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Lambeth Council PCN issued within 2 mins of vehicle observed,
had paid by phone within 3 mins
DIR By: ldabbs
Date: March 12, 2026, 11:58 am
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Hello,
I received a birthday present of a PCN on my car in the
notorious London Borough of Lambeth yesterday. £160, £80 if I
pay in 14 days.
I'd like to challenge it as I paid for parking from 3 mins after
the vehicle was first observed.
Context:
There is a CPZ operating 12-2pm Monday to Friday, this happened
on Wednesday 11th March within this time, so the CPZ was
operational and I was parked where they say I was.
My issue is the timings and what is a reasonable amount of time
to navigate an online payment system and poor phone reception
locally to get the digital parking session paid for and live.
The PCN states car initially observed in pay and display bay at
12.19pm and PCN was then issued at 12.21pm, meanwhile I have a
receipt from Pay By Phone showing I paid for parking that went
through and started at 12.22pm.
I've linked a google drive with the parking receipt.
Is it worth me challenging?
Many thanks,
Liane
Google Drive link to paid parking receipt
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Re: Lambeth Council PCN issued within 2 mins of vehicle
observed, had paid by phone within 3 mins
DIR By: stamfordman
Date: March 12, 2026, 12:10 pm
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Yers but where were you when you made payment. Walking away from
the car often means we see this situation.
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Re: Lambeth Council PCN issued within 2 mins of vehicle
observed, had paid by phone within 3 mins
DIR By: fraser.mitchell
Date: March 12, 2026, 2:33 pm
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+1
Too many people walk away from the car when using a PbP app to
pay for their parking, so a CEO turns up, sees no parking
session on his HH terminal so serves a PCN. Meanwhile the
session is set-up whist he's doing this. From what you have said
you have a reasonable hope of success at London Tribunals.I say
this because all London councils are now getting such huge
revenues for parking penalties, (like over £700 million !!),
they now just refuse ALL reps knowing most people, (like >95%),
then just cough-up not knowing the law and fearful they'll get
walloped for undreds of pound. Also not everybody knows that
there is this forum to get advice from. So the only place you'll
get a reasonably unbiased judgement on your case is London
Tribunals.
Looking at your timings, I think you have a reasonable case, but
there is no guarantee you'll win at LT. Best thing to do now is
to submit representations on the basis that you were engaged in
paying to park when the CEO served the PCN. State that you had
to move away from the car to get a good signal and say that the
fact that the parking commenced only one minute after the PCN
was served shows that you were engaged in making the payment at
the time the CEO served the PCN.
#Post#: 113402--------------------------------------------------
Re: Lambeth Council PCN issued within 2 mins of vehicle
observed, had paid by phone within 3 mins
DIR By: ldabbs
Date: March 16, 2026, 9:06 am
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Thanks very much for the replies. Will try challenging it in
this way
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Re: Lambeth Council PCN issued within 2 mins of vehicle
observed, had paid by phone within 3 mins
DIR By: stamfordman
Date: March 16, 2026, 2:24 pm
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Post a draft here.
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Re: Lambeth Council PCN issued within 2 mins of vehicle
observed, had paid by phone within 3 mins
DIR By: Hippocrates
Date: March 16, 2026, 5:44 pm
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And screenshot the website page re payment dates and how much.
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