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chalfont31

Hi
can anyone advise, I received PCN for parking on my dropped kerb in front of my house. the council insisted that it was a footway only but since they have relented and said its a crossover as well. the dropped kerb was built with the property in 1936 and I have lived here for the last 27 years with no problems. the ticket was issued for the first time on May 14. I have asked the council to cancel but they are refusing. I am going to an adjudicator. Does anyone know as to what the outcome will probably be. By the way there are no parking restrictions at all where I live.

peter_the_piper

Do you have pic's of the alleged offence? Are you supposed to have completely covered the dropped kerb or just the downward slope? Copy/scan/photo the pcn and host it on tinypic and remove personal details. Copy the url and paste into this topic removing the http:// bit there may well be errors on the paperwork which make it unenforceable.

forgotmyname

Does the dropped kerb allow access to your property?

Is it the same surface material as the rest of the footway or have they added the paving with pimples
on them to mark it as a crossing point?

How long has the dropped kerb been in place?

chalfont31

the drop kerb is in front of my property and its an access to a driveway. the whole of the drop kerb is made of old fashioned bricks and its the same bricks for every property in my road. nothing has been added by the council. there no signs ,yellow lines or even white lines. it has been in place since the house was built in 1936 and this was confirmed by my local councillor and Ealing council still refuses to cancel.
They have even admitted that if I had registered my drop kerb then it would have confirmed my ownership and the case would have been different.. we have to register in Ealing just in case cars block driveways illegally.

Coupon-mad

Is this driveway to a single residence or is it shared with a neighbouring property?

You may park across the drive of a single dwelling with the permission of the occupier (provided that the permission has not been paid for).

This is an exemption allowed in the regulations. TMA 2004 S.86 (3)
http://www.statutelaw.gov.uk/content...&filesize=7323

HTH, keep appealing, go to the adjudicator. I would.

chalfont31

its a single dwelling and do not share the driveway. I am the owner of the property and i always thought that i can park in front of my own dropped kerb. like I said this is the first PCN in 27 years that I have lived in this house.

Coupon-mad

Fine, stop worrying and meet those appeal deadlines then. Point out the above exemption.

sarahg1969

Is there a matching dropped kerb on the opposite side of the road?