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This is pretty much it I think - wait and see if anyone has other things.

One point I think is that this is not a car garage but a storage unit?

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I am repeating that the contravention did not occur as I was parked adjacent to the dropped footway outside my own garage.

You acknowledge this in your rejection of my informal challenge, but say it is still a contravention.

I must therefore point out that the Traffic Management Act 2004 provides for exceptions in section 86 - Prohibition of parking at dropped footways etc. and the relevant exception reads:

The second exception is where the vehicle is parked outside residential premises by or with the consent (but not consent given for reward) of the occupier of the premises.

I trust this is clear and look forward to the speedy cancellation of the PCN.

Up here they don't enforce private access dropped kerbs unless the property owner requests it. And if a dropped kerb is enforced, it's enforced for everyone, no exceptions for the home owner or guests of the home owner.

The yellow line argument is nonsense as that's nothing to do with the contravention.

But they now say it's a shared dropped footway but as you have permission for both yours and in-laws I can't see they can win this although they say such permission can't be given. They also did not raise this in the initial rejection.

Also it's not really a shared drive-in - just dropped footway past two units, which aren't even garages.

See what others say.

I think you should, if you've not paid.

If you're still in can you take pictures of the kerbside so we can see if this looks a 'shared driveway'.

The law just says:

This exception does not apply in the case of a shared driveway.


An extended length of dropped footway is not a shared driveway in my view.

The kerb is dropped to give access to the two garages, so hardly "shared". When one thinks of a shared driveway it is where the driveway is only wide enough for one car, but gives access to two properties adjacent to each other.