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Is not the front of the vehicle over the grass verge?
Please give/re-instate PCN number and reg.mark, (see
https://www.ftla.uk/civil-penalty-charge-notices-(councils-tfl-and-so-on)/read-this-first-before-posting-your-case!-this-section-is-for-council-tfl-dartme/

and give a GSV link to the location.

Even if part of a car is on verge or footway as your's seems to be, it is in contravention, I'm afraid.  I would suggest that it you submit reps on the basis that the front wheels are clearly on the hard surface, not the verge, and point out that the restriction is clearly there to prevent parking from damaging the verge and its grass surface. As such, your car caused no damage to the grass verge whatsoever, and you are very surprised that a PCN was served.

Quote from: seanjean123 on November 11, 2024, 10:25:41 pm

Quote from: Incandescent on November 10, 2024, 07:46:32 pm

Even if part of a car is on verge or footway as your's seems to be, it is in contravention, I'm afraid.  I would suggest that it you submit reps on the basis that the front wheels are clearly on the hard surface, not the verge, and point out that the restriction is clearly there to prevent parking from damaging the verge and its grass surface. As such, your car caused no damage to the grass verge whatsoever, and you are very surprised that a PCN was served.

Thanks
Should i admit to being the driver ? I have heard a number of people say i should not.
Also how should i phrase the reply ?
Should i include mitigation ? wife pregnant and coming from the hospital ?

Who was driving is totally irrelevant in PCN cases, because the owner of the vehicle (assumed from the keeper on the V5C), is responsible for a PCN, payment or appealing. So who is the keeper, or is the car leased ?

OP, GSV is of little use at ground level. Could you look at the aerial view and indicate where you were parked.

At present, I think there's literally a turf war between the council and the hotel.

You were parked somewhere on the private property (AKA hotel car park and ancillary areas) which is controlled by a private parking operator as indicated clearly by entrance signs. The car park seems to be bounded on all sides by grass as regards which only that part which fronts The Embankment may IMO be correctly termed 'verge'. In one of the CEO's photos - which were almost exclusively taken from the private property- a No Parking on verge sign can be seen. But this is facing you and there's grass between you and it which IMO means it applies beyond the sign, not in front. If they mean in front then place it on the border of the car park hardstanding and grass.

Subject to getting more detail as regards exactly which piece of grass is involved, I don't think the contravention occurred. At worst, for you, de minimis, at best there's no order restricting parking where you were.

..and it's the wrong contravention, it should be:

 Parked with one or more wheels on or over a footpath or any part of a road other than a carriageway. (Annex B to SoS's Stat Guidance refers)