#12 Ealing - 62:Parked with one or more wheels on or over a footpath (CHALLENGE DENIED)
on 18 Sep, 2025 22:03 in Civil penalty charge notices (Councils, TFL and so on)
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/qiultroAs 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