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Hi HC Anderson. Thank you for taking the time to write up that, I really appreciate your work. I have submitted my formal representation this evening, lets see what happens!

Regards
K

OP, pl let me re-read the thread. I've just moved house, so I've not been as engaged with threads as I would have been otherwise.

No worries, thank you both. I look forward to your replies.

Please post up all sides of the NtO (only redact yr name & address - leave all else in).

PLease find the NTO below.

https://ibb.co/jPZTQj5s
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No, you don't need to pay for a lawyer. It does not go to court, but the traffic penalty tribunal. There's some splendid volunteers here who may offer to represent you.

In one of the council pics there is what appears to be a yellow sign taped or cable tied to a post. could that be a notice suspending parking in that area?

Thanks for the reply. I will look into representation when the time comes.

The yellow sign would be a planning permission thing, where the council notifies local residents of proposed building works where they can object etc, I often see them on lamposts near me. It is defintely not a suspended parking sign.

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IMO...

I'd love for this to get to adjudication!

OP, I'll break down the absolute nonsense of the markings and signs.

Thank you for the in depth explanation. From what I understand, Ealing dont have a leg to stand on, as their own signs and markings contradict eachother. What would the next steps for me to take? It looks like going off the letter, I have to wait 28 days for a notice to owner to be sent to me, which I them have to submit a formal representation. Is this typically done in person in a court setting? Do I need to contact a lawyer?

Many thanks

Firstly, I just discovered this forum so unfortunately have already challenged this and had it denied. Details are below.

All images including PCN images, Notice of decline of challenge letter, my images of position of car at time of PCN, google map showing the area.
https://imgur.com/a/qiultro

As you can see in the images, my wheels are pretty much inline with the curb, any closer and my cars at risk of being sideswiped (this happened to my van a year ago). Additionally, the markings for the bay parallel to the road are non existent or in poor condition. Their pictures conveniently didn’t include images closest to the road (these are attached). This road is a residents permit area of which I am a holder of. I'm aware of the blue sign showing half the car on the pavement and half on the road. With this being a single yellow line, I'm unsure if parking like this would be allowed. My family has NEVER seen cars parked half on the pavement in the 20+ years theyve lived here, so I would be hesitant to be the first person doing so, considering this is a fairly busy road.

If we’re going to be pedantic, their resident permit policy states vehicles over 1.83m in width are not permitted. Curbstone to paver this bay measures 1.825m. The inside of the curb to paver measures 1.67m. I was approx 20cm over the supposed bay. There’s 1.7m of pavement still left, not causing a hindrance to pedestrians. We have been parking in bays on this road for 20 years+, never had a problem until this PCN was served. I have a feeling this was done as they have recently resurfaced this and local roads including the white parking bay lines, although these have not been painted on this road yet, so are still in poor condition.

Any guidance on whether this is worth taking further to tribunal, or if I am indeed in the wrong, would be appreciated

Many thanks

K