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Signs on Laycock Street near Upper Street:

Signs at the junction of Laycock Street and Liverpool Road:


Note, these signs are pretty irrelevant as they only cover the road where I was parked if you approach the road from the south. If you approach the road where I was parked from the North, you are not met with any entry restriction signs.

In the seesaw of decisions here's a loss from yesterday but the adjudicator didn't consider how you'd know at the roadside when a match is not a match and relying solely on a CPZ plan that may have said 'next match'...

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Appellant   Cheryl Cosgrove
Authority   London Borough of Islington
VRM   MK18TDZ
   
PCN Details
PCN   IZ35553105
Contravention date   07 Jun 2025
Contravention time   15:20:00
Contravention location   Arthur Road
Penalty amount   GBP 160.00
Contravention   Parked resident/shared use without a valid permit
   
Referral date   -
   
Decision Date   23 Apr 2026
Adjudicator   Martin Hoare
Appeal decision   Appeal refused
Direction   Full penalty charge notice amount stated to be paid within 28 days.
Reasons   Ms Cosgrove wrote: ‘I had made an effort to ensure that I was parked legally by checking the nearby signs. However, I was not aware of the specific restriction at the time due to unclear or misleading signage. The sign state match days.. there is no mention of events.. I have been informed there are a few signs across Islington, but again unless you know this or that events are included in the restrictions.. I didn’t know there was a concert and that there was additional parking restrictions in place.. I had my elderly father with who has a blue badge.’
The football season had finished and this was not a match day.
The civil enforcement officer’s photographs establish that this car was parked in a permit bay without a valid permit at 15.22 on Saturday 7 June 2025. The sign explained that a permit was required on a matchday Saturday 1.30-4.30 pm.
A zone entry point sign indicated ‘ next match day Fri6,Sat 7 June’.
The Authority explained ‘Match day controls also take any events including concerts at the stadium that has over 10,000 people there……
The match dates are also clearly displayed on the Controlled Parking Zone (CPZ) signage which are located at the entry points of each zone.’
The Authority provided a plan , plotting the entry point signage in place on 7 June 2025.
The car was parked in a permit bay without a permit despite adequate signage.
Had a Blue Badge been displayed it would not have conferred a right to park in a permit bay.
The appeal is refused.