on 30 Sep, 2025 14:34 in Civil penalty charge notices (Councils, TFL and so on)
Thank you for coming back to me, I really appreciate it. Watford Council has published a "Cancellation Policy and Guidance Note" at he following link: https://watford.moderngov.co.uk/documents/s4277/Cancellation%20Guidance%20Policy.pdfUnder "Concessions and Exemptions", at page 11, it says:"Penalty Charge Notices are not instantly issued where an expired permit is observed on display. In the firstinstance the Civil Enforcement Officer will leave a note on the vehicle advising that the permit must berenewed. Reminder letters are sent out to permit holders as a matter of courtesy but it remains theresponsibility of the resident or business proprietor to ensure that their permit is renewed upon its expiry"Doesn't look like they have updated this guidance since they introduced digital permits, but do you think there is any scope to argue that the Enforcement Officer didn't leave a note on my vehicle to advise I must renew the permit? Thanks again!Quote from: stamfordman on 29 Sep, 2025 12:16It's a PCN not a FPN.A shared use or permit only bay attracts a higher level penalty.The sign just says permit only so the code 12 is not correct - should be code 16 but this isn't a winning card. And for an expired permit the correct contravention if in a fairly short time from expiration is a lower level code 19. You can say it should be a lower level penalty and/or ask for discretion. Some councils do operate a grace permit for expired permits but yours expire on 4 Sept and PCN is 22 Sept so that's a generous 2 weeks if they've been checking.
