Hi guys,
Am after some advice please...
My husband received a PCN from the LA today for contravention 62 (one or more wheels on or over a footpath). Admittedly, he had parked on the pavement but it is on a road that parking on the road would cause an obstruction to traffic. So I have done some research on this particular road and it would seem that a consultation was started last year with residents to determine whether or not this road should be exempt from the pavement parking rules. This is taken from the LA website:
Residents have parked partly on the pavement and partly on the road for many years.
However, recently we have had to take action in response to complaints received from pedestrians at being obstructed by vehicles parked on the pavement. Parking on the pavement is an enforceable offence, but we also recognise that parking in this manner is necessary in many roads to ensure that vehicles can pass without their access being obstructed or parked vehicles being damaged. In November 2010 we consulted to see if pavement parking can be permitted in the Gould Road area in Bedfont. Two criteria agreed by the council’s executive are that:
■a minimum pavement width of 1.5 metres should be kept clear for pedestrians
■the pavement should not result in damage if vehicles are permitted to park on them
The next stage is to mark parking areas and put up signs.
The information provided will be used to finalise our designs and the outcome of this consultation will be reported to the West Area Committee where we will seek approval to proceed with the implementation process.
By their own admission, it is necessary to park on the pavement in this road!! The outcome of the consultation was determined 28th July (after the contravention but a day before the issue of the PCN) which recommends that this road is in fact exempted from the pavement parking rules. At the time of the incident, all other vehicles on this road were also parked on the pavement (I assume mostly residents as it is a residential area).
We were fully resigned to paying it (as much as it pains me!!) so if we have to, we have to, but does anyone think he would have any grounds for appeal?
Thanks if you got this far