Mr O parked in a bay with the above sign and received a code 19 PCN for being in a residents or shared use bay. Clearly the use isn't shared but it isn't a bay for residents only either so Mr Mustard would have argued the toss. It seems to be mostly in Hackney that they have residents bays and general permit bays, he has no idea why. However, he was busy working so left the client to argue for himself. This PCN, ending 651A did get cancelled.
However what also happened was that a Notice to Owner arrived for a code 19 PCN at the same location for the same vehicle but with an alleged contravention time that was 2 minutes later. A PCN had not been served on the day which is a complete defence. The number was 6520.
What happened, surmises Mr Mustard, is that the 'traffic warden' was unhappy with something on PCN 651A and cancelled it, issued 6520 and then printed out and put the wrong PCN on the vehicle.
What you may not know is that these two PCNs are consecutive, 651 and 652 as the final number is a check digit which makes it less likely that you will go wrong when entering it in a system.
The standard cancellation letter from Hackney Council is at odds with itself.
The PCN may have been correctly issued but it wasn't correctly served so that sentence is a bit slippery.
There has been an administrative error. It would be open and honest if the council said what it was.
It is a precedent if the council make a procedural error, they must cancel other such PCNs.
The point of this blog is that the more you know the better equipped you are to fight councils. Please keep doing it.
The end.
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