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Parked more than 50cm from kerb. Norbury Grove, Barnet. Code 26
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I can't believe this, I haven't had a parking ticket for a good 15 years or more. Now I get 2 in as many weeks!

This is the first ever known parking ticket ever issued in this little cul-de-sac. My neighbour called me to let me know a guy came round on a scooter & put a ticket on my car.
I'll post images & PCN in a sec. Yes the back of the car is about a meter away from the kerb, but it's on a tight roundabout and there's a car behind me. The front of the car is well within 50cm, I took a tape measure to it.
Nothing in the CEO's photos showing how he measured the distance to the kerb.
Ironically I park like that out of consideration to my neighbours because there's plenty of space at the top of the roundabout, because those houses have driveways. Then I tuck the front in tight so people can get round.
This is really strange, could someone have reported my car?
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Quote from: Chubs on July 25, 2026, 04:37:28 pm
I can't believe this, I haven't had a parking ticket for a good 15 years or more. Now I get 2 in as many weeks!

This is the first ever known parking ticket ever issued in this little cul-de-sac. My neighbour called me to let me know a guy came round on a scooter & put a ticket on my car.
I'll post images & PCN in a sec. Yes the back of the car is about a meter away from the kerb, but it's on a tight roundabout and there's a car behind me. The front of the car is well within 50cm, I took a tape measure to it.
Nothing in the CEO's photos showing how he measured the distance to the kerb.
Ironically I park like that out of consideration to my neighbours because there's plenty of space at the top of the roundabout, because those houses have driveways. Then I tuck the front in tight so people can get round.
This is really strange, could someone have reported my car?
The accusation is that part of the car was more than 50cm, which you admit. The fact that other parts were within 50cm isn't really relevant.

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Actually, the whole car must be more than 50cm away.
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Can we see a picture of the tight roundabout?
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Thanks for the replies.
This is what it says online.
26 - Parked in a special enforcement area more than 50 cm from the edge of the carriageway and not within a designated parking place

Apart from the ticket itself, I'm really more shocked that someone has come here just to give me a ticket. I mean, I'm a polite and friendly kind of fella, but I sure must have upset the universe somehow this week!

This from Barnet Council
Where parking restrictions are in place:
  • parking more than 50 cm from the edge of the carriageway if not in a designated parking space
https://www.barnet.gov.uk/parking/parking-restrictions-and-bank-holiday-and-public-holiday-enforcement
« Last Edit: July 25, 2026, 05:35:28 pm by Chubs »
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When I say tight, I mean its a tight manoeuvre getting around the car thats behind me in a way that will keep the back of the car close to those godawful railings without going further forward and thus leaving less space for someone else to park in front of me.
I guess I better warn my other neighbours now because this kind of how we all park in that space.

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Stupid pcn, it isn't a contravention, every time I park more than 50% of my car is more than 50cm from the edge of the carriageway as my car is more than 1m wide. The contravention exists to deal with double parking. Email me at mrmustard@zoho.com and I will challenge the pcn and file a complaint with the parking manager
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I am currently too busy working to take on any except the most unreasonable PCNs.

I help you pro bono (for free). I now ask that a £40 donation is made to the North London Hospice before I take over your case. I have an 85% success rate across 2,000 PCNs but some PCNs can't be beaten and I will tell you if your case looks hopeless before asking you to donate.
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Thanks, that's very kind of you!
I'll send it when I get home from work tonight. Hopefully no bloody parking ticket tonight!
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Sorry, I got home really late last night, just sent you an email. Its from my hotmail, so do check yer junk folder just in case.
Thanks again.
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Quote from: 666 on July 25, 2026, 04:58:10 pm
The accusation is that part of the car was more than 50cm, which you admit. The fact that other parts were within 50cm isn't really relevant.

For the record, this isn't true. The contravention only occurs where all parts of the vehicle are not within 50 cm.

As Mr M says, the legislation was intended to stop double parking but authorities are using it often in situations that have no traffic management purpose and often ambiguous about what the carriageway edge is.

Prohibition of double parking etc.
(1)In a special enforcement area a vehicle must not be parked on the carriageway in such a way that no part of the vehicle is within 50 centimetres of the edge of the carriageway.

https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2004/18/section/85
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Apart from the photos I took, I have also made a video with the car left as it was with a tape measure from the kerb going under the front wheel showing that the front of the car is well within 50cm.
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ignore, note added to wrong file !
« Last Edit: July 29, 2026, 11:15:13 am by mrmustard »
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I am currently too busy working to take on any except the most unreasonable PCNs.

I help you pro bono (for free). I now ask that a £40 donation is made to the North London Hospice before I take over your case. I have an 85% success rate across 2,000 PCNs but some PCNs can't be beaten and I will tell you if your case looks hopeless before asking you to donate.
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Haha ok! I thought for a moment we'd had some news already.

Some of the neighbours have come to ask me about it when we cross paths, I explained what I've learned from here, but nonetheless tuck your car as close as possible if you park there. Almost every day I'm there I've still seen someone parked there exactly as I was.

A tape measure and a link to this forum are now essential car accessories.
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