Hello folks,
Yesterday I parked my car in my street and forgot to display my residents parking permit. A quite simple case of me not taking the time to stick the permit to my windscreen and so have been displaying it each day on the dashboard. I have a fully valid and paid for residents permit for the street.
As a consequence I received a Council PCN. The PCN is for contravention code 16 - "Parked in a permit space without displaying a valid permit". I'm confused as to whether the use of 16 is correct in this case, as there appears to be no clear information as to what constututes a code 16 vs a code 12 (is it purely signage based, or is the wholly residential usage of the street relevant). Also the use of the word 'space' and not zone/bay confuses me.
I wondered if anyone could check the ticket over. If 16 is the correct contravention, they probably have me "bang to rights", though I may try an informal challenge based on having purchased a valid permit from the Council, see if I luck-out and get someone in a good mood to excercise some discretion.
Cheers,
Dave