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Live cases legal advice => Civil penalty charge notices (Councils, TFL and so on) => Topic started by: teddybear on July 17, 2025, 01:25:59 am

Title: Re: Barnet | 53J Failing to comply with a restriction on vehicles entering a pedestrian zone | Great Strand NW9
Post by: teddybear on July 17, 2025, 01:28:13 am

Attached is the last page of the PCN showing their camera photos, and a small map with the Pedestrian zone just north of Lower Strand.

Thanks again in advance!

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Title: Barnet | 53J Failing to comply with a restriction on vehicles entering a pedestrian zone | Great Strand NW9
Post by: teddybear on July 17, 2025, 01:25:59 am

Hi everyone,

I received a PCN after entering a Pedestrianised Zone on Great Strand North (off Lower Strand NW9).

Street view link:
https://www.google.com/maps/@51.5978039,-0.2417752,3a,75y,11.2h,87.64t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sblBMyvMOh42oID3p4r5rVg!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fcb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile%26w%3D900%26h%3D600%26pitch%3D2.3564707634322417%26panoid%3DblBMyvMOh42oID3p4r5rVg%26yaw%3D11.201707561874764!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDcxMy4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D

I was taking my father to Grahame Park Health Centre, which is at the very end of that road, just past a school. (I’ve since learned the Health Centre car park can also be accessed from another road.)

I'm not familiar with the area, and unfortunately, I turned into the road about 3 minutes before the restriction ended. The Pedestrianised Zone is about 62 meters after the turning (on Google maps). The road curves slightly to the right at the start, which slightly delayed me initially seeing the sign. I read the sign a moment before passing it. There was a car right behind me too, so I didn’t feel safe doing an emergency stop - to check and process the sign.

The restriction sign is only on the left-hand side of the road – there is no sign on the right. If there had been a sign on both sides, it would have been obvious to me that I was entering the zone, and I definitely would have spotted it sooner and avoided the mistake.

After receiving the PCN, I checked on Google maps and noticed one small signs warning of the Pedestrianised Zone before the turning.

How can I appeal this please, if I can?

Many thanks!

P.S. I am sorry that I am posting the last day of my reduced rate. My bad!!

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