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#Post#: 121531--------------------------------------------------
Hammersmith and Fulham. Rockley Road. parking in a residents or
shared use bay without a valid permit
DIR By: tonychess
Date: June 11, 2026, 5:27 pm
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Any chance I can get off this PCN? Basically I parked in an
electric charging bay before 7pm not realising that the electric
charging pay then became a residents only pay after 7pm. The car
was charging the whole time.
The sign is somewhat ambiguous. They also managed to post the
challange refused letter to my address saying i live at number
30 30 when I only live at number 30.
Picture of the PCN, appeal rejection and signage can be seen
here....
HTML https://imgpile.com/p/NBJlKR4
Thanks!
#Post#: 121536--------------------------------------------------
Re: Hammersmith and Fulham. Rockley Road. parking in a residents
or shared use bay without a valid permit
DIR By: fraser.mitchell
Date: June 11, 2026, 6:36 pm
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I'm not sure the sign is misleading at all. There is a hierarchy
of signs, with the main one at the top
1.It is a bay for charging EVs only
2.Any motorist with or without a permit and with an EV can park
there between 9am to 7pm to charge his vehicle, but can only do
it for a maximum of 4 hours within that time. So if you turn up
to charge at 6pm, you can only charge for one hour.
3.Outside the hours permitting anybody to charge their EV, only
permit holders with an EV can do so, and don't have a limit in
those hours.
The yellow sign points out that the vehicle must be charging
when parked there, it cannot just be used as a parking bay
despite it being an EV.
The only thing I would take issue with is "actively charging".
What does it mean; the vehicle must be not just coupled up to
the charger, but must be drawing current, or just coupled-up ?
If the former, the implication is that the driver must sit with
the vehicle the whole time to make sure he knows when it's
charged so he can avoid a PCN for not charging.
#Post#: 121640--------------------------------------------------
Re: Hammersmith and Fulham. Rockley Road. parking in a residents
or shared use bay without a valid permit
DIR By: stamfordman
Date: June 12, 2026, 12:36 pm
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This is one where the council has just about got it right by
issuing a PCN for no permit rather than anything to do with
charging. If you had a permit then not charging would have been
a factor.
But the correct contravention is code 16 no permit rather than
code 12 residents/shared use but usually not a winnable issue.
The yellow sign has no legal force, and the word 'actively' is
ridiculously redundant.
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