Thanks very much for all the advice. It is very much appreciated.@ttn48 I would strongly recommend you make representations online. The website might limit what you can say or what boxes you can tick, but the solution is to stick everything into a PDF file and upload it as an attachment.
For my draft response to the NTO, the online form only allows one of the 'specified grounds' boxes to be ticked, so I shall reply by post - using the Royal Mail 'Signed for' service to ensure it is received.
In addition to the above, the PCN is non-compliant with regulation 3 in the Civil Enforcement of Road Traffic Contraventions (Representations and Appeals) (England) Regulations 2022 : -Quote3.—(1) A regulation 9 penalty charge notice must include the following information—
(a)that a person on whom a notice to owner is served may, in accordance with these Regulations, make representations to the enforcement authority against the penalty charge and, if those representations are rejected, appeal to an adjudicator;
(b)that if, before a notice to owner is served, representations against the penalty charge are received at such address as may be specified in the notice for the purpose those representations will be considered by the enforcement authority;
(c)that if a notice to owner is served despite the representations mentioned in sub-paragraph (b), representations against the penalty charge must be made to the enforcement authority in the form and manner and at the time specified in the notice to owner.
Can you see anything that looks like 3 (1)(c) ? No, thought not.
Paragraph 4(2)(b) of Schedule 7 would likely cover it.
Question for regular members.....if no offence under s.47 RTRA 1984 (https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1984/27/section/47) occurs during any period that parking is not permitted (due to the loss of designated parking place status), what offence has occured under schedule 7 TMA 2004 (https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2004/18/schedule/7) considering this occurred outside London?Paragraph 4(2)(b) of Schedule 7 would likely cover it.
49 Supplementary provisions as to designation orders and designated parking places.Question for regular members.....if no offence under s.47 RTRA 1984 (https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1984/27/section/47) occurs during any period that parking is not permitted (due to the loss of designated parking place status), what offence has occured under schedule 7 TMA 2004 (https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2004/18/schedule/7) considering this occurred outside London?
(1)Where under a designation order vehicles may not be left at all times in the designated parking place—
(a)the parking place shall for the purposes of sections 46 and 47 of this Act be treated, as respects any time during which vehicles may not be left there in pursuance of the order, as if it were not designated by the order
3.—(1) A regulation 9 penalty charge notice must include the following information—
(a)that a person on whom a notice to owner is served may, in accordance with these Regulations, make representations to the enforcement authority against the penalty charge and, if those representations are rejected, appeal to an adjudicator;
(b)that if, before a notice to owner is served, representations against the penalty charge are received at such address as may be specified in the notice for the purpose those representations will be considered by the enforcement authority;
(c)that if a notice to owner is served despite the representations mentioned in sub-paragraph (b), representations against the penalty charge must be made to the enforcement authority in the form and manner and at the time specified in the notice to owner.