PCN Prohibition zone Barking London Help Please

daniel-2412

Hi all and thank you for any help in advance,

Recently i asked for advice travelling into London as a disabled driver. as there seemed to be no charge for the emissions and congestion due to being a registered disabled car,  i decided to drive a little closer, parking in a shopping centre in Barking. today i have received a letter from Barking and Dagenham with a PCN notice. which reads as follows;

The London Borough of Barking and Dagenham believes that you are liable to pay a penalty charge with respect to the above vehicle for the following alleged contravention:
52m failing to comply with a prohibition on certain types of vehicle (motor vehicles) the vehicle was seen in Longbridge road (Barking) (prohibition Zone) at 10.01 hrs on 18/05/2021. this alleged contravention was seen and recorded by a road side camera at the time stated.

a penalty charge of £130 is now payable and must be paid before the end of the period of 28 days begining with the date of this notice. if it is paid before the end of the period of 14 days beginning with the date of service of this notice the amount payable is £65.

it then goes on to say that if i wish challenge it and believe i have a good reason i can do so but it could go up after 28 days to £195.....

i was with my brother and his wife and child, there were lots of roadworks and i had never been there before, none of us saw any signs saying we were entering a restricted zone of any kind, i am asking for any advice on what to do next. the date of the notice says 26/05/2021  yet i have only just received it today 04/06/2021.

Thank you all for any advice.

Fruitcake

We tend to specialise in dealing with private parking charges here on this forum so you would be better taking this over to our friends on pepipoo.com.
You will need to register there with a non-hotmail email account before reading the FAQs then posting your query.

Good luck

Le_Kirk

daniel-2412 said:

i was with my brother and his wife and child, there were lots of roadworks and i had never been there before, none of us saw any signs saying we were entering a restricted zone of any kind, i am asking for any advice on what to do next. the date of the notice says 26/05/2021  yet i have only just received it today 04/06/2021.
Thank you all for any advice.

There is normally a great big "C" painted on the road.

unforeseen

It's not a congestion zone but just limited to buses taxis and bikes

unforeseen

The same location appears in this one where signage is quite clear.
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6272510/52m-failing-to-comply-with-a-prohibition

It seems people in that area don't appear to look at signs

daniel-2412

yeah i have the same sign in my pic only there is a white van parked infront of it meaning i would not have seen it. which is what i have written to them and said. thank you all for your help

Jenni_D

If the sign couldn't be seen (which your photo should hopefully indicate by showing the van there) then you should have an easier time getting this fixed charge notice overturned. (Maybe not at first appeal but at the next level).

As mentioned above, Pepipoo is the best place for help with real penalties.