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       Re: PCN: Birmingham City Council, code 01 parked in a restricted
       street during prescribed hours, Lionel Street
   DIR By: Snowynight
       Date: August 6, 2026, 5:59 am
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       How should I write the representation? Thanks
       #Post#: 127147--------------------------------------------------
       Re: PCN: Birmingham City Council, code 01 parked in a restricted
       street during prescribed hours, Lionel Street
   DIR By: stamfordman
       Date: August 7, 2026, 7:22 am
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       My thoughts on this:
       I am challenging the PCN because you have not provided
       information that allows a diligent motorist to check the single
       yellow line restriction times. As such the contravention did not
       occur owing to failure to provide clear information compliant
       with guidance.
       I drove into the zone the evening before and parked in a bay in
       Branston street to stay overnight at xxxxxx.
       I then moved the car to Lionel Street the next day as I wanted
       to be closer to the city centre.
       I checked the restrictions for the parking bay and the zone
       times on your website and both say the restriction applies
       8am-6pm Monday-Saturday and not Sunday. Your website is explicit
       that these are the operational hours of the Jewellery Quarter
       controlled parking zone.
       There was no reason to suppose the yellow line was not similarly
       restricted and the only way I could have found out was finding
       an entry sign I could have passed in the dark the evening
       before.
       You have a duty to avoid confusion among restrictions according
       to guidance in the Traffic Signs Manual, especially in a large
       controlled parking zone such as this. Here, the Sunday control,
       only for the yellow lines, is not stated on your controlled zone
       website page, and the manual is clear that confusion is likely
       where parking bays in these zones operate at different times to
       the CPZ entry as they are often the same.
       I look forward to cancellation of the PCN.
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