Hello,
I hope you can help with the following. I parked on Hill Street Birmingham, outside New Street Station in a disabled bay, displaying a blue badge. The Bay was marked DISABLED on the road with no kerb markings, photo attached, please note bollards have now been removed with double yellows extending up the hill as well as down. I was dropping off my father in law to New Street station, owner of the blue badge. The bay has
I have now reached the tribunal stage after making (surprise, surprise for a broke council) unsuccessful appeals. Any help and guidance on how to prepare for this tribunal, including extra evidence to upload, is most welcome. My appeals were based on the following:
1) The Penalty charge exceeded the amount applicable in the case - The original ticket was for £70 and the penalty on the NtO is £100.
2) Procedual Impropriety - none of the photos provided as evidence provide proof that the vehicle remained in time restricted parking bay for longer the 5 minutes allowed
3) Other grounds - Under the Equality Act 2010 disabled people must be provided with the suitable facilities, assistance and allowances to enable them to carry out activities that an able bodied person can. A disabled parking bay outside a train station should provide sufficient time to enable the access/egress of the adjoining facility. 5 minutes is insufficient time to park, unload a wheelchair, unload a disabled person and assist to gain access to the facility. In such cases the equality act overrides the Traffic Management Act 2004 and its associated regulations. If we had parked outside the marked bay on the adjacent double yellow marked lines, displaying a blue badge, we would have been allowed the standard 3 hours parking allowance, making the restriction on this small bay particularly absurd.
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