Council Parking Charge (PCN) - Signs only at entrances, no signs on the actual street

TamerAM

Hi everyone,

I've been charged with a parking ticket from the council in a place where there were no signs whatsoever. Haven't crossed any double lines, no yellow lines, no signs, no machines to pay, nothing.

I have challenged the PCN to the Council and they rejected stating that there are clear signs at the entrance on the street. It was my mistake that I haven't noticed the only sign that was not even in my line of sight and no reminders on the street that it is a resident-only parking street. Please, see it yourself @ https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.8746993,-0.4247964,3a,75y,77.44h,69.13t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sCJDwF1bFBP7eiVbtX0vAxw!2e0!7i16384!8i8192 My car was parked in the exact same spot where the Blue car is in the street view, in between those 2 vans. If you go behind the black van and go to the left, down the street, you will see there is a sign (I have just seen it recently and they uploaded a photo of it). On the sign that says "Resident parking past this point" going down behind the black van - on the same sign, on its back, it says the same, going upwards.

Are there any other grounds to get this cancelled? Any grounds to re-appeal and get this over with?

NB: I have not seen any photos submitted by the CEO in the parking charge form.

"Thank you for your correspondence received concerning the above Penalty

Charge Notice (PCN). After full consideration of all the circumstances I have

to advise you that we are rejecting your challenge of the Penalty Charge

Notice.

The reasons for rejection are as follows:

The notes made by the Civil Enforcement Officer (CEO) at the time the

Parking Charge Notice (PCN) was issued state clearly that your vehicle was

seen parked in a residents parking zone Russel Rise parked without

displaying a valid resident’s permit correctly during prescribed hours. The

vehicle was observed from 14:26 hours to 14:31 hours and during this time

the driver was not seen and the ticket was affixed to the windscreen at 14:29

hours.

Drivers of vehicles parked in a resident permit bay are required to display their

valid permit or ticket clearly so that it is visible from the front or the near side

of the vehicle.

Vehicles left in a parking place designated for permit holders only are required

to display a valid permit in such a way that the details printed thereon are

clearly visible from the front or the near side of the vehicle. In this case the

restrictions were from Monday- Saturday, 8am- 6pm.

In your appeal you stated that you were not aware of any restrictions in place

for where your car was parked which was opposite 107 Russel Rise. You

stated that there were no lines or signs, however I can confirm that there is a

sign on entrance to Russell rise which clearly shows “Mon-Sat 8am-6pm

resident permit holders only past this point”.

Based on the evidence before me, I am satisfied that the contravention

occurred and that the PCN was issued correctly. The onus is on the driver to

ensure that the vehicle is left in accordance with the restrictions, by failing to

do this you did not satisfy this requirement therefore I found no grounds to

cancel this PCN."

I'll just wait for your thoughts if there is anything I could do before the half-amount date is over (19/04/22).

Many thanks in advance.

Umkomaas

As we major on private parking tickets here, PePiPoo will be your best bet for council tickets. Register there but please note that a hotmail address won't work - try using a throwaway gmail account instead if you do have trouble registering and post a new thread; here's your link:

http://forums.pepipoo.com/index.php?act=SF&s=&f=30

Have a read through some of the other threads there before you post your own to get the hang of what information they need from you in your opening post - but as a minimum you will need to post redacted photos/scans of all correspondence you've received from the council (both sides, if appropriate) as they need to see all the small print.

TamerAM

Thank you. In the end, it is my mistake, an expensive lesson learnt. Will have to pay it and be careful going forwards. Thank you for pointing me on their forums!