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Kennsington & Chelsea PCN 52g weight restriction
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i was driving a mercedes VITO people carrier over the bridge as i have done many times before, it is not a good vehicle although the insurance states it as being a van, it is our family vehicle and i have received a PCN for going over the bridge, i have looked on K&C website and read when this had started to be monitored by cameras, previously restrictions were goverend by the width restriction. It clearly states the date that enorcment starts as from Thursday 11 January 2024 for GOODS vehicles that exceed it. Is this a mistake by them ?


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Re: Kennsington & Chelsea PCN 52g weight restriction
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Well the PCN is flawed as it doesn't tell you what the weight limit is, see these cases:

D S L Scaffolding Ltd v London Borough of Lambeth (2160323533, 8 September 2016)
Commercial Plant Services Ltd v Royal Borough of Kingston Upon Thames (223042535A, 13 December 2023)
Stanmore Quality Surfacing Ltd v London Borough of Southwark (2230534785, 26 February 2024)
Stanmore Quality Surfacing Ltd v London Borough of Havering (2240046992, 23 March 2024)

I'm also going to get hold of the traffic order, in the meantime it would be useful if you could send me the 2nd page of the V5C as that normally shows how the vehicle is classified. To know whether you contravened the restrictions in the traffic order, we'll need both the V5C and the traffic order itself.

By the way when did you actually receive the PCN? It is dated 1 April which was a bank holiday, so it's unlikely the council posted it that day.
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'
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Re: Kennsington & Chelsea PCN 52g weight restriction
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I best put my cards on the table, this is actually a very good friend of mine who is not PC literate and was just going to pay it and i stopped him so i just posted as if it was me, i hope thats ok, i can get everything you need anyway.
A fool and their money are soon parted.

Re: Kennsington & Chelsea PCN 52g weight restriction
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I best put my cards on the table, this is actually a very good friend of mine who is not PC literate and was just going to pay it and i stopped him so i just posted as if it was me, i hope thats ok, i can get everything you need anyway.

Heres the log book..

A fool and their money are soon parted.

Re: Kennsington & Chelsea PCN 52g weight restriction
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I best put my cards on the table, this is actually a very good friend of mine who is not PC literate and was just going to pay it and i stopped him so i just posted as if it was me, i hope thats ok, i can get everything you need anyway.
That's fine, can you find out from him when he received the PCN?

The V5C confirms it's a goods vehicle but we'll need to wait for the traffic order. Don't lose track of the representations deadline though.
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

Re: Kennsington & Chelsea PCN 52g weight restriction
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The traffic order is The Kensington and Chelsea and Wandsworth (Albert Bridge) (Weight and Width Restrictions) Traffic Order 2022, which doesn't leave much room for argument.

Here's a draft representation:

Dear Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea,

I challenge liability for PCN KE98050401 on the ground that the penalty charge notice does not comply with section 4(8)(a)(i) of the London Local Authorities and Transport for London Act 2003, because the notice does not state the limit that has allegedly been exceeded.

Yours faithfully,

Make representations online and make sure to keep a screenshot of the confirmation page.
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

Re: Kennsington & Chelsea PCN 52g weight restriction
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The traffic order is The Kensington and Chelsea and Wandsworth (Albert Bridge) (Weight and Width Restrictions) Traffic Order 2022, which doesn't leave much room for argument.

Here's a draft representation:

Dear Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea,

I challenge liability for PCN KE98050401 on the ground that the penalty charge notice does not comply with section 4(8)(a)(i) of the London Local Authorities and Transport for London Act 2003, because the notice does not state the limit that has allegedly been exceeded.

Yours faithfully,

Make representations online and make sure to keep a screenshot of the confirmation page.

Thank you! lets see what happens.
« Last Edit: April 08, 2024, 10:52:44 pm by cp8759 »
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Re: Kennsington & Chelsea PCN 52g weight restriction
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@loady so it turns out the information on the face of the PCN is false, as the council has confirmed that "No PCN production was performed on the bank holiday so there was no collection.", see the full reply here.
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