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Ealing Council 53J failing to comply with a restriction on vehicles entering a pedestrian Oldfield lane south Greenford (1) (U)

Any advice on if and how to appeal this would be appreciated.

Received a fine for 53J failing to comply with a restriction on vehicles entering a pedestrian zone in Oldfield lane south in Greenford, London the description of where this happened is very vague and does not state the exact location on the Oldfield lane south of where this happened the images and videos are also no help to see exactly where on the road this happened. On the image and video the sign appears to be way above eye level for a driver in a vehicle and far from the road so I was not able to see it, it was placed as the zone started and had it been spotted wouldn't have allowed enough time to read the sign and timings and stop to turn around prior to entering.

I live 100 miles away in Birmingham which they are aware of as they have sent this to my address and I am not familiar with these roads nor was I aware that there were such restrictions with regards to driving through school zones at certain times as where I am from we have very few pedestrian only zones but the ones we do have are clearly labeled at eye level and are not big enough for cars to drive through.

There also don't seem to be any signs prior to the zone beginning to give you prior warning that up ahead there is a pedestrian only zone that you are not allowed to drive through during certain times.

The sign in the attached image and videos is not clear so the days and timings the restrictions apply to are not visible neither on the PCN does it mention the days and timings of the restrictions. So there is no way of me knowing other than Google (and maybe the Council website which I have not checked) as to when the restrictions apply. Street view does not show an image of the sign perhaps street view has not updated since the sign went up?

https://maps.app.goo.gl/iDccG36suPW6zRLD7

Is there a chance I can appeal this and likely win?

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1p4N1mnG_ZifG059Pu-7lCuwoDFRhCDN_/view?usp=drivesdk

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zsStG1-n9NL9I_1WhtLLHv1lUOZBbUDV/view?usp=drivesdk

https://drive.google.com/file/d/13XgbiG3g2XdtlaJ1W3jzeP1T29P9hqnY/view?usp=drivesdk

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Vg4nkTimTG0j3YBQQJ5o-pbDdKXX_B1S/view?usp=drivesdk

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gA_RAnuA4dMPbbbri7PuhTVVa0eU7jLx/view?usp=drivesdk

Done 

Thank you so much for your response.

I will try to travel down in the next few days or ask someone I know in that part of London to take photos of drivers view as thw 14 days will be up on Wednesday. From what I can see now it does seem very high up and unless I was in a van or SUV I may not be able to see it from my drivers seat.