Barnet Council - Contravention Code 62 (Parked on a footpath) - Henry Road EN4

Right there, hello guys. This morning I parked on the carriageway while I was attending a meeting at a building nearby. I got ticketed for "parking on a footpath", when in fact there is no footpath. The CEO takes an image showing "park in marked bays only", but that is for the opposite side of the road, there is no marked bays on my side of the road, so I feel it is an incorrect contravention code, because there is no footpath parking.

Also the photo of the "park in marked bays" is on a different street 


Images attached:






https://ibb.co/fYqZFvTy
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No footway? The pictures show a footway/pavement and carriageway.

Obviously whatever the contravention envisaged by the CEO they chose poorly.

"My car was on the carriageway not the footway so the contravention did not occur. Please cancel the PCN, which has been issued in error.'

Nothing more needs to be said.

Alright thanks very much. I'll be astounded if they choose to reject the appeal.

Alright thanks very much. I'll be astounded if they choose to reject the appeal.

Don't be astounded because >95% of representations are rejected by councils. In fact it is probably >98% !! Why, do I hear you ask ?
Because the councils know that if they do this, >95% of people just cough-up to get the discount, not knowing much about motoring and parking law. Revenues from PCNs in London are around £650 million a year, a Nice Little Earner. So you must be prepared to forego the discount if you want to win this one.

Please post a copy of the pcn

Please post a copy of the pcn

It’s the two links at the bottom.

I can't see anything other than a silly PCN Mr M. Maybe the CEO thought about having to be parked in a footway bay. Is it in a PPA zone?

The Park In Marked Bays sign terminates just before, as shown in GSV. The image of the sign attached by the CEO is on a different street.

Not 'The Park In Marked Bays ' sign, but a 'if you wish to park on the footway, you may do so within the marked areas.'sign.

It is optional.
These are not designated parking bays, they are areas on the footway where the council claims to have disapplied the statutory prohibition on parking on the footway introduced 52 years ago by the Greater London Council.

Ah, interesting. Regardless the contravention the CEO has invented has not been committed at all, I parked on the carriageway not the footway.

In a nutshell.

And talking of nuts, don't think that your reps would provide a damascene conversion within the authority. I suspect this would need either a heavy hammer or the adjudicator. Or both.

You'll succeed in the end, it's simply a matter of how many hoops these ignoramuses force you to jump through.