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#Post#: 111433--------------------------------------------------
Notice of Rejection after Newham PCN Code 29j Failing to comply
with a one-way restriction
DIR By: Driver86
Date: February 27, 2026, 4:35 pm
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Hi All,
I thought I was doing well until after xmas, I had the
unfortunate luck in receiving 3 PCN's between Boxing day and
mid-January! I've managed to bat away 2 of them but this one I
feel is a sticky one.
I drove the wrong way on a way way street. Here is the back
story:
My wife drove the vehicle in turning right from Barking Road and
into Hartley Avenue where she met me. We realised then that this
was the wrong road for the customer parking for the children's
Flip-Out. We swapped drivers at this point (and she left with
our child to go to the kids play centre): Here is where she
pulled into, and we swapped drivers
HTML https://maps.app.goo.gl/deoHQxKsF8aGapMY8
I turned the car around and turned left driving back out towards
Barking road. I then received a PCN via post telling me it was a
1-way street. I appealed the PCN on the grounds that a vehicle
starting its journey from that drive-through does not receive
any direction to turn right, and after turning left, there is no
road signage indicating that I can not exit/enter into Barking
Road here. Appeal below:
My wife was driving the vehicle entering into Hartley Avenue and
met me there as we were to take our son to flip-out Barking
road. We realised this was the wrong street for the customer
parking. She left the vehicle with me while she took our son
inside, and I proceeded to drive the vehicle to the next street.
The vehicle was pulled up on the driveway at this location
HTML https://maps.app.goo.gl/DaK6mpY8MrKKs3Gn9
shown on Google Street
view, and I proceeded to drive out onto Barking road.
As the images show on Google street view, a driver pulling out
of this driveway has no indication that this is a one-way
restricted street. There are no signposts facing a vehicle from
this location directing it to turn right. They are solely
relying on their local knowledge and if they were the person who
drove the car into the street, for which I was not. As stated
earlier, my wife drove the car into the street, I was not a
passenger in the vehicle at the time either, and left me with
the vehicle and I drove the car back onto Hartley Avenue and
Baring road.
Schedule 9 of the road Traffic Signs Regulations and General
Directions 2016 clearly outlines the responsibility of local
authorities to ensure motorists are informed of directions at
each entry point onto the road and with road markings which are
visible, clear and facing the correct direction.
It is for these reasons I believe that there was no failure to
comply with a one-way restriction / indication on a sign.
It was rejected, they state there is a signpost at Winter Road
- this I find irrelevant, since I or my wife driving did not
reach Winter Road, I gave them the location of where the vehicle
reached and turned round.
Here is the PCN Via post
HTML https://ibb.co/SX4HRWVx
HTML https://ibb.co/0RKwSTdq
HTML https://ibb.co/237qf9j5
HTML https://ibb.co/Mx6X5g4q
Notice of Rejection I have left the PCN and Reg in if anyone
wants to see the video, but there is not alot there.
HTML https://ibb.co/TBd5ff0Z
HTML https://ibb.co/zhVNpJ3B
Any hope of challenging this?
#Post#: 111437--------------------------------------------------
Re: Notice of Rejection after Newham PCN Code 29j Failing to
comply with a one-way restriction
DIR By: fraser.mitchell
Date: February 27, 2026, 5:27 pm
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Well, sorry to have to say it, but you would be stretching
credulity at London Tribunals, if one looks at the signage at
the entrance to Hartley Avenue, and also where you turned the
car round. There are two clear "arrow" signs indicating one-way
as you turn in. OK you weren't driving but...
HTML https://maps.app.goo.gl/auaPUz7kJ7oGfWSCA
Then right by the place where you turned round there is a
prominent "one way" sign not more than 7 metres away.
HTML https://maps.app.goo.gl/jhqTucbbuMpxYdgu6
So my opinion is that you would lose your case at London
Tribunals, but see what others say. Of course you have the
absolute right in law to now register a case at London
Tribunals, and test your case there with the full PCN penalty of
£160 in play.
Looking at their PCN, it seems to me that they have mis-stated
the amount of the penalty charge. It says £80, but this is not
correct, the penalty is £160, with a reduction of 50% if the PCN
is paid within 14 days of the date of the notice. Regulation 9
(3) of London Local Authorities and Transport for London Act
2003 says: -
--- Quote ---
> (3)A fixed penalty notice under this section shall give such
particulars of the circumstances alleged to constitute the
offence as are necessary for giving reasonable information of
the offence and shall state—
>
> (a)the period during which, by virtue of subsection (2) above,
proceedings will not be taken for the offence;
>
> (b)the amount of the fixed penalty; and
>
> (c)the name of the person to whom and the address at which the
fixed penalty may be paid; and, without prejudice to payment by
any other method, payment of the fixed penalty may be made by
pre-paying and posting to that person at that address a letter
containing the amount of the penalty (in cash or otherwise).
