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Civil penalty charge notices (Councils, TFL and so on) / Re: Trafford, code 02, parked in restricted street, Victoria Place, Stretford
« on: Yesterday at 12:42:02 pm »
I don't see how it's right that they fail to address most of my points and even reject an argument that I didn't even make! It doesn't feel like the adjudictor even read my appeal. No one is ever going to convince me that the markings and signage were adequate, when the markings stop part way round a bend and are clearly historical when that recess was not a recess but an actual road that is now gated off and I'm not even parked on the road causing any obstruction at all. But I a now acting like a dog with a bone that refuses to give up! Because it just feels wrong on every level.

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Civil penalty charge notices (Councils, TFL and so on) / Trafford, code 02, parked in restricted street, Victoria Place, Stretford
« on: Yesterday at 11:58:41 am »
I parked on the evening of 06/03/2026 at 21:53 in what I believed to be a recessed area off the carriageway of Victoria Place, Stretford, directly in front of a gated and bollarded entrance to an unoccupied office development. A valid disabled blue badge was displayed.

I received a PCN for code 02 - parked or loading/unloading in a restricted street where waiting and loading/unloading restrictions are in force.

I challenged at every stage:

Informal challenge - rejected with boilerplate response
Formal representations following NTO - rejected, again without addressing substantive arguments
Traffic Penalty Tribunal appeal - dismissed
Review application - refused

My photo showing the vehicle parked in the recess:



The council's own enforcement photograph showing the yellow lines curving and stopping short of the parking position:



Current Google Street View dated August 2025 showing the lines ending at the corner, the no loading sign obscured by vegetation, and another vehicle parked in the same location:



The adjudicator's decision contains what I consider to be material errors:

The decision states the double yellow lines extend into the recess. They partially do, but stop well short of the actual parking position. The area in front of the bollards where the vehicle was parked has no yellow markings.
The decision states I argued that other vehicles parking without penalty indicated parking was permitted. I never made this argument. The actual argument was that multiple vehicles parking there demonstrated the location was not reasonably understood to be restricted - a point about adequacy of signage.
The decision fails entirely to address several substantive grounds including the council's own use of the word "can" in their rejection letter (conceding some recessed areas are not restricted), the no loading sign being obscured by vegetation, and the absence of any obstruction as the road was closed to traffic at both ends.

The case is now at the post-adjudicator stage. No Charge Certificate has yet been received. I am considering my options including whether a witness statement at the Order for Recovery stage is viable on the ground that representations were made that were not considered.

I can provide all documentation including PCN, NTO, council rejection letters, tribunal appeal, adjudicator's decision, and photographs.

Thank you in advance for any assistance you are able to provide.

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