Not the same case but good result on same circumstances.
But what happened with the live case - paid or appealed? Sorry to have dropped the ball on this.
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Case reference 2250377329
Appellant xxxxxx
Authority London Borough of Waltham Forest
VRM E025NNL
PCN Details
PCN FR65512140
Contravention date 16 May 2025
Contravention time 15:11:00
Contravention location Addison Road
Penalty amount GBP 160.00
Contravention Fail comply restriction vehicles entering ped zone
Referral date -
Decision Date 12 Nov 2025
Adjudicator Mackenzie Robinson
Appeal decision Appeal allowed
Direction
cancel the Penalty Charge Notice.
Reasons
Mrs xxxxx appeals on the basis that she entered the restricted area before the time that it commenced, attended a doctor's appointment, and then drove out of the area, exiting it at the point she had come in, at the junction of Addison Road and Shernhall Street. She has provided confirmation of the doctor’s appointment at 2:40 p.m. The restriction commences at 3 p.m.
The video shows that Mrs xxxxx entered the restricted area by turning left out of Ravenswood Road. She had therefore been in the restricted area, and the fact that she did not receive a second penalty charge notice confirms that she entered the area before 3 p.m. She therefore exited the restricted area for perhaps 10 seconds before re-entering it. She states that she was unaware of having exited and re-entered, and so it is necessary for me to consider whether she was given adequate warning by the signage.
It is possible to see the back of the entry point signage in the video. It is angled to be visible to drivers as they approach the area straight on, from the other part of Addison Road. The signage would have been side-on as Mrs xxxx approached it. The council has only produced a map showing the extent of the restriction, and the location of signage which should be in place. I have seen no actual photographs of the signage. I have therefore not seen a photograph showing what Mrs xxxxx would have seen when proceeding down Ravenswood Road.
It is likely that the restricted area stops and starts in that short section of Ravenswood Road/Addison Road because of the need to allow access to premises at the bottom of Ravenswood Road. However, that arrangement might not be expected or apparent to drivers without adequately clear signage, and I have seen nothing more than the map which suggests that signage may be in place. I am also not satisfied, from the evidence before me, that the side-on view of the entry point signage was adequately clear from the direction which Mrs xxxxx approached.
On the evidence before me, therefore, I am not satisfied that contravention occurred. This appeal is allowed.
