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#Post#: 10585--------------------------------------------------
Lincolnshire County Council, Code 12, Parked in a Residents
Permit Area/Zone, Dunlop Street Lincoln. Offence: 17/10/2023
DIR By: swanny65
Date: November 19, 2023, 4:31 am
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Hi
Moving this across from PePiPoo and thanks for the message.
My son has received a Notice to Owner in respect of a PCN. He is
in his second year at Lincoln University. This year he is living
in a shared house in Dunlop Street. He has taken his car with
him to Lincoln. He moved into the house on 15/09/2023. We
noticed it was a permit holders-only area and bought his parking
permit that evening. The parking permit arrived and is valid
from 01/09/2023 to 31/08/2024.
My son is adamant that the yellow penalty notice was not on the
vehicle windscreen when he went to his vehicle, probably later
on 17/10/2023. He is also adamant that no further yellow notices
have been placed on his vehicle.
As requested I have uploaded photographs of the Notice to Owner
letter, the CEO's photographs, a copy of his resident parking
permit, and a zoomed-in photograph of the PCN photograph timed
at 10:19:18 on 17/10/2023.
The zoomed-in photography appears to show his resident's parking
permit was on display, please see the darker square image on the
dashboard near the nearside wing mirror - my guess is it may
have been face down.
Appreciate your expert opinions on the next steps:
1. It is a first offence.
2. He had only been living in Dunlop Street 5 weeks.
3. The permit was purchased immediately
4. He thought that the council would have the details of his
vehicle on a database and would x-check if he ever made an error
- his home address with us, is in an area where all the car
parks use Ringo and he applied the same logic
5. Focus on the zoomed-in photograph as it may help his case
Thanks very much
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#Post#: 10588--------------------------------------------------
Re: Lincolnshire County Council, Code 12, Parked in a Residents
Permit Area/Zone, Dunlop Street Lincoln. Offence: 17/10/
DIR By: fraser.mitchell
Date: November 19, 2023, 5:17 am
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Unfortunately, all your your points bar 5 all come down to
mitigation. No 5, (permit on display), should get the PCN
cancelled, because the permit was on display as you show by
zooming the council's own photo,
So submit informal reps on this basis, together with the zoomed
photo and photo of the permit for comparison . Then add in your
other points, pointing out that everything was done in
accordance with council requirements for resident permits.
#Post#: 10664--------------------------------------------------
Re: Lincolnshire County Council, Code 12, Parked in a Residents
Permit Area/Zone, Dunlop Street Lincoln. Offence: 17/10/
DIR By: ivanleo
Date: November 19, 2023, 6:14 pm
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We're at the notice to owner stage already so there are no
informal reps, only formal ones.
These can be kept fairly simple:
[indent]
Dear Lincolnshire County Council,
The alleged contravention did not occur, because a valid permit
was on display, I attach a zoomed-in photo taken by the CEO, and
also a seperate photo showing the permit. This is the first PCN
received and no other PCN has been received before or since,
which is to be expected as a valid permit has been obtained for
this vehicle.
Furthermore while I appreciate the PCN was validly served, I did
not find it on the car, therefore I lost the opportunity to pay
the penalty at the discounted rate.
In the circumstances, please would you cancel the PCN.
Yours faithfully,
[/indent]
Send the representations online and keep a screenshot of the
confirmation page.
#Post#: 10838--------------------------------------------------
Re: Lincolnshire County Council, Code 12, Parked in a Residents
Permit Area/Zone, Dunlop Street Lincoln. Offence: 17/10/
DIR By: swanny65
Date: November 21, 2023, 1:26 pm
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Thanks very much for your advice. I have emailed Lincolnshire
County Council and will let you know the outcome. Much
appreciated
#Post#: 11805--------------------------------------------------
Re: Lincolnshire County Council, Code 12, Parked in a Residents
Permit Area/Zone, Dunlop Street Lincoln. Offence: 17/10/
DIR By: swanny65
Date: December 3, 2023, 10:47 am
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Hi
Good news. Lincolnshire County Council, while not accepting the
picture above is of a parking permit, has applied discretion and
allowed my son's appeal.
Thanks very much
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