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       #Post#: 101293--------------------------------------------------
       Parking PCN - Barnet Council - 16 - Parked in a permit space
       without valid permit, Sunningfields Crescent, NW4
   DIR By: driver24
       Date: December 6, 2025, 11:51 am
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       Hello,
       I parked on a road (Sunningfields Crescent, NW4) next to a park
       on a Sunday (30/11/25) and received a PCN at 2:06pm.
       The sign reads - "Permit Holders only [ED] on event days 1-6pm"
       I understood this sign to mean: "Only residents can park here on
       Event days between 1-6pm".
       Can someone explain what this sign means (see images below) and
       should I pay this fine or challenge it?
       Thanks!
       Parking Sign
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       PCN - Front
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       PCN - Back
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       #Post#: 101297--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Parking PCN - Barnet Council - 16 - Parked in a permit space
       without valid permit, Sunningfields Crescent, NW4
   DIR By: stamfordman
       Date: December 6, 2025, 12:24 pm
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       This is the Saracens event day zone. There was a match on 30
       November.
       There must be zone entry points with the date - what was your
       route to parking there?
       Here's a zone entry sign nearby:
  HTML https://maps.app.goo.gl/PcqCdPm6oGsMv3KRA
       #Post#: 101391--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Parking PCN - Barnet Council - 16 - Parked in a permit space
       without valid permit, Sunningfields Crescent, NW4
   DIR By: driver24
       Date: December 7, 2025, 4:20 pm
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  HTML https://maps.app.goo.gl/UV1mU9t2n7PsAEmm6
       I came from Sunny
       Gardens Rd, into Sunningfields crescent. This is where I entered
       this road and I parked at the top of this road on the right.
       #Post#: 101394--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Parking PCN - Barnet Council - 16 - Parked in a permit space
       without valid permit, Sunningfields Crescent, NW4
   DIR By: fraser.mitchell
       Date: December 7, 2025, 5:54 pm
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       --- Quote ---
       > The sign reads - "Permit Holders only [ED] on event days
       1-6pm"
       >
       > I understood this sign to mean: "Only residents can park here
       on Event days between 1-6pm".
       --- End Quote ---
       Well, no, it means what it says, namely only permit holders with
       code ED on their permit can park as per the notice.
       #Post#: 101536--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Parking PCN - Barnet Council - 16 - Parked in a permit space
       without valid permit, Sunningfields Crescent, NW4
   DIR By: stamfordman
       Date: December 8, 2025, 10:50 am
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       Mr Mustard knows most about this. Try emailing him -
       mrmustard@zoho.com or message him here as he's a member.
       #Post#: 101887--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Parking PCN - Barnet Council - 16 - Parked in a permit space
       without valid permit, Sunningfields Crescent, NW4
   DIR By: mrmustard
       Date: December 10, 2025, 11:01 am
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       I haven't had many Event Day PCNs recently, I used to get them
       every week (during the season) and this is because residents got
       to know, so now mostly visitors get caught and they aren't even
       going to the match.
       I would expect the council to fail to prove something at the
       Appeal stage so forget about the discount if you want to fight
       as the council are most unlikely to cancel & I win half of my
       cases by going to Appeal (I win 85% overall, I have fought
       2,000+ pcn in the last 7 years).
       I would select the ground 'There was no contravention' (or
       similar wording) and then write that 'signs within the road did
       not notify me that the day in question was an Event Day,
       whatever that is, nor where that information was to be found.
       Please cancel the PCN.'
       That is all. Don't veer off into other areas, keep it short and
       to the point, you only put yourself in it if you write more than
       that.
       If you were loading/unloading or boarding/alighting a passneger
       who needed assistance that could be an exmeption so do come back
       if that was actually the case.
       #Post#: 102147--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Parking PCN - Barnet Council - 16 - Parked in a permit space
       without valid permit, Sunningfields Crescent, NW4
   DIR By: driver24
       Date: December 12, 2025, 6:00 am
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       Thank you for the advise.
       Would you be up for taking this case on my behalf?
       Many Thanks
       #Post#: 102170--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Parking PCN - Barnet Council - 16 - Parked in a permit space
       without valid permit, Sunningfields Crescent, NW4
   DIR By: mrmustard
       Date: December 12, 2025, 7:53 am
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       Sure, if a donation of £40 is made to the North London Hospice.
       I ask for nothing for myself.
       #Post#: 102309--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Parking PCN - Barnet Council - 16 - Parked in a permit space
       without valid permit, Sunningfields Crescent, NW4
   DIR By: driver24
       Date: December 13, 2025, 8:42 am
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       Happy to do that. What's the process ?
       Do I donate, show evidence of the donation and then email you
       the details of the PCN?
       Many thanks
       #Post#: 102339--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Parking PCN - Barnet Council - 16 - Parked in a permit space
       without valid permit, Sunningfields Crescent, NW4
   DIR By: mrmustard
       Date: December 13, 2025, 12:22 pm
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       Yes please
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