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The Flame Pit / Re: How do we get more people to fight their PCNs?
« on: December 01, 2025, 09:41:11 pm »
@thepcnguy from a quick look at least some of the information provided is outright wrong, so I'd suggest you want to put a big banner at the top stating this is tool is in beta testing and should not be relied upon by anyone for any purpose, and nobody should challenge a PCN based on the information it generates.

That's not to say that it doesn't have potential, but some of the information given would actually harm the motorist's chances on appeal. I do not (and will not) have the time to go through every possible scenario and permutation for you, and the other problem is that it would need to be constantly maintained: tactics change all the time as councils change their processes and policies, find new ways to mess things up, the tribunal jurisprudence eveloes and so on.

Ultimately I very much doubt you'll be able to tell anyone that they can actually rely on the tool, it might eventually get to the point where it can create a good starting point, but I think you'll always need a qualified person to review the outputs. It might be helpful if it could do something similar to what the NIP wizard used to do on Pepipoo, i.e. gather all the information for a post on this site and then give us a concise summary of the key stuff we need to know to be able to give proper advice.

Ok, I've removed the blog posts and added the beta testing warning banner for now. I will have a think about how I can make this work. If anyone has any suggestions on what I could do to make it work let me know.

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The Flame Pit / Re: How do we get more people to fight their PCNs?
« on: November 29, 2025, 04:44:54 pm »
Hi all, I’ve built a free tool that I think could be helpful for people to start fighting their PCNs. The tool is:

pcnpal.co.uk

It’s in its infancy so there are still bugs to work out and features to add. Some of the templates we provide probably aren’t optimal so it would be great to get some feedback on what can be improved.

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