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#Post#: 124136--------------------------------------------------
Re: PCN Ealing borough - 53J Failing to comply with a
restriction on vehicles entering pedestrian zone/Costons lane
DIR By: bluebell
Date: July 8, 2026, 5:20 pm
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Very poetic. I get it.
I shall send my appeal and will report back the outcome. I'll
have to contemplate my next step. I'm going to start with
another dashcam video tomorrow. Nothing would feel better than
winning this.
I hope you will help me along the way. If there's anything else
you think I should know and prepare for, please let me know
Thank you!
#Post#: 124149--------------------------------------------------
Re: PCN Ealing borough - 53J Failing to comply with a
restriction on vehicles entering pedestrian zone/Costons lane
DIR By: RichardW
Date: July 9, 2026, 1:24 am
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There have a been a number of appeals at this location, but most
are refused - generally for drivers going along Greenford Road
and turning left. However, this one was for a driver doing the
same route as you and it was allowed. Note of course that
adjudications don't sent a precedent, and subsequent ones (even
with the same adjudicator!) can come to the opposite conclusion.
Case Details
Case reference
Appellant
Authority
VRM
PCN Details
PCN
Contravention date
Contravention time
Contravention location
Penalty amount
Contravention
Referral date
Decision Date
Adjudicator
Appeal decision
Direction
cancel the Penalty Charge Notice.
Reasons
Introduction
1. The Appellant challenges a Penalty Charge Notice (PCN) issued
for failing to comply with a restriction on vehicles entering a
pedestrian zone (Code 53).
2. This appeal was scheduled as an online hearing at which the
Appellant appeared in person. The Enforcement Authority (EA) was
not due to attend but instead provided their evidence
electronically.
The Appellant’s case
3. The Appellant’s case is that on the route they drove, the
advance warning sign and the restriction signs on the relevant
road cannot be seen. This means the Appellant had no opportunity
to avoid the restriction.
4. The Appellant has provided photographic evidence in support.
5. In these circumstances the Appellant asks for the PCN to be
cancelled.
Enforcement Authority’s Case
6. The Enforcement Authority (EA) rely on footage to show the
contravention occurred. A plan and photographs of the signage
has been provided. The EA says this shows the restriction is
signed and clear, and, further, enforceable under a valid
Traffic Management Order (TMO), a copy of which is provided.
7. The EA has considered the Appellant's representations. The EA
state they are ‘…satisfied the formal regulatory signs give
adequate information to alert motorists of the prohibition in
place during restricted hours.’
8. The EA does not wish to exercise their discretion.
9. The EA maintain the PCN was correctly issued.
Findings and Conclusion
10. I have considered the evidence of both parties carefully.
11. Based on the footage provided, and additional evidential
materials from the EA, I am satisfied the Appellant’s vehicle
was in the relevant location, at the relevant time. The
Appellant helpfully confirmed in the hearing this is not in
dispute. I am further satisfied that if a contravention has
occurred, it is enforceable by way of a valid Traffic Management
Order, which I have seen.
12. The question I must decide relates to whether the signage in
place was substantially compliant, clear and adequate.
13. In this respect I found the evidence of the Appellant to be
credible and measured. I accept the Appellant drover up Costons
Lane, turned right across Greenford Road and then turned left
into the restricted road section of Costons Lane very top of
14. On balance, I am not satisfied that the signage at the
relevant location is substantially compliant, clear and adequate
for a motorist following this route.
15. This is because the restrictions signage at Costons Lane is
at the very top of the road and facing outwards. For a driver
turning left into the restricted road, these signs cannot be
seen properly. In this respect, on balance, I can see this from
the position of the signage in the footage (for a car turning
left), and in the photographic evidence provided by the
Appellant. On balance, I find the signage would need to be at
the curve where the 20mph signs are, to allow a motorist to view
the restriction sign, and to have sufficient space and time to
turn around.
16. In relation to the advance warning ‘no right turn’ ahead
signage, I accept for a motorist in Costons Lane turning right
into Greenford Road, this would not be easily seen or seen at
all. This is because Greenford Road is busy, the motorist would
need to cut across the oncoming traffic and move almost on a
diagonal, to be in position to turn left into the restricted
road. On balance, I find the ‘no right turn’ is placed too far
back for it to be viewed by a motorist making this manoeuvre.
However, for completeness, on balance, given the complication of
crossing at this junction, I do not consider moving it further
along the road would be of assistance. The junction is busy, and
a motorist would reasonably be required to focus on the traffic
and ensuing it was safe to cross and turn.
17. For these reasons I find a contravention did not occur and
the PCN has not been validly issued.
Decision
18. The appeal is allowed
2 others were allowed: 2250372631 (same route as you) and
2250390644 (Route not stated).
#Post#: 124183--------------------------------------------------
Re: PCN Ealing borough - 53J Failing to comply with a
restriction on vehicles entering pedestrian zone/Costons lane
DIR By: fraser.mitchell
Date: July 9, 2026, 8:15 am
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Does the adjudicator know which is his left hand and which the
right hand !
