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Civil penalty charge notices (Councils, TFL and so on) / Lambeth code 52 – Failing to comply with a prohibition – Stockwell Terrace, SW9 0QD
« on: November 15, 2024, 06:51:42 pm »

Streetview link:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/RTdjgY2v5gL4cFzJ9

PCN
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LdSOLdsoY5-XLBvNLvrzit1GUNipe9Zb/view?usp=sharing


Hello

I think that this is an interesting case.

Stockwell Terrace is a small one way street between Clapham Road and South Lambeth Road to the East of Stockwell station.  After the LTNs came in to prevent access between the Clapham Road and South Lambeth Road further east, it was used extensively as a cut though.

Google streetview shows no prohibition in July 2022:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/13gSR8ofSx2-4ZBGCANvfGI9sLLYl2chs/view?usp=sharing

At some point since then, prohibition signs were erected to restrict access, as shown in this streetview photo dated July 2024.  This is the latest streetview image, referenced above:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/14WWeewyLK8vgGDxG0PbQSmW5j29oNntj/view?usp=sharing


The sign says “Except permit holders and loading”, and another sign says “Controlled zone S”.  On the left of the road are one disabled bay and a long single bay capable of taking five cars, and showing this sign (unchanged from 2022):

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_-e9YBuUdbimUbGR2BgNQwHXLWMO86cf/view?usp=sharing

My car has a residents’ permit for the S zone, and I therefore concluded that I was allowed to use the road and did so.

When I received the PCN  for a contravention on 1 November 2024, I went to look at the signage, and it is now as follows:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1tHN2KUVH5MTaA2ghfFKLb0U-F4XA_dJ4/view?usp=sharing

There is now a second sign, and the words “permit holders” have been replaced by “authorised vehicles”, but the Controlled zone sign is still there.  The parking bays are also still there, and so is the sign saying “Permit holders only – SR”:

Not surprisingly, I had not noticed the change of signage, and have continued to use the road.

I have used it several times since 1 November, so I can expect more PCNs to follow.

It seems to me that as I hold the relevant permit, and there is still a Zone S sign and the marked parking bays which my permit allows me to use, it follows that my vehicle is in fact “authorised” in the normal use of that word.

I would like advice on how to challenge this and any further PCNs.

Kind regards





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Civil penalty charge notices (Councils, TFL and so on) / TFL. Being in a bus lane. CLAPHAM RD NE-BND FROM SOUTH LAMBETH RD
« on: August 27, 2024, 11:56:04 pm »
Hello

The date of the incident was 8 July 2024.

I found an enforcement notice dated 12 August at my home after being away for 2 weeks, referring to a PCN “batched” on 11 July.

I never received the PCN.  I live in a flat with a separate front door from the other flats in the building, so post is sometimes delivered (by Royal Mail as well as by others) to the wrong door.

I have off street parking in front of the house, reached over a dropped pavement.
That stretch of Clapham Road is an all times bus lane, which also has a marked cycle path.
I believe that I am allowed to cross the bus lane to reach my property, and my own practice is to cross opposite the entrance, drive a bit further parallel to the pavement, and then reverse in.  Going in forward would be difficult for the parking area, but more importantly it would be dangerous to reverse out across the pavement with no view of it.

I have been living there for 6 years, and have never had any PCNs.  A camera has recently (not sure exactly when) been installed to cover this stretch of road, but I have not received any PCNs when I have been driving.

On this occasion I was not driving, and the driver entered the bus lane about 2 houses before our entrance, which is between the white topped pillars – photo 1.  The reason for entering the bus lane early is that it is safer because of the frequent cyclists in the bus lane – although there were none on this occasion.  Photo 3 shows the car stopped and about to reverse into the entrance.

I need help with my representations in two respects.  The non-receipt of the PCN, which has increased the penalty from £80 to £160, and a challenge to the penalty because of the need to enter the bus lane to get to my property.  I have until 9 Sept to make representations.

I give below links to the following:

Page 1 of the Enforcement Notice
PCN details from TFL website
Photos 1, 2 and 3 from the TFL website

Many thanks


https://drive.google.com/file/d/1--ckWwucUL3ksk2oHF2u6DuPa5ixVoOT/view?usp=drive_link

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ijKKbXoPq5MBHp2UeLiWrvSydO6hLT7n/view?usp=drive_link

https://drive.google.com/file/d/19Lso9KkbDyNSIt0orWOJiY3_CuNPvXpS/view?usp=drive_link

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1o7NVXGRDrJvy1TqYcNZaIisbXHS6CrXO/view?usp=drive_link

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1F8mXR1GBsSxdCt4WVwrbTVM2UGpseOWQ/view?usp=drive_link



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