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Also, these are the relative locations of where I was, and where Redeness Street is.  I've never been to Redeness Street, and it doesn't have a taxi rank either...

https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Duncombe+Pl,+York/Redeness+St,+York/@53.9628193,-1.0824374,16z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x487931a64ac047c9:0xaebdaf68e611fe6f!2m2!1d-1.084258!2d53.9617385!1m5!1m1!1s0x487931ba5a58e671:0xf5303ffbb941b6e6!2m2!1d-1.0710457!2d53.9620165!3e2?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI0MTIxMS4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D

Morning All,

I have posted this elsewhere, but was pointed here as being a better source of information....

I parked in a No Parking zone last night (not intentionally, but I genuinely read the signs wrongly) and got a PCN from City of York Council. However, it contains some errors, so I was wondering if I had any opportunity to wriggle out of it...

I was parked almost exactly where the Police Van is here - https://www.google.com/maps/@53.9619289,-1.0839489,3a,75y,159.51h,87.82t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1s8gWW9nCfpbTRWrvF8PDaIg!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fcb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile%26w%3D900%26h%3D600%26pitch%3D2.1778089477017915%26panoid%3D8gWW9nCfpbTRWrvF8PDaIg%26yaw%3D159.51360084850845!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI0MTIxMS4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D

The details on my ticket say that I was observed from 20:06 to 20:06 (it becomes no parking except for taxis at 8pm)

The location is given as Redeness Street. Redeness Street is a small street, at least a mile away, on the other side of York

The contravention code is 45 - Stopped on a Taxi Rank


Now, obviously the main error is the location, which is completely wrong, but I'd also say that I'm not on the Taxi Rank either (which is marked and in front of me).  The 'actual' taxi rank is signed 'no waiting except for taxis' wherease my bit is signed 'no parking except for taxis, 8pm - 10.30 am'


Does any of this give me wiggle-room, or should I just pay up ? I'm a bit worried about inadvertently ending up with the full fine due to delays at this time of year.  Also, I'm not saying I didn't park wrongly, I'd just rather learn a lesson, rather than pay for it

(Just in case its important, the photo on the council website does clearly show York Minster behind me, so it is fairly obvious where I am, as well as where I'm not)