--- End Quote ---
However, later on under "1) Making payment" it does state the
correct amount and the discounted amount. Whether this is
misleading enough to get the PCN cancelled, I'm not sure. If it
was, I'm sure it would have been the subject of appeals well
before 2026, as the Act has been in force for many years.
#Post#: 111443--------------------------------------------------
Re: Notice of Rejection after Newham PCN Code 29j Failing to
comply with a one-way restriction
DIR By: Driver86
Date: February 27, 2026, 6:57 pm
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Its not a sign I saw while driving, there were vans parked there
in front and also it appears to be positioned for vehicles
arriving out of the narrow lane opposite, which makes sense. Why
not have one opposite where I stopped and turned round?
Surely I cant be expected to see a sign like that on the left
while moving.
#Post#: 111463--------------------------------------------------
Re: Notice of Rejection after Newham PCN Code 29j Failing to
comply with a one-way restriction
DIR By: fraser.mitchell
Date: February 28, 2026, 4:06 am
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--- Quote from: Driver86 link ---
>
> Its not a sign I saw while driving, there were vans parked
there in front and also it appears to be positioned for vehicles
arriving out of the narrow lane opposite, which makes sense. Why
not have one opposite where I stopped and turned round?
>
> Surely I cant be expected to see a sign like that on the left
while moving.
>
--- End Quote ---
Sorry, I was being the Devil's Advocate and exploring what you
have possibly to overcome at London Tribunals. You have the
right in law to take the council to London Tribunals, but have
to risk the full PCN penalty
#Post#: 111932--------------------------------------------------
Re: Notice of Rejection after Newham PCN Code 29j Failing to
comply with a one-way restriction
DIR By: Driver86
Date: March 3, 2026, 12:48 pm
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Are the signages ok, is whats there considered adequete and
reasonable for a motorist to see if they travel the wrong way?
#Post#: 111968--------------------------------------------------
Re: Notice of Rejection after Newham PCN Code 29j Failing to
comply with a one-way restriction
DIR By: fraser.mitchell
Date: March 3, 2026, 4:13 pm
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--- Quote from: Driver86 link ---
>
> Are the signages ok, is whats there considered adequete and
reasonable for a motorist to see if they travel the wrong way?
>
--- End Quote ---
Looking again at the GSV Sept 2025 view the entrance to the
street, it seems to me that the small "One Way Only" arrows are
mounted far too high to get the attention of a motorist, so you
could argue that if these are missed, there were no repeaters in
sight when you turned the car round and left. However, the sign
for the exit from the property nearby is so close, an
adjudicator may decide you surely must have seen it. SO if you
do decide to take the council to London Tribunals, you must be
prepared to deal with a possible question as to why you missed
it.
#Post#: 112438--------------------------------------------------
Re: Notice of Rejection after Newham PCN Code 29j Failing to
comply with a one-way restriction
DIR By: Driver86
Date: March 8, 2026, 1:26 pm
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I'll have a look at the regulations to see what the requirements
are for a signange and the direction they are to be placed,
because that looks like it's been placed for oncoming traffic.
There are no road markings indicating direction of travel
either.
The road the EA mention in their rejection was not reached or
traveled through.
I believe I have until Thursday to submit an appeal to tribunal.
#Post#: 112448--------------------------------------------------
Re: Notice of Rejection after Newham PCN Code 29j Failing to
comply with a one-way restriction
DIR By: stamfordman
Date: March 8, 2026, 2:41 pm
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This raises a point I don't think we've considered before - that
you swapped driver so the second driver wouldn't have been aware
of the entry signs or the sign just beyond where you turned.
#Post#: 112603--------------------------------------------------
Re: Notice of Rejection after Newham PCN Code 29j Failing to
comply with a one-way restriction
DIR By: Driver86
Date: March 9, 2026, 4:47 pm
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Yes and I think this is key. If I had driven into the road
myself, I would have been aware, but having swapped drivers and
with no signages facing my direction from where I started my
journey, I wouldn't know any restrictions applied.
#Post#: 112613--------------------------------------------------
Re: Notice of Rejection after Newham PCN Code 29j Failing to
comply with a one-way restriction
DIR By: fraser.mitchell
Date: March 9, 2026, 7:28 pm
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--- Quote from: Driver86 link ---
>
> Yes and I think this is key. If I had driven into the road
myself, I would have been aware, but having swapped drivers and
with no signages facing my direction from where I started my
journey, I wouldn't know any restrictions applied.
>
--- End Quote ---
The problem with your case is that there is no requirement to
indicate a one-way street to those driving along it in the wrong
direction. Where there are side roads then obviously signs must
indicate direction as seen near your turn-round point. The
council have not erred in their signage, although a better sign
array might have been "No Entry" signs for a right turn there,
but the single arrow sign would, I think, the regarded as
adequate. So your circumstances come under mitigation, and that
cannot be considered at adjudication. Sorry to have to say all
this, but it's best to deal in reality.
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