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Live cases legal advice => Civil penalty charge notices (Councils, TFL and so on) => Topic started by: peaches on March 19, 2024, 01:36:06 pm

Title: Re: Greenwich Council, London, parked in a suspended bay (21) Devonshire Drive
Post by: cp8759 on May 01, 2024, 10:49:38 am

Suspension logs:

(https://i.imgur.com/BQwjxxN.png)

(https://i.imgur.com/frhL0LM.png)

(https://i.imgur.com/gsiNDf1.png)

(https://i.imgur.com/jq5XK3i.png)

(https://i.imgur.com/1NzRtDI.png)

(https://i.imgur.com/kDPeF3k.png)

Title: Re: Greenwich Council, London, parked in a suspended bay (21) Devonshire Drive
Post by: guest17 on May 01, 2024, 07:23:16 am

https://www.dft.gov.uk/traffic-auths/?search=greenwich

This Council appears not to have DfT approval for a suspension sign.

Mike

Title: Re: Greenwich Council, London, parked in a suspended bay (21) Devonshire Drive
Post by: cp8759 on April 30, 2024, 07:03:01 pm

@peaches are you still with us?

I now have The Greenwich (Charged-For Parking Places) Order 2018 (https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Xu2aSCOjY2c708_9igCLKv5PT47JRGkn/view) and I will request the map tiles.

Title: Re: Greenwich Council, London, parked in a suspended bay (21) Devonshire Drive
Post by: cp8759 on March 30, 2024, 07:48:24 pm

Here are the council photos

(https://i.imgur.com/M51EVAL.jpeg)

(https://i.imgur.com/MjNLV3m.jpeg)

(https://i.imgur.com/4jpYjHo.jpeg)

(https://i.imgur.com/3szilFM.jpeg)

(https://i.imgur.com/pSQWMeI.jpeg)

@peaches why did you leave the car unattended for so long? We can normally beat suspension bay PCNs when there was insufficient warning from the council, which would normally be two full weeks.

Also please confirm (to the best of your recollection) the exact time and date when you parked.

Title: Re: Greenwich Council, London, parked in a suspended bay (21) Devonshire Drive
Post by: Incandescent on March 19, 2024, 02:40:01 pm

Hmm, so you left the car parked for 11 days without attention or use.  This is a period that would allow them at least 7 days to put up the sign and to start whatever work was intended. A bit risky leaving the car such a long time especially in London. In fact you're lucky not to have been towed. A picture of the suspension sign would be useful, if you can get it.

Why did you leave the car so long, holidays/work abroad maybe ? The main point is your car was legally parked before they put up the suspension sign, so should be on the record they keep when putting up the sign. So your reps need to emphasise this and also state you are a resident. They should then cancel the PCN, but probably won't so you'd have to take them all the way to adjudication.

Other thing to ask is - do you need a resident permit in order to park in the bay where you parked.

Anyway, see what the others ask or say.

Title: Greenwich Council, London, parked in a suspended bay (21) Devonshire Drive
Post by: peaches on March 19, 2024, 01:36:06 pm

Hello all,

Some advice would be appreciated. We parked our car in the closest parking bay to us (no parking outside our house as it's a main road) on Friday 8 March. I walked past the car today for the first time and had a parking ticket as the bay had been suspended. This suspension happened after we parked and was for yesterday (18 March).

Here is the section of street https://maps.app.goo.gl/262hZLhHt1HgEPKy7

PCN attached.

Thank you :)

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