Parking ticket for parking in my own space

one_more_sukka

Afternoon,

I have recently received 2 parking tickets (Penalty Charge Notices from Hammersmith and Fulham Council) on two successive days for parking in my flats allocated parking space. My problem is that my car is slightly too long for the parking space and as a result it sticks out over the pavement and blocks a small portion of it. Also, my front wheels are partially on the pavement, so I have received a ticket for parking on the pavement.

I intend to challenge the tickets but I was wondering if anyone had any guidance or pointers on how I can do this.

I am unable to move the car at the moment and am likely to get further tickets as the traffic warden to a neighbour that he will continue to put a ticket on my car until the offence stops.

I do not have a parking permit as I have off road parking with my flat, so moving the car is not an option at the moment.

Thanks in advance for your help

ckerrd

Does it state anything in your deeds/rental agreement about the space and what you can and cannot put there? e.g. that any vehicle must fit in the allocated space

Presumably you have a ticket for obstruction?

Anihilator

Why bother appealing.

Your guilty of the offence. Its no one but your own fault you have a car that doesnt fit and hence commit a parking/traffic offence.

You either need to find alternate parking or purchase a car that fits.

Crabman

Could you upload the PCNs (with personal info removed)? See below thread for info on how to do that:

How to Upload & Post Images (PCN/NtO/other related paperwork)

Anihilator wrote: »

Your guilty of the offence.

Whose guilty of what offence?

one_more_sukka

I am having a few problems uploading it but the contravention states

"Parked with one or more wheels on or over a footpath or any part of an urban road other tha a carraigeway (footway parking)"

And the reason why I am appealing is that I believed that I was legally parked. I moved in about 6 months ago and have parked the car there for 6 months without a problem. I checked with the landlord and he said we have a right to park there. He told me I was parking on private property and that I wouldn't have a problem. The kerb has been lowered to allow access to the parking space and I was not preventing anyone from walking past including prams and wheelchairs.

Also, by the time I can move the car (Friday) I will have £600 in fines if he puts a ticket a day on the car.

I will work on uploading the ticket as soon as I can

peter_the_piper

Copy the upl on tinypic. Paste it on here and leave off the http://

Orford

one_more_sukka wrote: »

. My problem is that my car is slightly too long for the parking space and as a result it sticks out over the pavement and blocks a small portion of it. Also, my front wheels are partially on the pavement, so I have received a ticket for parking on the pavement.

one_more_sukka wrote: »

I checked with the landlord and he said we have a right to park there. He told me I was parking on private property and that I wouldn't have a problem.

But only if the entire vehicle is on private property. If your front wheels are on the pavement, the front of the vehicle almost certainly overhangs the edge of the pavement by 2 or 3 ft. If you can't fit the car on the forecourt, then the cheapest alternative is to buy a resident permit for £99.

The only hope is that the PCN itself is faulty in some way.

Coblcris

What are the dimensions of the allocated bay ? What percentage of vehicles would fit within it ? These question may be more relevant if the flat is a council one, less so if it is private.