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The alleged offense occurred on the 6th of Aug on the M25 anti-clockwise Junction 5, Westerham. There was a temporary speed restriction of 50 mph due to roadworks.

I'm afraid there isn't much more to it, nor to the communication received from the police. Since I didn't see any threads on this, nor anything reported by Kent police or news elsewhere, I assume that these cancellations weren't announced publicly. So I thought to check with the experts on this forum for the best way to get more details, through a FOI request perhaps.

I've linked to a copy of the cancellation since the exact wording was requested: https://imgpile.com/p/2GBOJEQ.

I've driven down the road again, and unfortunately yes the advance warning sign is there. Never noticed it before though, on that section of the road you're focusing ahead, looking out for oncoming traffic as the road curves to the left. The sign is also just on one side of the road, the opposite side of direction of travel.

Pictures of the signs: https://imgpile.com/p/4AGcigV, it looks like they have removed the “Except authorised vehicles” wording.

I think I'd still argue the signage isn't sufficient, there is no warning at the start of the road, and this particular warning side is very easily missed due to where it's been placed.

Received a PCN as I was travelling north bound on Crooms Hill, and barely even noticed the signs indicating some sort of a restriction, but at that point it was already too late. I've gone up the road again, and there is no advance warning at all, the street is very narrow with parked cars on one side, no escape road and not really much of an opportunity to reverse and drive all the way back up again.

Is there enough here to appeal this PCN? Could I also use the fact that that the period in which the notice must be paid is wrongly stated as "period of 28 days beginning with the date of this notice"?

PCN can be viewed here: https://imgpile.com/p/2pcUKLF

Hi all,

I parked at the Queens Market Car Park after dropping my girlfriend off nearby. I asked her to pay for the parking while I went to park up.

She used a parking app (the one mentioned on the signage, I believe, though I couldn’t double check this on GSV). The issue is that the app only seemed to offer a monthly payment option, which she didn’t choose, and she also forgot to tell me when I arrived. By the time we got back, we had unfortunately received a parking ticket.

Looking again at the app now, there still doesn’t seem to be an option to pay for just a couple of hours, which is definitely possible from the on-site machines. App screenshot: https://imgur.com/a/aJazFyx

Does anyone know if it’s worth appealing the ticket on the grounds that the app didn’t offer the correct duration options?

Thanks

That's fair question, I just simply missed the email - it was among a lot of junk mail.

They rejected it on the 15th of Aug, so unfortunately I'm out of the Popla appeal window.

Thank you, initial appeal submitted.

Noted regarding GSV (FYI, unfortunately we don't live in the area so it wasn't possible to get the actual photos on site).

Thanks

Great, will do. Many thanks for the quick response!