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Quote from: pred02 on October 29, 2024, 10:13:35 pm

Attached the unredacted PCN.

The one you've posted is redacted...If you read the 'read this first' sticky you'll find out how to post more pics.

Ok, so would you have passed one of the signs which had no suspension sign on it after parking your car ?

So here are some suggested reps: -

Dear Sirs

Re PCN <number> dated <dd/mm/yyyy> served at Bavent Road

I deny liability for payment of the above PCN on the grounds that the contravention did not occur

On the day in question, I arrived at my house on Bavent Road, parked and went to my house.  Neither of the parking bay signs near my car had any suspension sign attached to them.  A motorist is entitled to take the parking conditions on the bay sign nearest to his car on the side where parked as valid. Neither of the signs nearest my car had any temporary suspension signs on them.

In view of the clear council failure adequately to sign the suspension, the PCN must be cancelled.

Yours faithfully

Recent tribunal decision below but this is a common one and council officers are a bit thick if they keep trying it on. But the evidence needs to be solid.

I'm not sure if it is a legal requirement though. It certainly means suspensions on more than one sign if appropriate.

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Mr Dumbuya was scheduled for a personal hearing today but he has not attended and so the appeal is being decided on the evidence presented.
This PCN was issued for the alleged contravention of being parked wholly or partly in a suspended bay or space in Digby Street on 5 March 2024.
I have looked at the CEO's photographs and these show that Mr Dumbuya’s car was parked in a bay in Digby Street. There is an image showing a suspension sign attached to a post some car lengths forward of where Mr Dumbuya’s car was parked. The suspension notice stated that the whole multi-bay was suspended for filming at all times on 5 and 6 March 2024.
Mr Dumbuya appeals because he says that the signage for the suspension was not adequate and that the single suspension sign was displayed at the extreme end of the multi-bay. Mr Dumbuya says that he has a mobility impairment and that it has a negative impact for disabled people to have only a single sign for a long bay which accommodates 8 to 10 vehicles. He says that the Council has now installed additional signs for the bay.
The legal requirement is for the Council to attach the suspension notice to the same post that carries the nearest time plate for the bay so that motorists will be alerted to the suspension on checking the time plate. It is the motorist’s responsibility to check the time plate on parking. It is not disputed that the notice was attached to the post which carried the time plate for the bay and it follows that the alleged contravention did occur.
I am, however, asking the Council to reconsider cancellation of this PCN on the grounds that a single sign for such a long bay is likely to place a disabled person with a serious mobility problem at a disadvantage in ascertaining bay restrictions.

Sorry, but can't see how this helps the OP as the appeal was refused.

OP, can we pl just get facts in play rather than general descriptions.

The parking place extends from no. ** to no. ***.

There are ** traffic signs within the bay situated at nos. **, **, ** .....

There were suspension signs placed on the following traffic signs ******

The suspended area was *** to ***.

My car was parked outside no. ***.


From the above it follows that ********(to be completed after you've inserted the above.