Understanding a new parking restriction.

Andy_WSM

Hi all,

Where I park for work every day has had new bays painted and parking restriction signs put up stating "Mon-Fri 9am to 5pm 5 Hours, no return within 2 hours".

My question is this...If I arrive and park at 6am on a Monday, can I stay parked until 2pm the same day without risk of a PCN? i.e 5 hours from 9am when the restrictions start. Any time I arrive before 9am is irrelevant I am assuming as the clock can only start from when the restrictions come into effect?

Poppy9

The restrictions only apply after 9am so anytime before is fine. Similarly if you park at 12pm you can stay after 5pm.

Even if there is a charge you can put a ticket on for the hours during the parking restrictions and stay later without removing ticket once the restriction ends.

man.united332

sorry to hijack your thread, what's the meaning of no return within two hours?

Poppy9

man.united332 wrote: »

sorry to hijack your thread, what's the meaning of no return within two hours?

If you park 9am to 2pm that's 5 hours. You can not return until after 4pm to park again so if you went off for an hour you can't return to same parking bay.

Umkomaas

@OP - is this a council run or privately owned car park.

If it's the latter, I'd like to know on what the preceding advice is based.

Andy_WSM

Umkomaas wrote: »

@OP - is this a council run or privately owned car park.

If it's the latter, I'd like to know on what the preceding advice is based.

Council, street parking, City of Bristol.

Andy_WSM

Poppy9 wrote: »

The restrictions only apply after 9am so anytime before is fine. Similarly if you park at 12pm you can stay after 5pm.

Perfect, thank you. Will ask my manager to tweak my hours so I can be back at the car by 2pm each day, which will save me a £200 a year parking permit

Coupon-mad

As long as those restrictions actually say the place is free to park for those 5 hours, not 'permit holders only' for 5 hours, etc. Bristol CEOs are almost as notorious as Brighton where I live!

Poppy9

Andy_WSM wrote: »

Council, street parking, City of Bristol.

I park on Bristol streets when visiting DD and if I arrive at say 4pm I only pay for 1 hour parking as it's free after 5pm where she lives.

Restrictions don't usually apply to blue badge holders.

Guys_Dad

The above comments are correct unless there are any parking restrictions before 9.00 a.m. Hours from 5.00 p.m. may be residents only. We actually need to see any other signs covering the area and all the wording.

For a definitive answer, ask the council. They should know.

Andy_WSM

Guys_Dad wrote: »

For a definitive answer, ask the council. They should know.

Oh, you'd hope so, wouldn't you?! My first port of call was to ask a parking enforcement officer who walked by work. He didn't know so provided me with the phone number for "Bristol City parking services", who kept me waiting for 27 minutes to tell me they didn't know either!

Anyway, to answer the questions asked of me - this is not a residents zone, there is no hourly fee payable and no further restrictions (at the moment) outside of the hours stated in my original post. My question seems to have been answered as I expected (and hoped).

I have also since checked on the gov.uk website and it clearly states if it is a restricted bay with no single yellow line inside the bay then only the restrictions posted on adjacent signage apply.

In theory then, it would not be possible for anyone that arrived before 9am to get a parking ticket before 2pm in any circumstance given this signage? Similarily, anyone arriving after 12pm would also be in the clear and could remain parked until 2pm the following day?

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