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Civil penalty charge notices (Councils, TFL and so on) / Parking Fine - Southwark Council
« on: December 08, 2025, 04:04:42 pm »
Good afternoon everyone,
I have been given a parking fine for an on street local authority parking bay even though there is no signage for the bay.
For context, there are two adjacent bays on the street (clearly divided by a line) where one has a sign, and the bay in which I have parked for a considerable amount of time does not; it previously did but was vandalised and removed months ago.
When there was a sign the restrictions for the bay were very different from the adjacent bay and therefore couldn’t be considered one continuous parking zone.
Parking has not been restricted in this bay for months as confirmed by the local parking officers and local authority office, so we have been parking in there for free and not received any tickets.
However recently they have decided after sending a warning letter they can now enforce parking restrictions even though no sign is present. I got caught by this as was given a warning ticket and actual ticket in consecutive days as I had not seen the warning.
Am I wrong for thinking they shouldn’t be able to enforce parking restrictions and give tickets without a sign present, warning or not?
Thanks in advance!
I have been given a parking fine for an on street local authority parking bay even though there is no signage for the bay.
For context, there are two adjacent bays on the street (clearly divided by a line) where one has a sign, and the bay in which I have parked for a considerable amount of time does not; it previously did but was vandalised and removed months ago.
When there was a sign the restrictions for the bay were very different from the adjacent bay and therefore couldn’t be considered one continuous parking zone.
Parking has not been restricted in this bay for months as confirmed by the local parking officers and local authority office, so we have been parking in there for free and not received any tickets.
However recently they have decided after sending a warning letter they can now enforce parking restrictions even though no sign is present. I got caught by this as was given a warning ticket and actual ticket in consecutive days as I had not seen the warning.
Am I wrong for thinking they shouldn’t be able to enforce parking restrictions and give tickets without a sign present, warning or not?
Thanks in advance!