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Live cases legal advice => Civil penalty charge notices (Councils, TFL and so on) => Topic started by: neverpaying on June 29, 2026, 04:30:39 pm
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+1.
OP, you and stamfordman are correct. The CEO is, shall we say, ill informed.
1. There is no designated parking place outside whose markings one could park;
2. Parking on the footway is OPTIONAL.
You'll no doubt be OK just with getting the PCN cancelled.
I would raise a stink. This is thorough incompetence which brings the council into disrepute.
Just bouncing the point around and looking to reassure you. We can decide how to formulate your reps later.
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That isn't a contravention if the street is unrestricted. The footway bays apply only to exempt two-wheel up parking on the footway.
Is my take.
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Hello all,
I've been served this PCN on my windshield for Code 24: "Not parked correctly within the markings of the bay or space"
From my understanding, which may be horribly flawed, I thought that in a two-wheels up parking space like this, those mounting the kerb need to remain within the marked bay and not overhang on to the footpath.
However, because this road isn't a controlled parking zone, i.e. there is no parking restriction otherwise on the road, shouldn't this mean that parking on the road is valid?
Here is the TMO: "Consolidation Order 2018 No. 110 and 2018 No. 111" (https://havering.statmap.co.uk/tro/SMJobs.svc/Earthlight/FetchAttachmentJob?id=8927660c-2426-4a97-bf26-94f3c4abca30&attId=503c3f4d2e77462480aefdeb055de778)
My defence may be undermined by me still existing within the "projected" boundaries of the parking space, as designated on this map below...
(https://i.ibb.co/hxxVqRPM/WC-1.png)
while also not fitting neatly within it...
Is this worth contesting? Havering include this unreasonably effective line that a discount is not re-offered if a challenge is unsuccessful: "If you are contesting the penalty, you will not be able to pay the discounted charge if your challenge is unsuccessful. This does not affect your statutory right to make a representation."
This is the same location as my other thread (https://www.ftla.uk/civil-penalty-charge-notices-(councils-tfl-and-so-on)/procedure-for-pcn-not-received-on-windshield/) :-X so I would be especially keen to find a flaw if one exists
PCN:
(https://i.ibb.co/Q7jbqzbQ/WC-0.jpg)
(https://i.ibb.co/tp8t5DXS/WCN-PCN2.jpg)