How should I proceed as the online portal is also warning me that the fee is about to increase to £195.00Worry not ! Letters from councils are going astray more and more often.
You have already challenged this PCN and we replied on Tue, 12 Sep 2023. You cannot challenge twice
You have already made representations for this PCN and we replied on Tue, 14 Nov 2023. You cannot make representations twice
Quickly escorted her down the road and she was joined by her friend and I left them and returned back to my car.How was this coordinated with the friend? She can't have known in advance to go to Rasa Sayang because it was a spur of the moment decision. On the other hand if the friend just happened to be in the area and there was an exchange of texts / whatsapp messages, you should be able to get screenshots.
IMO, the weakness in your account is that you parked, presumably to go to the adjacent restaurant, but in fact went to a restaurant which was unknown, out of sight, in a different street, not the closest alternative and at least 400m from where you parked. You therefore left the car in contravention for longer than necessary.Well, we don't really know that.
OP, are you the registered keeper of the vehicle with current DVLA keeper details.
As you are claiming an exemption the burden lies with you to prove. But from what I can see you did not provide the authority with any evidence, you simply
claimed the exemption by reference to escorting someone who needed your assistance to a restaurant. To be honest, if all that was needed to escape a PCN for parking on DYL in Westminster was to claim to be assisting a person alight then the city would be awash with them.
We need to see what proof you can provide. To start with, you referred to Rasa Sayang, but GSV shows the nearest one is more than 400m away by foot in Macclesfield St. /Dansey Pl*, were you referring to somewhere else? Also, do you have a receipt from the restaurant for this period and anything to link you to a passenger requiring assistance?
*- and elsewhere in the thread you say that where she finally went was not your first target restaurant which was 'too busy and for which she did not have a reservation'.
Ok then, I will just try to give them the truth and hope for the best.No, type up a draft and put it on here first please.
As for why I parked there, there were severe delays on the underground at the time so I drove to drop my mother off at a restaurant. I quickly escorted her there because she was using crutches to walk.Pity you didn't tell us this earlier, because you could have claimed the board/alight passengers exemption - assisted exemption.
There was no dropped kerb on that street if this is what you meant by kerb blips.
As an ex resident of Westminster I can assure you that their CEOs hunt in packs.
On the face of it you are bang to rights.
The only exemption would be for loading or assisted alighting (if there are no kerb blips to go with the double yellow lines).
Mike
City of Westminster
Penalty Charge Notice Traffie Management Act 2004
PENALTY CHARGE NOTICE NUMBER: ...
Date of service of this notice: 20/08/2023
Vehicle Registration Number: ...
Was seen at location:
Litchfield Street [61]
At: 20:30 on: 20/08/2023
By Civil Enforcement officer WS6697 who believed that the following parking contravention had been committed and that a penalty charge is therefore payable: Code 01
Parked in restricted street during prescribed hours
Full Amount of the Penalty Charge : £130
The penalty charge must be paid not later than the last day of the period of 28 days beginning with the date on which this penalty charge notice was served ('the 28 day period )
A reduced charge of £65 is payable
If the penalty charge is paid not later than the last day of the period of 14 Days beginning with the date on which this notice is served ('the reduced charge period'), the penalty charge will be reduced by 50%. If the penalty charge is not paid within the reduced charge period, the full amount of the penalty charge is payable
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PLEASE DO NOT MAKE PAYMENT IF YOU WANT TO CHALLENGE THIS PCN
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If the penality charge is not paid within the period of 28 days beginning with the date on which the alleged contravention occurred, the City of Westminster, the enforcement authority, may serve a Notice to to Owner on the owner of the vehicle. A person on whom a Notice to Owner is served will be entitled to make representations to the enforcement authority against the penalty charge and may appeal to an independent adjudicator if those representations are rejected.
If we receive representations before a Notice to Owner is served, those representations will be considered. If however a Notice to Owner is served notwithstanding those representation, then representations against the penalty charge must be made in the form and manner and at the time specified in the Notice to Owner.
If we receive representations against the penalty charge not later than the last day of the period of 14 days beginning with the date on which the Penalty Charge Notice is served but do not accept the challenge, we will issue a rejection letter to the person who made the representations and in will allow a further 14 days from the date the rejection letter is issued which to pay the reduced penalty charge.
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