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Live cases legal advice => Civil penalty charge notices (Councils, TFL and so on) => Topic started by: hirerspcn on January 19, 2026, 09:32:10 pm

Title: Re: City of Westminster - 53c Failing to comply with a restriction, Lower Belgrave Street
Post by: Incandescent on January 19, 2026, 10:35:27 pm

Difficult one, this. You drove over the junction head-on to the sign, although it has to be said two signs really should be present, but I think an adjudicator would conclude the sign is clear enough. Against this, is the fact that a driver's attention has to be elsewhere when making a move across a junction, so would be looking out for approaching traffic from right or left.

So it's probably best to submit a non-confrontational representation stating you are a private hire driver on the way to pick up a passenger. Explain that you are very careful to look out for signs such as the one you passed, but taking care at the junction to ensure it was safe to drive across, you seem to have missed the sign, of which there is only one. State also that you realise from the PCN that you were only 5 minutes inside the restricted period and ask that they cancel the PCN on a goodwill basis, due to the minor nature of the offence.

Title: City of Westminster - 53c Failing to comply with a restriction, Lower Belgrave Street
Post by: hirerspcn on January 19, 2026, 09:32:10 pm

I don't remember what actually happened here, or how I got into this position. I have checked my trip history, and it shows that I was on the way to pick up a passenger (I am private hire driver).

Furthermore, I always use navigation to get around and may have missed this sign. Usually, even when I do follow navigation and see the flying motorbike, I stop and check the sign just to make sure I don't drive within the prohibited times. I was 5 minutes off in this instance.

There is a similar case to mine, link: https://www.ftla.uk/civil-penalty-charge-notices-(councils-tfl-and-so-on)/westminster-53c-lower-belgrave-street-multiple-pcns-(5)/

But it seems the user has made their reps private on Google Drive.


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