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Live cases legal advice => Civil penalty charge notices (Councils, TFL and so on) => Topic started by: chijiokei123 on August 21, 2026, 12:31:15 pm

Title: Re: PCN - Parked in a restricted area (Yellow hatched box) at Barnoon St Ives Car Park
Post by: Incandescent on August 24, 2026, 06:55:28 pm
+1
We are looking for text like "park only in marked bays"
Title: Re: PCN - Parked in a restricted area (Yellow hatched box) at Barnoon St Ives Car Park
Post by: catnip on August 24, 2026, 04:16:06 pm
We really need to see a photo of the board that shows the conditions of use of the car park.

Hi,

I wasn't able to get a photo of the board, but found a couple on line taken within the last year, and it exactly as I remember it. Hope that helps


It's the small print on the notice boards that needs to be reviewed and it's just not visible on these photos.
Title: Re: PCN - Parked in a restricted area (Yellow hatched box) at Barnoon St Ives Car Park
Post by: cargy on August 24, 2026, 01:00:19 pm
Long time lurker here since the PepiPoo days.
I'm no expert on these things, but going purely by Google Maps, I suspect the issue may be that you were parked in the protected wheelchair access area that forms part of the adjacent disabled bay. I dunno if that makes any actual difference to whether the ticket is valid or not though!

https://www.google.com/maps/place/St+Ives/@50.2139034,-5.4824774,3a,48.9y,1.22h,79.18t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1s0Yrx_bFkPdIfS_OSdlkVbA!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.clients6.google.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fcb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile%26w%3D900%26h%3D600%26pitch%3D10.819256384103909%26panoid%3D0Yrx_bFkPdIfS_OSdlkVbA%26yaw%3D1.2245034618646815!7i16384!8i8192!4m6!3m5!1s0x486ac1883d3d7aed:0x90fba57b84271131!8m2!3d50.2083858!4d-5.4908864!16zL20vMDEzcDFu?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI2MDgxOS4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D (https://www.google.com/maps/place/St+Ives/@50.2139034,-5.4824774,3a,48.9y,1.22h,79.18t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1s0Yrx_bFkPdIfS_OSdlkVbA!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.clients6.google.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fcb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile%26w%3D900%26h%3D600%26pitch%3D10.819256384103909%26panoid%3D0Yrx_bFkPdIfS_OSdlkVbA%26yaw%3D1.2245034618646815!7i16384!8i8192!4m6!3m5!1s0x486ac1883d3d7aed:0x90fba57b84271131!8m2!3d50.2083858!4d-5.4908864!16zL20vMDEzcDFu?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI2MDgxOS4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D) 
Title: Re: PCN - Parked in a restricted area (Yellow hatched box) at Barnoon St Ives Car Park
Post by: chijiokei123 on August 24, 2026, 12:13:04 pm
We really need to see a photo of the board that shows the conditions of use of the car park.

Hi,

I wasn't able to get a photo of the board, but found a couple on line taken within the last year, and it exactly as I remember it. Hope that helps

(https://i.postimg.cc/xNGzxwsk/Barnoon-Board-2.webp) (https://postimg.cc/xNGzxwsk)

(https://i.postimg.cc/tndxSKrZ/Barnoon-Board-3.webp) (https://postimg.cc/tndxSKrZ)
Title: Re: PCN - Parked in a restricted area (Yellow hatched box) at Barnoon St Ives Car Park
Post by: Incandescent on August 22, 2026, 12:34:04 am
We really need to see a photo of the board that shows the conditions of use of the car park.
Title: Re: PCN - Parked in a restricted area (Yellow hatched box) at Barnoon St Ives Car Park
Post by: chijiokei123 on August 21, 2026, 03:39:00 pm
Post both sides of the PCN.

Hi Stamfordman,

See linked PCN images below

(https://i.postimg.cc/PpFJZ78Q/PCN-St-Ives-1.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/PpFJZ78Q)

(https://i.postimg.cc/Fdnzc6Jx/PCN-St-Ives-2.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/Fdnzc6Jx)

Title: Re: PCN - Parked in a restricted area (Yellow hatched box) at Barnoon St Ives Car Park
Post by: stamfordman on August 21, 2026, 02:22:40 pm
Post both sides of the PCN.
Title: PCN - Parked in a restricted area (Yellow hatched box) at Barnoon St Ives Car Park
Post by: chijiokei123 on August 21, 2026, 12:31:15 pm
Hi,

I took my family to St Ives last weekend to visit the Tate St Ives Gallery, the beach and harbour. There was hardly any parking anywhere, so after looking around for a while, I found a space to park in Barnoon car park, see below

(https://i.postimg.cc/CBThcd8Q/St-Ives.png) (https://postimg.cc/CBThcd8Q)

The space was over a yellow hatched box, which I believed had been overdrawn, as it was clear it was only there to prevent people parking across the pedestrian access way. I ensured I was well clear of this. I then proceeded to pay for 2 hours' parking time.

On my return, the parking attendants had stuck a PCN on my windscreen.

I have till friday 28/08/2026 to pay the reduced fine of £35 or appeal for PCN to be cancelled. I just wanted to get some advice from this forum before appealing.

Given than the pedestrian access was not blocked, and there was no signage prohibiting parking in the space where I was, how do I go about appealing this fine given I paid for the parking time?

Any help given would be much appreciated.

Regards
CI