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Newham, code 62 parked on non-carriageway, Honour Lea Avenue
DIR By: a046
Date: March 4, 2026, 8:01 am
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Hello all,
Parked on a weird bit of tarmac next to the road to load (pick
up food). Hard to describe in words (see pics), but it's an
area between the cycleway and the road proper, which is also
used to access the construction site to the left. The surface
is level with the road, although it does have some inset bricks
to mark the edge. I wasn't blocking the side road because
there's an offset (and it's quite wide anyway). Also there are
hatched markings, although they look a bit odd.
No signs of any kind that I could see. I'll be honest, I
thought it might be private land given it's such a big
office/commercial development around that area, but I saw no
signs, wasn't inconveniencing anyone else, and thought it would
be fine.
PCN info:
PCN number: PN25190367
Vehicle registration: MK71ZPW
Date of contravention: 04/03/2026
Location: Honour Lea Avenue, opp hse 5, Stratford
Contravention code: 62 - Parked with one or more wheels on or
over a footpath or any part of a road other than a carriageway
Issuing authority: London Borough of Newham
HTML https://cdn.imgpile.com/f/LbNyj17_xl.jpg
HTML https://cdn.imgpile.com/f/f3pkgmh_xl.jpg
Other pics
Still waiting on Newham to upload, but here's one I took in the
interim:
HTML https://cdn.imgpile.com/f/zqyn1jt_md.jpg
Location
Google Street View is quite useless because it looks totally
different now (see pics), but here is where I actually parked:
HTML https://maps.app.goo.gl/xFdRfaAxkaMUp7c47
And here is what the PCN lists as the location:
HTML https://maps.app.goo.gl/xh9WxaVKCr48wamq8
Point(s) of appeal
Location stated is totally wrong. It references Honour Lea
Avenue, whereas I was parked on Westfield Avenue. Think that's
fatal enough for this PCN, but I wonder if I could get your
learned opinions on this spot in general, since I often have to
pick things up from this location.
Ultimately I would say this is in fact a carriageway. It's
there for access to the site and surely we don't put hatched
markings for pedestrians on footways, only on roads for
vehicles. Thoughts?
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Re: Newham, code 62 parked on non-carriageway, Honour Lea Avenue
DIR By: stamfordman
Date: March 4, 2026, 12:55 pm
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Looks like you are lucky with the wrong location but I'd say
that's a footway contravention.
#Post#: 112098--------------------------------------------------
Re: Newham, code 62 parked on non-carriageway, Honour Lea Avenue
DIR By: a046
Date: March 4, 2026, 3:08 pm
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Yeah, I'll probably just do an informal rep on that basis,
hopefully they'll give in quick and not draw the whole thing
out.
Actually I think they have newer street view now, not sure why
it wasn't showing in my link before:
HTML https://maps.app.goo.gl/mpdZg3YqAMYVjqQB7
HTML https://cdn.imgpile.com/f/IJXJt7i_md.png
It's like this at present but they removed the dashed lines and
added the hatchings on the RHS. The access and gate are still
there though, so it's funny that it used to be explicitly marked
as a side road with the same bricks/leveling. At least I think
it's marked as a side road, since all the other bays are much
more properly marked. Raised kerbs at both sides as well.
The car on street view is where I was parked too. Actually I've
been parking here since the old markings with no problems, just
always assumed it was a hodge podge bit of private land.
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Re: Newham, code 62 parked on non-carriageway, Honour Lea Avenue
DIR By: a046
Date: April 9, 2026, 8:34 am
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For posterity/forum record: they accepted informal reps on wrong
location. Success.
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Re: Newham, code 62 parked on non-carriageway, Honour Lea Avenue
DIR By: fraser.mitchell
Date: April 9, 2026, 5:17 pm
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> For posterity/forum record: they accepted informal reps on
wrong location. Success.
>
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Very well done ! We almost never see acceptance of informal
reps.
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