Time to bring you all up to date.
I made the formal representations on 27 February that without a sign the restriction was not adequately communicated if parking at night.
The council rejected the reps on 2 April on the grounds that signage was OK.
On 3 April I started the Appeal to London Tribunals.
There was an in person hearing on 9 May (one of several I had that day) and the adjudicator didn't have time to write up all of his decisions and then was away for a month. I nudged him 2 weeks ago when I saw him again and he has now written up the decision.
case 2240155513
The Appellant’s grounds for contesting the PCN as set out in his original representations were that the carriageway legend DISABLED showing the nature of the bay was obscured by leaves. Whilst the photographs, taken in daylight, show that it was not entirely invisible, nevertheless its visibility was substantially compromised, and I am not satisfied that for a vehicle parking in the hours of darkness, as occurred in this case it would be clear enough to draw the motorist’s attention to the fact that the bay was a disabled bay. A time plate is no longer required but this is a case where if one had been present I might well have held the signage to be adequate.
The Appeal is allowed for this reason and it is therefore on this occasion unnecessary to consider the other arguments advanced by Mr Dishman.
