Council Issued PCN

TomL2019

Hi all,

This is my first post so not sure if it’s in the correct place but here goes.

I received a PCN from the council for parking on double yellow lines. The warden took a photo of the front and back of the vehicle and then handed me the print out telling me it was a restricted road (no apparent signage).

Having inspected the ticket the registration number is incorrect - by one character and the colour of the car is completely incorrect.

My question is do I need to pay, ignore or challenge?

The only way I believe they could contact me is through the photographs taken and find my address from the DVLA and potentially re-issue the ticket.

Again, if I have posted this in the wrong place apologies.

RichardD1970

Better asking on the parking sub-forum, https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/forumdisplay.php?f=163

Although they will probably direct you to Pepipoo as the parking forum tend to deal with private parking companies rather than council.

TomL2019

Thanks for the help. I’ve posted my query using the link you shared. Hopefully I’ll get some help with my little problem.

Ebe_Scrooge

As per the previous reply, Pepipoo is the place to go for help on "real" council tickets. But in a nutshell, you absolutely MUSTN'T just ignore it - this is a genuine ticket, a totally different kettle of fish from the "invoices" issues by private companies.

You can challenge it, by all means, if you think it was issued incorrectly. Make sure you go through the proper channels, details of which will be clearly stated on the ticket.

Quentin

Ebe_Scrooge wrote: »

,....... But in a nutshell, you absolutely MUSTN'T just ignore it - this is a genuine ticket, a totally different kettle of fish from the "invoices" issues by private companies.......

Proper council fines are different to private parking invoices, but your advice that they "MUSTN'T just ignore them" does apply to private parking invoices too.

AdrianC

The plate error's easily corrected, given that they have photos.

How different is the colour? Are we talking nit-picky "silver/grey" or "dark blue/black" kinda trivia?

And what additional signage do you think was required, given that there were double yellow lines? Are you arguing that you weren't waiting (prohibited by double yellows), but simply loading/unloading or allowing passengers to get in/out (allowed)?