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PCN Slough Borough Council
DIR By: adban2004
Date: July 23, 2026, 1:10 pm
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Hi All, need your kind advice re a PCN I found on my car
windshield. I parked in the grove car park in Slough, left the
car to go to the payment meter, saw the sign for Ringo,
downloaded the app and made the payment for 1 hour parking.
(doing all this may have taken me a few minutes - may be 10-15 I
wasn't exactly watching the clok ;D ; but certainly not 40
minutes). once Ringo started the session I left the car park and
went shopping, returning in about 40 minutes and found a PCN on
car windshield. It says the CEO observed the car from 12:23 to
13:09; my Ringo app says parking session started 13:10!!
I am new to this so sadly it has taken me this long to figure
out this forum and seek help/advice. Will appreciate any advice.
Thanks
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Re: PCN Slough Borough Council
DIR By: adban2004
Date: July 23, 2026, 1:20 pm
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I also should have included - my apologies - that the council
website has 7-8 pictures of the car (and the sign about payment
information), the earliest of which is time stamped 13:08:50
see: [img width=600]
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Re: PCN Slough Borough Council
DIR By: fraser.mitchell
Date: July 23, 2026, 3:18 pm
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What t he CEO is basically saying, is that your car was there at
12.23, with no parking paid, and again at 13.09 again with no
parking paid, hence a PCN was served. Your parking session
started at 13.10
So the issue is his first time of 12.23. Can you refute that
time ? It would have been recorded into his hand-held terminal,
which has a clock in it.
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Re: PCN Slough Borough Council
DIR By: adban2004
Date: July 24, 2026, 3:53 am
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Thanks Incandescent for the reply. I don't know how to prove the
absence - and annoyingly I wasn't recording the times when I
reached parking the only time I can be sure of is based on my
Ringo receipt. However, all of the photos provided by the
council only start at 13:08...
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Re: PCN Slough Borough Council
DIR By: fraser.mitchell
Date: July 24, 2026, 4:36 am
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--- Quote from: adban2004 link ---
>
> Thanks Incandescent for the reply. I don't know how to prove
the absence - and annoyingly I wasn't recording the times when I
reached parking the only time I can be sure of is based on my
Ringo receipt. However, all of the photos provided by the
council only start at 13:08...
>
--- End Quote ---
Yes, but photos are only taken when a PCN is being prepared, to
back-up the PCN which has a time on it. Basically, you have to
refute that time of 12.23.
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Re: PCN Slough Borough Council
DIR By: LoneStartState
Date: July 24, 2026, 8:31 am
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--- Quote from: adban2004 link ---
>
> Thanks Incandescent for the reply. I don't know how to prove
the absence - and annoyingly I wasn't recording the times when I
reached parking the only time I can be sure of is based on my
Ringo receipt. However, all of the photos provided by the
council only start at 13:08...
>
--- End Quote ---
Do you have any dashcam or location data from a phone that
proves your were not at the location at 12:23?
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