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Hi all, I already appealed this and it came back rejected. The ceo said to appeal on the grounds of unloading and no parking available as I needed to be close to the post office due to recent shoulder surgery. I sent them proof of unloading by way of po receipt. i thought they might request more evidence so i could send surgery details but alas no. Is this worth persuing?

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This PCN is for parking across a lowered kerb not for loading/unloading as implied. The lowered kerb is also marked with tactile paving slabs. It's situated at a junction and is clearly intended for use as a pedestrian parking. And marked unnecessarily by double yellow lines.

You were not allowed to park blocking the lowered kerb at all. It's anti-social so your mitigation is unlikely to carry much weight.

Was it here?
If not, then please post up a GSV link to the location.

The kerb seems to have yellow kerb dashes which indicate loading restrictions apply. They are badly worn and I can't determine if they are single (part-time) or double (24 x 7) dashes.

Are you able to confirm if there is a loading time-plate at the corner and what it says? The most recent GSV, assuming I have the location correct, suggests single dashes which apply 8.00 - 9.30am and 4.30-6.30pm. However that was the case May 2016 so may well be out of date.

That said the loading/unloading restrictions apply to the DYL. And the DYLs alongside the lowered kerb are unnecessary, as there is an overriding ban on parking by the lowered kerb. You would have to show that it was necessary to park in that specific place in order to carry out your loading or unloading and then subject to a limit of 20 mins. The fact that there was nowhere else available for you to park wouldn't cut it.

Be aware that other boroughs would have impounded your car.

OP, this is the only potential exception in this case:


(5)The fourth exception is where—

(a)the vehicle is being used for the purposes of delivering goods to, or collecting goods from, any premises, or is being loaded from or unloaded to any premises,

(b)the delivery, collection, loading or unloading cannot reasonably be carried out in relation to those premises without the vehicle being parked as mentioned in subsection (1), and

(c)the vehicle is so parked for no longer than is necessary and for no more than 20 minutes.

My emphasis.

You are looking to qualify under (b), but we don't know anything about details, and details matter.

What were you taking to the Post Office?

As you can probably guess, that description is unlikely to meet the requirements of the exception.

As you were '..unloading large items for the post office' they'll be a paper trail(which you say you produced to the authority with your reps) at least as far as the number of items is concerned.

Where is this?

That's not the issue.

Please post the evidence which you produced to the authority and any other evidence which you have.

2 items totalling the weight of a bag of dishwasher salt i.e. 3kg.

If this is your proof then IMO do not risk the discount on this point.

(b)the delivery, collection, loading or unloading cannot reasonably be carried out in relation to those premises without the vehicle being parked as mentioned in subsection (1)


To be honest, I doubt whether even if this was accepted i.e. awkward shaped boxes, albeit light weight, you would persuade an adjudicator on the need for your vehicle to be parked where it was as opposed to alternative locations.

But it's your choice whether to continue. You might elicit a procedural impropriety from the authority - it's not unknown- but clearly this comes with a risk i.e. the full as opposed to discounted penalty.