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parking area...

Exactly. It's a parking place which could NOT as a matter of law give rise to a 'waiting' contravention. I suspect the CEO pressed the wrong button.


Dear Sir,
The contravention grounds alleged relate to a 'waiting' restriction. However,
as you can see from the council's evidence and my photo* the car was wholly parked in a parking bay with the following restriction:

Parking: Mon-Sat 9am-6pm, 30 minutes, No Return within 1 hour'.

There is no suggestion on the sign or conveyed by a single yellow line road marking within the parking bay that the location is anything other than a simple parking place. It therefore follows that the contravention, which is predicated on there being a waiting restriction, did not occur.

Hugs....


*-You could use a GSV snapshot if this is still correct or take a photo.

I wasn't going to refer to the BB because it's not really germane to the contravention and might start them off on BB shows 12.15/12.30 and 13.15 is more than 30 minutes evn allowing for 10 minutes' grace etc..

@stamfordman

I think that there probably is an allowance to park at this location. In the Blue Badge Handbook it specifically states:

Place - On-street parking areas where all motorists can park for free but only for a limited time
Conditions - Badge holders may park for free and generally without a time limit. However, if signs show there is also a time limit for badge holders, you must comply with the time limit shown and display your parking clock set to show the quarter hour period when you arrived at the bay.

There was no time limit for blue badge holders.

However, there has been a development. I went into the PCN online to make an appeal as per HC Andersen and have found that there is no facility to do so. When I click on the 'Payment' button I am greeted with the message:

'There is no outstanding charge for this Penalty Charge Notice.'

I assume that I should just keep a screenshot and file it until further notice?