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I took some pictures yesterday evening and checked all the lamp post around where I parked on the high street. I cannot find any signs.

You shouldn't find any signs because the entry signs govern the zone, and none are needed once the zone sign is passed. It does, however, look a complete Dog's Breakfast, and maybe a complaint to the council or to your local councillor would be another approach. All the council parking enforcement office want is your money, basically.

They could put up repeater signs, but they are not obligatory.

We need the photos, I'm afraid that no amount of narrative would substitute. Hopefully you'll be able to post here for all to see.

Mr. Andersen, I have PM you.

Very sorry of the late posting. I am still struggling to upload the pictures unto imgibb.com.

Below is the link to the pictures that I took from Batchelor Street ( point of entry) to the end  of the High Street (Exit).

https://ibb.co/album/68P1rY

There is a sign on right as you enter Batchelor Street as per photo There is only one sign on the right there is no sign on the left as suggested on the google map. I have never noticed this sign until I went back to take the pictures.
There are not markings on the ground or signage on any lamp post or poles on the High Street from Batchelor Street until you are exiting the High Street onto The Brook where there are some signage ( see picture).  I checked all the lamp posts and poles as suggested on the high street between the junction of Batchelor Street to the end. There is a single “one way sign” close to where I parked. I parked in front of Wendy’s kitchen ( as per Picture). There are signs on the end of the high street with the Brook as you exit the High Street but I wouldn’t have seen them from the direction I was driving from until exiting.
Please let me know if you need any more information or more pictures.
Thanks in advance for your expertise, advice and time.

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I took some pictures yesterday evening and checked all the lamp post around where I parked on the high street. I cannot find any signs.

You shouldn't find any signs because the entry signs govern the zone, and none are needed once the zone sign is passed. It does, however, look a complete Dog's Breakfast, and maybe a complaint to the council or to your local councillor would be another approach. All the council parking enforcement office want is your money, basically.

They could put up repeater signs, but they are not obligatory.

You are absolutely right. All the council parking enforcement and the parking wardens want are motorists / drivers money.
Please can you provide be with a bit more of context and details as to what I should include in the complaint if I decide to go down this route in the event the PCN was issued correct ?
Who in the council will this complaint be addressed to?
Thanks

As per my PM.

As I see it you can either
a) Pay if the Council website still says £35 (do not pay if it's now £70)
OR
b) Make a short challenge that yoou're very sorry  but the single unlit sign you passed in Batchelor Street was inadequate, lost in the surrounding street clutter of bright illuminated signs (see below)  and not up to the standard of LATOR.
As I said in my earlier PM, Medway will probably re-offer the discount. If they don't, you have bought time to make a more detailed rep against the Notice to Owner.

So far you and we don't know the council's rationale in placing this sign.

A Ped and Cycle Zone sign is a 'moving traffic' sign which regulates entry into an area. However, these signs have another function i.e. they may convey waiting and loading restrictions within the zone AND the council may then dispense with yellow lines(for waiting) and yellow kerb markings(for loading) which would otherwise be required. They have dispensed with lines in your case.

There aren't any loading restrictions within the bay, confirmed by the sign and the PCN, therefore you can advance a defence based on loading. In addition, although your photo is blurred it seems as if the yellow lower panel has a circle with a blue background and crossed red lines. This conveys a NO STOPPING  restriction, not no waiting - despite the wording. In this case the sign is not permitted to convey a no waiting restriction.

OP,
1. Pl confirm whether the blue circle has crossed lines or simply a single line - see items 1 and 2 in the Part 3 table here;
https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/362/schedule/4/made

2. Put together the best argument you can regarding loading.

OP, hopefully you're on the ball with what's needed here: a clear photo of the sign.

The argument works in reverse IMO:

They allege you were parked in a restricted street;
It is unarguable that there weren't any yellow lines present;
Therefore the authority must establish a legal basis for dispensing with the lines;
The only argument is that they had placed a Ped and Cycle zone sign;
HOWEVER, this sign does not exempt them from placing yellow lines: they must also erect the prescribed associated plate;
They haven't (if it contains a No Stopping symbol).