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it has alread been explained to you that DYLs mean no parking at any time so you should not have been on them. its also been explained that being opposite the underground is totally irrelevant apart from the fact that may be exactly why the DYLs have been put there. to stop people doing exactly what you did.

You could attempt to argue that the signage was confusing. That timeplate shouldn't be there.

If you had been parked on the road that might have a chance (but in that case you'd have got a pcn for parking on the double yellow).

You also need to explain why you parked on the pavement (which is what the PCN is for). The signs, very close to where you parked were explicit that it was in marked bays.

Dear Sirs,

I would like to appeal the penalty charge served upon me.

The council has allowed parking on both sides of the road just a few meters ahead of where the car was parked. To any layman, it would appear or make sense to follow the line and length of the car parked ahead as the road is as narrow and there is an underground car parking opposite the DYLs, the space is very narrow and the chances of hitting the parked car are high if not parked on the pathway.

 A pathway is where a pedestrian can walk safely and if the safety has been compromised by leaving a very narrow space where the houses are, and the pedestrian footfall is high then it doesn't make sense to allow PCN where there is a lot of space on the footpath just behind the marked spaces where there is a car park just opposite where a car coming from the opposite direction cannot turn.

So technically either the restriction of DYLs should be completely removed (had there been no DYLs restrictions sign, the driver wouldn’t have parked the car and the Penalty wouldn’t have arisen) or the TMO should allow the parking on the curb throughout the road considering there is an underground car park opposite to the DYLs where there are high chances of an accident whilst the car coming from the car park is manoeuvring.
Also, I would like to request for a Traffic Management Order for the road In case of an unsuccessful appeal.

Yours faithfully,

Much appriciated!

Will post the outcome.

Discount has been re-offered.  This may be your best option now, but see what CP8759 thinks as he wrote your reps.

OP, are you the registered keeper and are your DVLA details current?

I would respond, thank them for their prompt reply and their reoffer of the discount. However, you are now in a dilemma because the council did not provide a copy of the council resolution under which footway parking in *** is permitted despite this being requested in your challenge. Stress that it is important that you receive this promptly because if, as is possible, this disapplies the London-wide footway ban to the whole street then this would form the basis of your formal representations and would inform any decision whether to pay the discount at this stage.

Wait for others.

I would definitely wait for the notice to owner, as long as you submit formal representations within 14 days of the date of issue, they will extend the discount anyway, so there's little risk in carrying on.

And long before you get the notice to owner, we should have the footway parking resolution.

So, just to confirm that the next step is to wait for the NTO and then submit the formal representation with 14 days?

Yes.