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I am currently trying to get at least a statement from my friend. If I dont get it by today- I may have to send it without it. Can you support on what should I write? I think you advise to write on the following:

"You were parked in a permit bay and were involved in an exempt activity, namely assisting ****, who is a friend and who lives at **** but was unable to get to her house unaided because of her medical condition. She was ** months pregnant and on the day this was compounded by ******.

Once she was settled in her house I returned to the car.

Is this in a nutshell?

Refer to both permit signs in support."

Many thanks

Plus read https://www.ftla.uk/private-parking-tickets/read-this-first-private-parking-charges-forum-guide/ and post as requested. Since the end of December 2025 this has become “relevant land” for the purpose of https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2012/9/schedule/4 and can be treated as a Parking Charge Notice on private land.

Just thought I'd come back and update everyone, as I know it's always useful to hear how these cases end.

Firstly, a huge thank you to everyone here who took the time to give advice and pointed me in the right direction. It really helped.

My case was also the 52M "No Motor Vehicles" restriction at Rivercourt Road (northbound), turning in from the A4.

I was driving there for the first time, coming down from the Midlands and following Google Maps. I genuinely didn't see any advance warning on the A4 before making the turn. By the time I'd turned left and saw the yellow restriction signs at the mouth of Rivercourt Road, I didn't think there was enough time to read the exemption plate properly, and there certainly wasn't a safe place to stop, reverse or turn around.

My first challenge was rejected(for sure!), so I took some time to study from all the advices available here and decided to register an appeal with London Tribunals on 27/7.

With the help of the advice here, I put together an appeal bundle including:

a concise written submission;
annotated Google Street View images showing the driver's approach;
annotated CCTV screenshots showing the point where the vehicle had already committed to the turn;
an explanation of why reversing back towards the A4 wasn't a realistic or safe option;
the council's 95-day delay in responding after I'd chased them for an update.

The appeal was accepted by London Tribunals and listed for a personal video hearing.

Yesterday I received a letter from LBHF saying they had decided not to contest the appeal and had cancelled the PCN.

Interestingly, the letter also says this is "without prejudice to our position" and that they do not accept my arguments, maintaining that the signage is compliant. So there won't be an adjudicator's decision on the issues I raised.

Although I'm obviously pleased with the outcome, I still think the approach from the A4 could be improved for drivers unfamiliar with the area. My concern has never really been about avoiding a PCN; it's that the current layout seems capable of catching careful drivers who simply don't have enough time to understand the exemption before they're committed to the turn.

Hopefully this update is useful for anyone else who ends up searching for Rivercourt Road 52M in the future.

The amount or lack of obstruction caused isn't really relevant to the offence so I'd stop concerning yourself with this. You either parked with the entirety of your vehicle more then 50cm from the edge of the carriageway or you didn't (spoiler, you didn't!).

ok to attach my mother's BB as evidence?