Advice regarding a parking ticket by a local council

LuciaRM

On the 26/03/25 at 19.54 I parked on a street that had a big sign that said "Controlled zone Monday-Saturday 08.30-18.30"
The 26th March was a wednesday at 19.54 so clearly outside of those limits
I parked on a residents bay and got a PCN

I appealed it on the grounds that I parked outside of the controlled hours and that I was on my own with my 7weeks old baby and I needed to collect something from the pharmacy for him and the appeal got rejected and the answer from the council was that residents bays are 24h 

However, if that is the case, then the sign at the bottom of the street is misleading because I went back to check the street and all the bays were residential bays, ie no spaces to pay per hour. So if all the spaces in that street are residential and according to the council, only residents can park in those 24h - why do they put a sign at the bottom of the street saying that the controlled hours are from 08.30-18.30?

I was thinking of putting a formal representation but I would like to get some advice to see if I have any chances
Also, is there a service free of charge where i could get more adviceon this matter?

Thank you

fisherjim

LuciaRM said:

On the 26/03/25 at 19.54 I parked on a street that had a big sign that said "Controlled zone Monday-Saturday 08.30-18.30"
The 26th March was a wednesday at 19.54 so clearly outside of those limits
I parked on a residents bay and got a PCN

I appealed it on the grounds that I parked outside of the controlled hours and that I was on my own with my 7weeks old baby and I needed to collect something from the pharmacy for him and the appeal got rejected and the answer from the council was that residents bays are 24h 

However, if that is the case, then the sign at the bottom of the street is misleading because I went back to check the street and all the bays were residential bays, ie no spaces to pay per hour. So if all the spaces in that street are residential and according to the council, only residents can park in those 24h - why do they put a sign at the bottom of the street saying that the controlled hours are from 08.30-18.30?

I was thinking of putting a formal representation but I would like to get some advice to see if I have any chances
Also, is there a service free of charge where i could get more adviceon this matter?

Thank you

Yes you need to take this to FTLA at:

https://www.ftla.uk/