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Live cases legal advice => Civil penalty charge notices (Councils, TFL and so on) => Topic started by: ahsan on November 20, 2025, 06:17:31 pm

Title: Re: Newham 165-Parked in a permit space or zone without a valid virtual permit or clearly displaying a valid physical pe
Post by: stamfordman on December 08, 2025, 04:26:47 pm

That was well done as Newham aren't usually forgiving.

Title: Re: Newham 165-Parked in a permit space or zone without a valid virtual permit or clearly displaying a valid physical pe
Post by: ahsan on December 08, 2025, 03:07:10 pm

Thank everyone for the contributions, we have won the appeal.

The main point I raised was confusing layout due to one large bay for two resident permits and sign poles closed to each other, no disabled legend on the road, and also encouraged council to use it's discretion and cancel the PCN.

Title: Re: Newham 165-Parked in a permit space or zone without a valid virtual permit or clearly displaying a valid physical pe
Post by: ahsan on November 24, 2025, 07:34:48 pm

I have appealed today, I'll keep you posted how it went.

Thanks.

Title: Re: Newham 165-Parked in a permit space or zone without a valid virtual permit or clearly displaying a valid physical pe
Post by: H C Andersen on November 20, 2025, 07:48:07 pm

There's no road marking 'DISABLED', neither is there a BB symbol on the sign. Why did she think this was reserved for BB holders other than, as suggested by Incandescent, a memory response?

Title: Re: Newham 165-Parked in a permit space or zone without a valid virtual permit or clearly displaying a valid physical pe
Post by: Incandescent on November 20, 2025, 07:04:55 pm

Looks like your wife was wrong, or perhaps remembered how it used to be but is no longer. A hint on this is given as the bay signage is a bit peculiar, having (GSV view), two identical signs on poles about 15" apart. It looks as if there were once two separate bays, each one with its own restriction, and indeed that is what is shown on the 2018 GSV view: -
https://maps.app.goo.gl/fz3kn82dUY4xz4Mk6
then a year later, it's all changed, but instead of removing one pole, they rather oddly placed the same sign on the two poles !  The ways of councils are very strange even bovinely stupid, but I digress.
https://maps.app.goo.gl/8KWQqtgKa7KRC8kA6

The bottom line unfortunately is that your wife parked in contravention of the sign, which restricts the bay to BB holders who are also holders of permit E.

Title: Newham 165-Parked in a permit space or zone without a valid virtual permit or clearly displaying a valid physical permit
Post by: ahsan on November 20, 2025, 06:17:31 pm

Hi all,

I hope all of you are well.

My wife parked the car in a resident disabled parking bay, we do have a valid Blue badge, the disabled bay was rather long (2 cars can easily be parked) because the street is off busy barking road with loads of shops she thought one car spot must be for the resident and other one for blue badge holders.

I believe the bay was for two disabled residents(I could be wrong) as there are two poles with signs, no legend on the bay though. She went to pick up food order from a shop on Barking road and by the time she came back ticket was there.

Can something be done to avoid this ticket?

Ticket: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Z2XpA0hoslxaFwLM6ItIgaz6klf_-EyN/view?usp=drive_link
Reg No: LK11KNP
PCN No: PN24293546
Newham Portal to view ticket: https://parking.newham.gov.uk/en-GB/pages/OnlineReferenceEntry.aspx?loadtype=NOTICEREVIEW
GSV of Latimar Avenue: https://tinyurl.com/yc8dwnjt


Thanks in advance for your help.