PCN: parking adjacent to a dropped footway

Hannnzz

Hi, on 26/11/12 I received a penalty charge notice from Stoke-On-Trent city council which claimed I was parking adjacent to a dropped footway. I had left the car parked all day there whilst I worked at the hospital so I got back late at around 5.30pm when it was dark to a PCN. Opened it and it said I was parked adjacent to a dropped footway (contravention code 27).

Where I had parked, there was admittedly a dropped footway. This extends from a gate right over the driveway next to it. I had parked just in front of the gate and I believe the end of my wheel was just over the start of the dropped kerb.

Opposite the dropped kerb is a grass verge, so the kerb is not used for pedestrian crossing. The dropped kerb is solely for the use of the driveway, which I did not obstruct.

I appealed saying I'd like to see photographs and that I was not blocking the driveway. If anything my car wheel was not over the dropped footway. I had a reply saying that "[my] vehicle was parked on a dropped kerb, obstructing access to the premises set back from the highway". They did not attach photographs, so today I phoned and asked for the photographic evidence.

I'd be so grateful if I could gain some insight onto what my chance is, if any, of my appeal being accepted, and what I could write in my appeal. On 20th December I would have to pay £35 I think.

Thanks!

(I have photographs but as a new user I'm not allowed to post with links... )

Buzby

Is this on a public road, or hospital/private property? It is worth checking as you won't be the first to be pursued for an invalid contravention by a too-eager traffic warden.

Hannnzz

Public road!

Coupon-mad

Start a new topic on pepipoo forums, with pics of both sides of that PCN and the wording you used, and a pic of the rejection letter too.

http://forums.pepipoo.com/index.php?showforum=30

If your car was parked anything like this one (typical pepipoo thread below) then the contravention did not occur as the sloping part of the kerb is not the 'dropped kerb'. See all the advice here, see how many pics this poster has provided, and then start your own topic like his:

http://forums.pepipoo.com/index.php?showtopic=72912

Good luck, most people do win who appeal further with pepipoo's help.