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15 inch tyres means the silver part of the wheel is 38cm diameter.

Looks borderline to me, but I'd say the onus is on the council to prove the allegation not you to defend it. It wouldn't be beyond the wit of man for the council to provide their CEOs with a 50cm tape measure they could use in their photos.

195 (wide) 55 15 (rim diameter)

55 is the ratio between the sidewall height and width in % so the tyre height is:

55 x 195 /100 = 107.25mm = 10.725cm.

So diameter is 38cm rim + 2 x 10.7 = 59.4cm.

At least that's what I think.

Diameter of tyre is 59cm.

I'm still confident the car is not more than 50cm from the nearest point on the kerb. The fact the kerb line slopes away makes it look worse than it is. If the kerb continued in a straight line, there's no way it would be considered more than 50cm away.

Evening all,

As expected, Greenwich standardly refused my appeal.

I will take it to tribunal, would be really grateful for any advice.

Greenwich have to prove their case, doubt should be exercised in your favour but much depends on which adjudicator you get. The only way to pay nothing is to start an Appeal at the tribunal so just do it.

Thank you. Any salient points I should mention?

In my view you don't have a defence (on the facts) as IMO you were clearly parked more than 50cm from kerb (see my post above).

However it is Greenwich who need to make the case of your contravention.

Personally I would take the discount if it is still available.

If it is not - then I would appeal along the lines that H C Andersen suggests, and put them to the test to proving otherwise. 

Then hope that Greenwich make a hash of making the case that the distance was greater than 50cm, or fail to provide an evidence pack, at all, to the tribunal. (The latter isn't uncommon for Greenwich).