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Got a PCN but wrong road name on PCN
By: PCN ticket Date: December 31, 2025, 5:16 am
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Hi all,
I got a PCN and for parking just outside of the bay as the car
in front of me was not parked more forward leave a lot of space
in front of them, I was in a hurry to take my nephew to AnE, I
made informal representation but was rejected, while I was
talking to someone they told me that road was not the road I was
parked on so I then saw the name of the road on the ticket and
it is the wrong road. I parked on Cavell St and the ticket says
Maples place.
How can I challenge this please.
I now got a notice to owner.
Thanks
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Re: Got a PCN but wrong road name on PCN
By: John U.K. Date: December 31, 2025, 5:57 am
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As usual, for meaningful advice please have a read of
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/
and post up here
(use
ibb.co
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or
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for posting images.
Wherever possible, use the BBCode.)
both sides of the unredacted PCN ( - leave everything in),
a copy of yr challenge,
a copy of their rejection,
all sides of the NtO
only redact yr name & address from documents - leave everything
else in),
a GSV link to the location,
and any council photos/video.
#Post#: 104830--------------------------------------------------
Re: Got a PCN but wrong road name on PCN
By: PCN ticket Date: January 6, 2026, 2:27 pm
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Hi
Please see attached
NTO, rejection letter, my representation but I only took half of
the screenshot and the PCN I lost it somewhere.
Thanks
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Re: Got a PCN but wrong road name on PCN
By: stamfordman Date: January 6, 2026, 2:45 pm
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No hope on the contravention but wrong location is usually fatal
for them. I can see you were here on Cavell Street:
HTML https://maps.app.goo.gl/Loi9gBPfFF1VTDEy8
NTO is 17/12/25 so you need to send reps soon. Draft here first
but I can't think it can be much longer than couple of lines.
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Re: Got a PCN but wrong road name on PCN
By: PCN ticket Date: January 6, 2026, 5:04 pm
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How about something like this
I am making formal representations against the Notice to Owner
because the PCN contains an error. The PCN states that I was at
Maples Place. However, my vehicle was parked on Cavell Street,
which is a different location.
Because the PCN does not correctly say the location of the where
I was parked.
As a result, the PCN is invalid, the contravention did not
occur, and the PCN and the Notice to Owner must be cancelled.
#Post#: 104865--------------------------------------------------
Re: Got a PCN but wrong road name on PCN
By: fraser.mitchell Date: January 6, 2026, 5:12 pm
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[quote]Because the PCN does not correctly say the location of
the where I was parked.
As a result, the PCN is invalid, the contravention did not
occur, and the PCN and the Notice to Owner must be
cancelled.[/quote]
Therefore because the PCN does not give the correct location,
which is a legally mandated requirement, it is invalid, and must
be cancelled.
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Re: Got a PCN but wrong road name on PCN
By: stamfordman Date: January 6, 2026, 5:22 pm
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Location isn't one of the mandatory fields on a parking PCN but
in practice is needed to fully describe the contravention.
I've looked at the rejection and they've left the door open to
evidence of emergency - can you say more as this could be
another ground to add if you can stand it up.
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Re: Got a PCN but wrong road name on PCN
By: fraser.mitchell Date: January 6, 2026, 5:42 pm
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[quote author=stamfordman link=topic=9320.msg104868#msg104868
date=1767741733]
Location isn't one of the mandatory fields on a parking PCN but
in practice is needed to fully describe the contravention.
I've looked at the rejection and they've left the door open to
evidence of emergency - can you say more as this could be
another ground to add if you can stand it up.
[/quote]
Yes, you're right, but where an alleged contravention occurred
is surely essential content within the grounds on which the CeO
believes a contravention has occurred.
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Re: Got a PCN but wrong road name on PCN
By: stamfordman Date: January 6, 2026, 5:56 pm
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The statutory guidance for parking contraventions now recommends
location and other things so that is as close as it gets without
new legislation. But it's what the tribunal finds that's key for
us and they tend to find for appellants on wrong location.
Surprisingly the PCN number isn't mandatory.
The information that a penalty charge notice must [footnote 15]
contain is set out in the regulations. It is recommended that it
also gives:
detailed location of the vehicle (full street name)
the contravention code
observation start and finish times
penalty charge notice number (all should be uniquely
identifiable)
CEO identification number
#Post#: 104941--------------------------------------------------
Re: Got a PCN but wrong road name on PCN
By: Grant Urismo Date: January 7, 2026, 7:05 am
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The line that adjudicators seem to take is that you only have to
prepare a defence against the specific thing the Council have
accused you of. In your case that's being parked illegally in
Maples Place at a specific time. You have photographic evidence
that proves that your car was elsewhere at the time. If the
Council wants to accuse you of something else (for example
parking illegally in Cavell St. at that time) they need to
follow the correct legal process for doing so, to give you time
to prepare a defence against that accusation (which they now
can't as they have missed the deadline - among other reasons)
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