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#Post#: 122250--------------------------------------------------
Walsall, 02 Parked or loading/unloading in a restricted street
(waiting, loading and unloading restrictions)
DIR By: primal
Date: June 18, 2026, 12:01 pm
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[B]Hi everyone,
[/B]Can anyone help with the below Penalty Charge Notice?
[B]PCN Number:[/B] XD53130662
[B]Location:[/B] St Pauls Street
[B]Date of Contravention:[/B] 02/06/2026
[B]Date Notice Served:[/B] 09/06/2026[B]
Time:[/B] 11:28[B]
Reduced Charge:[/B] £35 (Valid until 23/06/2026)
[B]Evidence available online:[/B]
HTML [URL=http://"
HTML https://parking.walsall.gov.uk/penaltychargenotice/"]Walsall<br
/>Council Penalty Charge Notice[/URL]
[B]Other relevant information:
[/B]
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[B]Drive-off:[/B] No ticket was placed on the windscreen as the
driver drove off.[][B]Blue Badge:[/B] The driver has access
to a disabled badge, but it was not displayed at the time of the
incident.[*][B]Road Markings:[/B] There are double yellow lines
on the road, but the two 'T-bar' markers on the pavement are
faded in areas.
[B]Images of the
location:[/B]
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#Post#: 122256--------------------------------------------------
Re: Walsall, 02 Parked or loading/unloading in a restricted
street (waiting, loading and unloading restrictions)
DIR By: catnip
Date: June 18, 2026, 1:03 pm
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What was the reason for parking there, were you
loading/unloading or dropping off/picking up passengers?
#Post#: 122260--------------------------------------------------
Re: Walsall, 02 Parked or loading/unloading in a restricted
street (waiting, loading and unloading restrictions)
DIR By: primal
Date: June 18, 2026, 1:15 pm
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--- Quote from: catnip link ---
>
> What was the reason for parking there, were you
loading/unloading or dropping off/picking up passengers?
>
--- End Quote ---
Hi,
A disabled passenger was being escorted out of the vehicle and
across the road into the bank situated across the road. The
driver did not stop on the same side as the bank due to turning
buses (although once the buses make the turn they do shift over
to the right and stop as seen in one of the images).
#Post#: 122273--------------------------------------------------
Re: Walsall, 02 Parked or loading/unloading in a restricted
street (waiting, loading and unloading restrictions)
DIR By: fraser.mitchell
Date: June 18, 2026, 3:47 pm
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--- Quote ---
> A disabled passenger was being escorted out of the vehicle and
across the road into the bank situated across the road.
--- End Quote ---
Can you expand on this activity, please, because the No Loading
restriction bars you parking using a BB, but alighting a
passenger is the other exemption that applies to everybody not
just BB holders. You seem to be describing "assisted
boarding/alighting", but we need more narrative on what went on.
#Post#: 122291--------------------------------------------------
Re: Walsall, 02 Parked or loading/unloading in a restricted
street (waiting, loading and unloading restrictions)
DIR By: primal
Date: June 19, 2026, 12:52 am
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--- Quote from: Incandescent link ---
>
> [quote]A disabled passenger was being escorted out of the
vehicle and across the road into the bank situated across the
road.
--- End Quote ---
Can you expand on this activity, please, because the No Loading
restriction bars you parking using a BB, but alighting a
passenger is the other exemption that applies to everybody not
just BB holders. You seem to be describing "assisted
boarding/alighting", but we need more narrative on what went on.
[/quote]
Hi,
Although the driver has the use of the BB - it was not used.
The vehicle stopped as pictured, driver assisted disabled
passenger into the bank to the cashier desk and in that very
short time by the time the driver got back to the car the ticket
was printed. The ticket was not placed onto the car as the
driver said they were not accepting it, got into the car and
drove off.
Regards.
#Post#: 122320--------------------------------------------------
Re: Walsall, 02 Parked or loading/unloading in a restricted
street (waiting, loading and unloading restrictions)
DIR By: fraser.mitchell
Date: June 19, 2026, 4:14 am
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OK, so you received a postal PCN because you drove away before
the PCN could be served. "Driveaways" were dealt with in the
Traffic Management Act 2004, with the result you have
experienced.
As you have a postal PCN, there is no Notice to Owner stage. I
suggest you submit reps on the basis I described earlier, namely
you were escorting a disabled person to the bank, and found the
PCN when you returned. State that "boarding/alighting
passengers" is an exemption to the yellow lines. Also state that
where a passenger needs assistance to his destination, the
driver may assist that person on the basis of "assisted
boarding/alighting", and you therefore expect the PCN to be
cancelled.
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