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'A car park is not a road' - House of Lords 1998 - Clark (A.P.) and Others v. Kato, Smith and General Accident Fire & Life Assurance Corporation PLC Cutter v. Eagle Star Insurance Company.

It led to the ammendment of the Road Traffic Act 1988 to add 'or other public place' after 'Road' in some cases. There is no mention of 'Other Public Place' in the relevant part of The Road Vehicles (Registration and Licensing) Regulations 2002.

Looking on the latest streetview picture, the pole is there but no parking sign attached, the sign is shown attached to it on earlier streetview pictures.

There is a lot of misunderstanding on the internet etc. in respect of Dual Purpose Vehcles and speed limits.
The definition of a Dual Purpose Vehicle is in The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986, (nothing to do with the registration details in that definition - many are N1, Light Goods, Panel Van etc), all that is required is that the vehicle meeets that definition.

Dual Purpose Vehicles are in the same group of vehicles for speed limit purposes as cars, motorcycles, & car-derived-vans in Sch 6, The Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984.
 

That is also in 'The Motor Vehicles (Construction and use) Regulations 1986'

Unladen Weight. 
"The weight of a vehicle or trailer inclusive of the body and all parts (the heavier being taken where alternative bodies or parts are used) which are necessary to or ordinarily used with the vehicle or trailer when working on a road, but exclusive of the weight of water, fuel or accumulators used for the purpose of the supply of power for the propulsion of the vehicle or, as the case may be, of any vehicle by which the trailer is drawn, and of loose tools and loose equipment".

Some 5 seater Vitos meet the requirement of a 'Dual Purpose Vehicle' (Check if yours does - windows & seats etc) and are not subject to the goods vehicle speed limit.