PCN in Kensington & Chelsea for single yellow at 8:37am whilst loading car outside my house - 10 min grace period? |
PCN in Kensington & Chelsea for single yellow at 8:37am whilst loading car outside my house - 10 min grace period? |
Tue, 21 May 2019 - 21:37
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Member Group: Members Posts: 259 Joined: 5 Feb 2007 Member No.: 10,452 |
Hello
I parked overnight outside my house in the Kensington & Chelsea on a single yellow. I started packing the car just before 8:30am and then went in to get 2 large suitcases (down 4 flights of stairs) to put in the car before leaving. I thought I was only a few minutes doing this but I got a ticket at 8:37am. I live here and have done for nearly a year and my car and driving licence are registered at this address. However, I haven't got a residents' parking permit yet as I hardly ever park my car here. I will get one at the end of next month. I see that some councils apply the 10 minute grace periods to single yellow lines and start ticketing at 8:41am. The parking attendant told me he works on 5 minutes and will start ticketing at 8:36. You'll see from the PCN that he did wait for 5 mins, which he said was to give me chance to move the car but I suspect it was really so he didn't miss the chance to issue the ticket. Do you think there is any hope of leniency given the time of the PCN and/or that I am a resident loading my car, despite not with a permit? Also, how accurate are the clocks used in the ticketing devices? Thanks -g |
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Mon, 27 May 2019 - 21:21
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Member Group: Members Posts: 20,915 Joined: 22 Apr 2012 Member No.: 54,455 |
Driving licence and V5 is not really of importance here, what IS important is the weight and bulk of the goods being loaded. I suggest you take photos of the two cases and provide the nature and approximate weight of the cases with their contents. Submit photos, which if they ignore, means they are just money-grubbing so you'd need to take them to London Tribunals.
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