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PCN on disabled badge
DIR By: ahmed
Date: December 3, 2025, 3:08 pm
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I’m a disabled badge holder and I parked in a designated bay,
displayed my badge correctly, but forgot to set the time disc. I
actually parked at 2:30pm, but the clock was still set to
5:00pm. (Parking is free after 6:30pm.) I received a PCN for
this.
I appealed to the council and attached a letter from my
solicitor confirming my 2:30pm appointment, but they rejected
the appeal. I now have two options:
- Pay £80 at the discounted rate, or
- Wait for the Notice to Owner, risk the full £160 fine, appeal
again to the council, and then take it to the independent
tribunal if needed.
My question is: Is it worth appealing further, and what are the
chances of success?
PCN Details
Date Issued:
Site:
Reason for Issue:
a valid virtual permit or clearly displaying a valid permit
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Re: PCN on disabled badge
DIR By: catnip
Date: December 3, 2025, 4:33 pm
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You need to post the PCN together with the photos so they can be
reviewed.
Have a look at this post which explains how to do this:
HTML https://www.ftla.uk/civil-penalty-charge-notices-(councils-tfl-and-so-on)/read-this-first-before-posting-your-case!-this-section-is-for-council-tfl-dartme/
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Re: PCN on disabled badge
DIR By: ahmed
Date: December 4, 2025, 3:42 pm
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Re: PCN on disabled badge
DIR By: H C Andersen
Date: December 4, 2025, 4:03 pm
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No need to redact VRM and PCN number, pl reinstate.
We need a GSV to the location to confirm that you were in an
unmarked and not marked parking place.
The PCN means you were parked in a Permit Parking Area, marked
by at least one entry sign.
“permit parking area”
an area—
(a)
into which each entrance for vehicular traffic has been
indicated by the sign provided for at item 5 of the sign table
in Part 3 of Schedule 5; and
(b)
where any parking place within that area reserved for the use of
the permit holders as indicated on that sign is not shown by
markings on the road (whether or not an upright sign is placed
next to, or near, such a parking place to indicate that only the
permit holders in question may use the place)
The sign in evidence is meaningless on its own, other than to
show that a contravention did not occur because on its own it
has no legal effect without corresponding road markings.
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Re: PCN on disabled badge
DIR By: ahmed
Date: December 4, 2025, 5:02 pm
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Here is the GSV
GSV
HTML https://maps.app.goo.gl/7vLrB6uPs6zHE6FP7
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Re: PCN on disabled badge
DIR By: H C Andersen
Date: December 5, 2025, 3:28 am
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The PCN no. and VRM pl.
Are you the registered keeper with current DVLA details?
Sorry for the questions, but we need to see the council's
evidence to do which we'll need the PCN etc. details.
I can just see what looks like a 'Permit Area Ends' sign in the
background and GSV show a Permit Holders Only sign which you
must have passed. Did you?
If so, why do you think that a BB allows you to park in a permit
holder's bay in this council's area? Have you done this before?
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Re: PCN on disabled badge
DIR By: ahmed
Date: December 5, 2025, 10:04 am
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Yes, I have done it before. Actually, the PCN was issued because
the time displayed on my Blue Badge clock was incorrect. I
parked at around 2:30pm, but the clock showed 5:00pm, which led
to the ticket being issued — although this reason was not stated
anywhere on the PCN itself.
My question is whether this can be contested, as the incorrect
time was an honest mistake and not an attempt to mislead the
inspector, especially since parking is free after 6:30pm.
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Re: PCN on disabled badge
DIR By: H C Andersen
Date: December 5, 2025, 10:18 am
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You are mistaken.
From the BB booklet:
Places where you cannot park
Parking places reserved for specific users such as resident’s
bays or loading bays. You may wish to check whether a particular
local council has chosen to exempt Blue Badge holders from these
restrictions.
A BB does not entitle you to park in a permit holders only
parking place. However, local authorities may choose to allow
this.
So your premise is wrong and therefore possibly your assumption
that the issue at large is failure to display a parking disc in
the required manner. For all we know, you'd have received a PCN
anyway, clock or not, because you're not allowed to park there
with a BB anyway.
Hence my questions.
My request for PCN number and VRM are outstanding.
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Re: PCN on disabled badge
DIR By: ahmed
Date: December 5, 2025, 11:00 am
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It is clearly stated on the Redbridge website that Blue Badge
holders are allowed to park in resident permit holder area.
Also, please let me know what information is missing here that
would need to be taken directly from the PCN in order to provide
proper assistance.
Redbridge BB guideline
HTML https://www.redbridge.gov.uk/parking/blue-badge/how-to-use-a-blue-badge/
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Re: PCN on disabled badge
DIR By: H C Andersen
Date: December 5, 2025, 11:18 am
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Thanks. I don't know whether Redbridge use 'resident permit' and
'permit' synonymously (the are separate and distinct prescribed
traffic signs) but if they do then presumably the permit
identifier here means resident permit and their policy applies,
in which case you are correct in that failure to set the clock
correctly gave rise to the PCN.
As regards further info, the authority's response, the VRM and
PCN number please. Also confirm whether you are the registered
keeper with current DVLA details.
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