#Post#: 124220--------------------------------------------------
Re: PCN Ealing borough - 53J Failing to comply with a
restriction on vehicles entering pedestrian zone/Costons lane
DIR By: bluebell
Date: July 9, 2026, 12:25 pm
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This is great news, as this is exactly my case, except it isn't
a 'no right turn ' sign, but a 'no left turn' sign on Greenford
Rd. I think the adjudicator confused them. How did you find that
case, please? I tried to find any Tribunals via AI, but didn't
come up with anything. How do I search for it?
Today I took some photos.
The "No Left Turn" is completely out of the driver's view when
turning from Costons Lane onto Greenford Road. The same applies
when turning left from Greenford Road onto Costons Lane—the sign
is very high up, making it impossible to read in time before
turning.
I also took a photo of the "No Left Turn" sign, but it hasn't
come out very well, so I'll need to take another one.
I've attached another dashcam video from today's drive, along
with a few additional still photos of the road and signage.
Please let me know if these would be sufficient evidence for the
Tribunal.
I've also circled the location of the "No Left Turn" sign in
red. It appears to be facing towards pedestrians rather than
approaching drivers. I also arrowed my trajectory of driving
from Costons Lane- Greenford Rd (right turn). The 'No left turn
sign isn't visible from that angle for drivers. It is on a lamp
at a weird angle away from the road.
Please share your wisdomous ideas & views- thanks a million!
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#Post#: 124251--------------------------------------------------
Re: PCN Ealing borough - 53J Failing to comply with a
restriction on vehicles entering pedestrian zone/Costons lane
DIR By: RichardW
Date: July 10, 2026, 1:35 am
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--- Quote from: bluebell link ---
>
> This is great news, as this is exactly my case, except it
isn't a 'no right turn ' sign, but a 'no left turn' sign on
Greenford Rd. I think the adjudicator confused them. How did you
find that case, please? I tried to find any Tribunals via AI,
but didn't come up with anything. How do I search for it?
>
>
>
--- End Quote ---
You can access the search page here:
HTML https://www.londontribunals.gov.uk/about/registers-appeals
then
clicking through to the Environment and Traffic Adjudicators
page.
Put Ealing as the Authority then Costons Lane as the location.
You have to manually open each appeal to see what it was
actually about.
You are not at tribunal stage yet, first you have to appeal to
Ealing - you can cite inadequate signage and reference that the
cases the have already lost - they will probably reject anyway
and re-offer the discount. After that you have to decide if you
are going to double or quits at the adjudicator - there are no
guarantees!
#Post#: 124412--------------------------------------------------
Re: PCN Ealing borough - 53J Failing to comply with a
restriction on vehicles entering pedestrian zone/Costons lane
DIR By: bluebell
Date: July 11, 2026, 6:20 pm
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Thank you very much for this, but I wasn't able to find the
case(s) you mentioned above: I followed 'Registers of appeals',
but couldn't find the case you shared. (Even by typing the
number into the search bar on the top right.)
When I click on 'Access Statutory Registers' (under Register of
Appeals), I get 'Service not Available ' every time. What am I
doing wrong? Sorry to be a pain, but I tried searching 'Ealing'
in the search bar too, but only 4 cases came up, none of which
you shared. I'm totally lost.
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#Post#: 124421--------------------------------------------------
Re: PCN Ealing borough - 53J Failing to comply with a
restriction on vehicles entering pedestrian zone/Costons lane
DIR By: fraser.mitchell
Date: July 12, 2026, 5:42 am
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It looks like their Statutory Register is off-line for
maintenance. I expect it will be back on line next Monday.
#Post#: 124507--------------------------------------------------
Re: PCN Ealing borough - 53J Failing to comply with a
restriction on vehicles entering pedestrian zone/Costons lane
DIR By: bluebell
Date: July 13, 2026, 9:17 am
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hi,
Yes, thank you- they are back online today, so I looked at the
cases. There are 21 cases listed for appeals; 3 were allowed.
I'm going to send my representation today via email. I'll let
you know Council's response.
#Post#: 124606--------------------------------------------------
Re: PCN Ealing borough - 53J Failing to comply with a
restriction on vehicles entering pedestrian zone/Costons lane
DIR By: bluebell
Date: July 14, 2026, 7:05 am
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Hi all,
I submitted my formal representation to Ealing Council by email
(within the 14-day discounted period) and received an
acknowledgement email confirming it had been received.
The acknowledgement states that, to identify my case, they
require my name, PCN number, VRM, and address. In my email, I
included my name, PCN number, and VRM, but I forgot to include
my address.
Do you think this is likely to cause any issues, or should the
information I've already provided be enough to identify my case?
Do I need to send another email with my address? I will also be
going away in August. Do you know from experience how long it
might take for council to respond? I wouldn't want to miss
anything important.
Thank you
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