Newham, Parking Contravention Code 30, Zone PN, Parking ticket received, is it valid? |
Newham, Parking Contravention Code 30, Zone PN, Parking ticket received, is it valid? |
Sat, 15 Dec 2018 - 16:03
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Member Group: Members Posts: 82 Joined: 4 Jul 2006 Member No.: 6,480 |
Hi,
I received a parking ticket 5 days ago in Newham in London. I displayed a visitors permit in the car which I thought was valid for 6 hours and parked in an area with signage which I now guess means I should only have stayed for 20 minutes. I was there for about an hour and a half. Relevant pictures are as follows; Front of visitors permit (redacted) Rear of visitors permit Front of ticket (redacted) Rear of ticket Sign My question is whether this ticket is valid or whether I have any chance of overturning it. The reason I parked where I did was because I believed that the permit was valid for 6 hours as it says on the front of it and I thought the '20 minutes' on the sign referred to parking without a permit (i.e. offering 20 minutes for free to load or unload). On re-examining the ticket I can see it says 'Up to 6 hours', hence my undoing. A VERY helpful local chap spoke to me when I returned to the car (I think he's seen a lot of people caught out by this over the years) and said that I could get the ticket overturned and explained how and why. I didn't entirely follow his explanation but I believe it was to do with the fact that the CPZ name (i.e. 'PN' in this case) isn't correctly signed when you enter the CPZ - there are meant to be signed on both sides of the road but apparently there aren't. However I've looked at the Newham CPZ map and I'm not entirely sure which CPZ I was in. The map is here: https://mapping.newham.gov.uk/LocalView/Sites/CPZ/ I was parked here: https://goo.gl/maps/KYFkXotK3zv Looking at the Newham CPZ map it looks like I was in the 'Plaistow North' CPZ, which corresponds with the CPZ name being 'PN', but according to their website 'Plaistow North' looks like this: ... and I don't think I was parked anywhere within this. In short, is there scope for challenging this ticket or should I make the most of the 14-days reduced fee of £40 and pay up quick? All help welcomed, thanks. EDITED TO ADD: A hunt on pepipoo throws up this topic, where someone else was caught in a very similar situation in the same borough (Newham). However it doesn't have a conclusion. http://forums.pepipoo.com/index.php?showto...;p=1277340& Thanks again for any help. This post has been edited by zcacogp: Sat, 15 Dec 2018 - 16:06 |
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Mon, 29 Jul 2019 - 14:09
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Member Group: Members Posts: 82 Joined: 4 Jul 2006 Member No.: 6,480 |
Sure, it's 2190264386.
I've checked on the London Tribunals website and it is still listed as at stage "Appeal" and the status as being "Listed for hearing". I presume they update this in due course. |
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Mon, 29 Jul 2019 - 14:09
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Mon, 29 Jul 2019 - 14:46
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Member Group: Members Posts: 29,268 Joined: 16 Jan 2008 Member No.: 16,671 |
They get published in the register by about 10am tomorrow.
Sorry woke way too late to get my thang to you. It was just a witness statement from the person who got the PCN at the 'other sign'. Supporting the winning point anyway. -------------------- |
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