thanks guys so much for your responses,, so english is my language im uk born n bred,, just was typing quickly as im at work.

yes you are correct my membership expired, but this is a resident permit which when you own or live at an address you pay yearly for that privilege, i have been doing and paying this consecutively for say nearly 10 years now,, every year prices increase however we still pay,,,,

previously there was at least a reminder through the post saying you need to update / renew the permit.  then it all went electrical so the badge inside the windscreen was no longer issued , similar to a tax disc, and they still sent reminders one month prior to expiring

this year now only emails are sent out as a reminder , and in my case it went straight through to my junk mail,,, 

therefore i didnt know i had renewal and it had expired, thus me getting a ticket outside my house

i then called up my local Bexley council to which she said challenging the fine is to do with an  external company, which i did,, i told them can i just renew the membership as per every year and to cancel the ticket,, surely a straight forward process,

i bought a new parking permit,, yearly of course, it started a few days after as i couldn't back date it,, which is silly as it was a matter of few weeks

now the Bexley council have responded against my appeal 2 months later with a no,, and that the council require the additional £55 .. what is this silly money making scheme?

thanks for the response,, however usually over the many years i have been paying they always send a reminder through the post,,, via letter,,,, this time they have removed the in windscreen display ,,, and only sent reminder though email which goes to my junk maill,,,,

however if i did not renew my permit i understand,, but i renewed it for another year,,,,,, why should i pay for the ticket if i have just renewed again ?

the council then said i should speak to the corporation,,, who did not respond,, now council have come back say i owe them money,,,,,, seems totally unfair and all would of been resolved if a reminder would have come through the post,,,

fact is i have renewed again for another year as i have paid for the last , but now council chasing and not the pcn company,,, seems odd this??

and a bit scammy 

hi wondering if anyone knows any knowledge of residence permits,,

i pay already £125 per year  for outside my house residence permit.... they failed to notify me that is was due to run out which i then got a parking ticket for,,

i called council and they said its an external company who deals with it,,,,,,

this was 2 months ago i complain and 2 months later now the council have return via letter say my appeal was rejected,,,,even though i have already bought a new permit

surely this is a joke?