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Hi there,
Two issues for advice please:

1) I was parked on a side street for less than a full minute according to the PCN issued by Islington. I literally went to collect something that was ready for me to collect, hence only onew minute. Am I not entitled to any leeway?

2) The PCN states that the parking was on Popham Street, but it was actually on a road off Popham Street, namely Elder Walk. I attach a street map on the Council's website which indicated where my car was parked, whilst also referring to Popham Street. Is this a valid reason to invalidate the PCN>

Thanks in advance for your help.

Ian

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Many thanks - first time user

What were you collecting as loading pre-ordered stuff is an exemption.

The location is a good shout although these are small adjoining roads although Popham does have another longer stretch.

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Please tell us as much as possible about the goods being collected. Were they bulky and heavy that required you to park close by ?

Was collecting some fish, so cannot argue it was heavy or bulky.

Is it alright for them to give me less than one minute though?

Where do you get the minute from ? I suspect you were parked for over 1 minute, and anyway, one minute is sufficient for issuing a PCN.

You have yet to post the PCN, or any GSV location reference, so final advice cannot possible be given.

I assume you were parked here on double-yellow lines. No observation period is needed for these, so the CEO served a PCN with no observation period. It is then up to the PCN

As the OP said he was on Elder Walk which is off Popham so there is a location argument.

You really don't want to be taking fish on the bus but you should have used a pay bay as a parking plaice.

Steve Hatt no doubt - the price of fish these days is a £65 parking ticket. 

It was a single yellow line

On *** I parked my car for the purpose of collecting pre-ordered goods from ****.

When I returned, having collected and returned with my goods as promptly as possible, I found a PCN which claimed that I was parked in Popham Street. However, my view at the time was that I was parked in Elder Way. As can be seen in the CEO's photos, I was parked opposite estate parking bays which are marked clearly on the council's own plan and therefore I was situated in Elder Walk. This is confirmed(not that this is necessary unless the authority are claiming that their own plans are incorrect) by see enclosed GSV snapshots.

As the PCN fails to state the correct location, then it fails to state the grounds of contravention to the standard required by the regulations and the PCN must be cancelled. I would add that this applies irrespective of the whys and wherefores of my car being at the location(which, as said above, was for an exempt purpose in any case) and I should be grateful if in their reply the authority would not labour this point but instead focus on the substantive issue regarding incorrect location and defective grounds.

Some thoughts.

But definitely lead with the council's plan which GSV supports, not GSV alone.