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#Post#: 116226--------------------------------------------------
Re: Hillingdon PCN Contravention 62 Elers Rd -signs totally
misleading!
DIR By: Innocentman
Date: April 17, 2026, 4:53 pm
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--- Quote from: tincombe link ---
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> Footway parking in Hillingdon has evolved over decades, with
over 400 roads
> historically exempted from enforcement. Many of these
exemptions were informal or
> temporary, often lacking compliant signage or markings
>
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I live in Hillingdon, and in our road everybody parked with 2
wheels on the pavement, even though it wasn't allowed, because
if you didn't there wasn't room between 2 cars fully on the road
for another car to pass, let alone a fire engine, or ambulance,
or bin lorry.
It had been thus for as long as anybody could remember, and then
one day people started getting ticketed. Not long after they
outsourced enforcement, IIRC.
I organised a petition objecting to this, and we were granted a
"temporary footway parking exemption" until the problem could be
discussed at a Council meeting. Which it never was. Our
"temporary" exemption lasted for over a decade, until they
decided that they could make money by introducing a residents'
parking scheme which no resident wanted, and which involved
marking out parking bays half on the pavement.
But at no time during the 10+ years of the temporary exemption
was there a single sign or road marking.
#Post#: 116247--------------------------------------------------
Re: Hillingdon PCN Contravention 62 Elers Rd -signs totally
misleading!
DIR By: tincombe
Date: April 18, 2026, 4:39 am
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OP, from this useful post and the extract from the committee
report you can see the utter shambles which represents the
council's approach to footway parking.
I suggest you therefore make reps along the lines suggested and
add that by its own admission - and quote the committee report-
the signing is not compliant [with underlying resolutions].
Therefore, before considering your reps, the authority must
refer to the resolution for *** in order to satisfy itself as to
the extent of permitted footway parking because it is clear that
simple reliance upon existing signage is not sufficient.
#Post#: 116281--------------------------------------------------
Re: Hillingdon PCN Contravention 62 Elers Rd -signs totally
misleading!
DIR By: marybilly
Date: April 18, 2026, 11:30 am
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Thanks everyone for all your help. I will give it a go!
#Post#: 116283--------------------------------------------------
Re: Hillingdon PCN Contravention 62 Elers Rd -signs totally
misleading!
DIR By: stamfordman
Date: April 18, 2026, 12:14 pm
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I think it would be best if tincombe writes it for you in full.
#Post#: 116284--------------------------------------------------
Re: Hillingdon PCN Contravention 62 Elers Rd -signs totally
misleading!
DIR By: marybilly
Date: April 18, 2026, 12:28 pm
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Oh that would be brilliant if that is possible. How do I make
this happen?
#Post#: 116446--------------------------------------------------
Re: Hillingdon PCN Contravention 62 Elers Rd -signs totally
misleading!
DIR By: stamfordman
Date: April 20, 2026, 9:03 am
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If you want to go on you need to wait for the NTO.
If the discount is still on offer you can consider bailing out.
#Post#: 116452--------------------------------------------------
Re: Hillingdon PCN Contravention 62 Elers Rd -signs totally
misleading!
DIR By: marybilly
Date: April 20, 2026, 9:34 am
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Yes I am still in the discount period. Its tempting to bail, but
on the other hand they have done such a shambolic job of making
the signs even worse than they were before that I don't want to
pay them for it!
What would you do?
#Post#: 116463--------------------------------------------------
Re: Hillingdon PCN Contravention 62 Elers Rd -signs totally
misleading!
DIR By: stamfordman
Date: April 20, 2026, 10:27 am
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I'm in two minds - I'd say have a go on the resolution angle
plus the change of signs/markings as they will probably reoffer
the discount if they reject again.
See if tincombe pops up with thoughts.
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