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Hi All,

My work van got a parking ticket without my knowledge, I received a Notice to Owner today.

There was no ticket on the van when I got back to it (although there is a picture of it on my windscreen on the council's evidence). Someone must have picked it up or it blew away, not sure.

I was parked at the end of a row of residence bays on double yellow lines. I knew I couldn't park in the resident bays so I had to unload my van from the double yellow lines instead. I was working in the top flat and had to carry heavy equipment up to complete a job.

There were no loading restrictions on the double yellows and they were also not painted on very well.

I've included all the evidence below, I'm sure the circumstances above should get me off but any other assistance or opinion is appreciated

https://ibb.co/wry057PD
https://ibb.co/Ld7DRV3k
https://ibb.co/20PvYYwL

https://www.instantstreetview.com/@50.363381,-4.14969,255.52h,-39.47p,1z,0aMeS-DKAME9x5U2vXZg5w

Thanks for the reply.

Yeh not sure on the observation period, it's usually 5 minutes from previous tickets!

The thing is that's not enough time for me to carry equipment to the house (half way down the street, press the buzzer, wait to be let in, climb all the stairs etc etc and get back to the van).

Would it be worth asking to see the CEO's ticket to find out the observation time? Also does the ropey state of the yellow paint have any bearing?