpile.com/p/EdSIg7b)

On a different road in my area, they have put up these yellow, much more obvious signs: https://imgpile.com/p/EdSIg7b (https://imgpile.com/p/EdSIg7b)

My question is:
- Am I able to argue that as the signage is not yellow, that the temporary restrictions don't stand?

- As I got 3 parking tickets over the weekend - can I argue "continuous contravention". I did not move my car as I was away during these 3 PCNs being given. Does this mean I only pay one PCN?

Thank you for your advice!
Fi