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Enfield, code 02, Parked in restricted street while loading restrictions in force
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I received a ticket for being parked in church street. The ticket is listed as a contravention for being parked in a loading/unloading restricted road.

I did not park in a loading bay but outside of it on a single yellow line, displaying my disabled badge at the time also. I saw today while looking at Google Maps that a No loading sign between 8am and 8pm is displayed with an arrow further down.

Does this mean I am prevented from parking on the single yellow line in this area and the ticket is valid?

PCN -

Location - https://goo.gl/maps/uji6vtmv3UvWXvAc7
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Re: Enfield, code 02, Parked in restricted street while loading restrictions in force
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The sign

https://goo.gl/maps/PxcChjkabY6vP9Tb7

is clear

No waiting - 8am - 8pm which governs the single yellow line every day.
No loading - 8am - 8pm which governs the single kerb blips every day.

Both line and blips are clear.

So at 12:46 you were in contravention (unless this was the middle of the night).

Not looking good unless there are errors in the 'small print' - so please post the back of the PCN.
« Last Edit: July 23, 2023, 02:47:54 pm by cp8759 »
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The photos taken by the CEO clearly show that the kerb blips have completely disappeared since the google car last went by in March 2022:

















Draft representation:

Dear London Borough of Enfield,

I contest liability for PCN EF14519059 on the basis that the alleged contravention did not occur. I parked on a single yellow line and correctly displayed by blue badge, there were no kerb blips to alert me to a loading restriction so I have no reason to check for the regulatory timeplate. There is an obligation at regulation 18(1)(b) of The Local Authorities' Traffic Orders (Procedure) (England and Wales) Regulations 1996 to maintain signage, in this instance the council has quite plainly defaulted on this obligation. As a result the signage is not adequate, and it follows that the contravention alleged did not occur.

Yours faithfully,
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I practice law in the Traffic Penalty Tribunal, London Tribunals, the First-tier tribunal for Scotland, and the Traffic Penalty Tribunal for Northern Ireland, but I am not a solicitor or a barrister. Notwithstanding this, I voluntarily apply the cab rank rule. I am a member of the Society of Professional McKenzie Friends, my membership number is FM193 and I abide by the SPMF service standards.

Quote from: 'Gumph' date='Thu, 19 Jan 2023 - 10:23'
cp8759 is, indeed, a Wizard of the First Order
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Well-spotted, CP!
I take back my gloomy comment.

Does not say much for the quality of Enfield's yellow paint if a set of blips, so well-defined in March 2022, can so completely disappear in less than eighteen months.
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Thanks, I'll put in the appeal tomorrow and see what they say.  You are indeed correct the lines do disappear and are very faint. 
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Quote from: John U.K. on July 23, 2023, 03:29:32 pm
Does not say much for the quality of Enfield's yellow paint if a set of blips, so well-defined in March 2022, can so completely disappear in less than eighteen months.
To be fair even in March 2022 they were worn / faint but still adequate, they were not pristine. The last pristine kerb blips I can find were May 2018.
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I practice law in the Traffic Penalty Tribunal, London Tribunals, the First-tier tribunal for Scotland, and the Traffic Penalty Tribunal for Northern Ireland, but I am not a solicitor or a barrister. Notwithstanding this, I voluntarily apply the cab rank rule. I am a member of the Society of Professional McKenzie Friends, my membership number is FM193 and I abide by the SPMF service standards.

Quote from: 'Gumph' date='Thu, 19 Jan 2023 - 10:23'
cp8759 is, indeed, a Wizard of the First Order
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didn't realise this case was continuing here from pepipoo.
I posted there that the GSV is unreliable.
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Just to close this off Enfield Council responds and cancelled the ticket.
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Quote from: saiki on October 02, 2023, 09:28:15 pm
Just to close this off Enfield Council responds and cancelled the ticket.
As they should have done. We don't see this very often, I have to say.

Well done !
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