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According to the letter, which gives me 14 days to pay an extended discount from the date the letter was written, 9/4, I have to pay up tonight-unless anyone thinks there is a snowball's chance...
Thx

I recd the following from Lambeth Parking on 26/1:

Thank you for submitting your challenge/representation to PCN reference: LJ37412136. A copy of your submission is attached for your records.
Your case will be placed on hold and will not progress in accordance with our procedure.
Your challenge/representation will be considered and a response will be sent to you.
Please allow up to 28 days for a response to be provided.
Please do not reply to this email address. This is an unmonitored mailbox
Yours sincerely
Environment Services,
London Borough of Lambeth

I contacted PayByPhone around the same time. They replied 1 Feb. They state that their records do not show any valid parking session paid for. They did not explain why my attempt to pay did not register on their system

I wonder, as Lambeth is taking an inordinate amount of time to deny my representations, if I should let it lie or submit the additional evidence below. Or, perhaps, contact PayByPhone again with my records and see if they can come up with a more thorough, helpful explanation of why my attempted payment failed

I have located a record of my attempts to pay the parking on the day in question

I recd the following from Lambeth Parking on 26/1:

Thank you for submitting your challenge/representation to PCN reference: LJ37412136. A copy of your submission is attached for your records.
Your case will be placed on hold and will not progress in accordance with our procedure.
Your challenge/representation will be considered and a response will be sent to you.
Please allow up to 28 days for a response to be provided.
Please do not reply to this email address. This is an unmonitored mailbox
Yours sincerely
Environment Services,
London Borough of Lambeth

I contacted PayByPhone around the same time. They replied 1 Feb. They state that their records do not show any valid parking session paid for. They did not explain why my attempt to pay did not register on their system

I have located a record of my attempts to pay the parking on the day in question

https://ibb.co/5g1cMCL1

Pay-by-phone seems to be a huge international company. The best I could do was to send them an email. Trying to sort it with them seems nigh on impossible. And I can hardly defend myself without their help
Might it matter that the PCN does not mention the specific bay, each which have a unique identifier, it seems
Also, P-by-p seems to be app-based. I was not aware of this and did not have it nor was it recommended that I install it to book the parking. In addition, there was no message that the payment had failed. Yes, I'm grasping here
Thanks

I parked in a pay-by-phone bay. It is not something that I can recall ever doing. I (or my young son) had, seemingly, downloaded the app at some point in the past, I was surprised to discover. When I tried to login, I could not remember the password as I had never used it or, at least, I don't recall ever downloading the app and setting up an account
The computer did not help by not stating the parameters of the password and it took some time to request one
I have found 3 calls to the pay number between 12:47-12.51 in an attempt to enter the account and book 2 hours parking. I thought I had achieved that and was shocked to find the PCN when I returned to my car around 14.40h.
I cannot find any confirm from the app but, not being familiar with it, had no reason to expect one. In addition, I was in the cinema and my phone was switched off
It seems that my payment did not go through. It could have been that there was an expired card associated with the app. I don't know how that works. I entered my current card but it does not seem to have been recognised
I do not know what to do at this point but it seems harsh. The 3 calls show that I was trying

https://imgpile.com/p/0oXIC7l

Have I been caught? seems to have all sorts of different issues mixed together. I keep getting notifications but they are not part of my thread

Thank you both for your replies. I did not mean to give the impression that I was taking this matter as life-threatening. I was just curious about the value in contacting the council in advance to demonstrate that it was an error, not an intention. I obviously would prefer not to have to cough up any penalty

My message has somehow been moved into Flame Pit. I do not know why. I needed some help in locating it. The links received in your email alerts led to an error message

I will, indeed, post the PCN when it arrives

Thanks again

Thank you, Wizard

It doesn't seem very prudent to count on the Council, even though it is Lambeth, making a major clerical error in order to win this. Of course, they might never send me either Order

I have to decide tonight as the rejection was dated 28/5

I thought when I read guest17's contribution at the top (May 11), arguing that the sign was defective, even citing a case to that effect (sign not stating that it is only in force during school terms), that it was spot on, but you have not mentioned it

I also suppose the fact that the school had been out 35 minutes before I drove by and that the road was completely clear of any pedestrians, doesn't matter a hoot

So, it is double-or-nothing

Is there anyway to accelerate the process of getting the TO that I have requested from the Council? Can I go in person, for example?
I am conscious of the discount period ending 11 June