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#Post#: 5392--------------------------------------------------
Council PCN with blue badge
DIR By: Cohlas
Date: September 18, 2023, 2:21 pm
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Hi all
Ive successfully fought private PCNs in the past however
yesterday I unexpectedly received a council one..
Took my mum out for her birthday.. she has terminal cancer and
at the moment can't walk.. we couldn't get close to the venue as
a car was getting clamped (city centre) so nearest I parked was
attached.
I saw the parking suspension sign but this looked further up
where bays were coned off. I thought it would be fine in a bay,
especially with a valid blue badge. There was nowhere else to
park near the venue.
Do I have any options to fight?
I thought blue badge allows any parking for 3 hours (even double
yellows)
The suspension also does not state duration.
Thanks
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Re: Council PCN with blue badge
DIR By: Pastmybest
Date: September 18, 2023, 2:32 pm
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Yes it would seem there are a couple of reasons to challenge,
that sign cannot mean anything and the barriers blocking some of
the bays would give reason to believe it is those bays suspended
Post the back of the PCN and also reinstate your reg so we can
check out all the council photos ( your reg is on show all the
time so no need to hide it
#Post#: 5433--------------------------------------------------
Re: Council PCN with blue badge
DIR By: ivanleo
Date: September 18, 2023, 5:17 pm
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That suspension sign is no good as it's missing all the
mandatory data, but firstly please give us the number plate so
that we can check the council photos.
If it had been a properly signposted suspension your blue badge
would not allow you to park there, but fortunately it was not a
properly signposted suspension.
#Post#: 5452--------------------------------------------------
Re: Council PCN with blue badge
DIR By: Cohlas
Date: September 19, 2023, 5:07 am
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Thank you - as in my car number plate??
#Post#: 5454--------------------------------------------------
Re: Council PCN with blue badge
DIR By: John U.K.
Date: September 19, 2023, 6:07 am
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--- Quote from: Cohlas link ---
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> Thank you - as in my car number plate??
>
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Yes
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Re: Council PCN with blue badge
DIR By: Cohlas
Date: September 19, 2023, 1:55 pm
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HV69FTN thanks
#Post#: 5582--------------------------------------------------
Re: Council PCN with blue badge
DIR By: ivanleo
Date: September 20, 2023, 5:31 pm
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So it's the bays on the left here:
HTML https://maps.app.goo.gl/MtRy5t7cQkhPtFAb6
The civil enforcement officer took this photo:
HTML https://i.imgur.com/OjLmDAU.png
However all the other photos are timed between 3:55 and 3:57,
but the photo of the sign is timed 6 minutes later which
suggests this sign was some significant distance from your car,
and almost certainly not within sight of it.
Combined with your photo of the damaged sign, I think you have a
compelling case. One thing I can't work out is where North
Parade is, does anyone know where that might be?
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Re: Council PCN with blue badge
DIR By: John U.K.
Date: September 21, 2023, 2:13 am
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> One thing I can't work out is where North Parade is, does
anyone know where that might be?
>
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Not easy to find, however
HTML https://www.openstreetmap.org/search?query=north%20parade%20M3%202NH#map=19/53.48248/-2.24842
It's very new
HTML https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-e&q=north+parade+manchester
Re the suspension sign - it is "Back South Parade" as the street
name, not 'back of South Parade'
The two streets are north and south of Parsonage Gardens
#Post#: 5671--------------------------------------------------
Re: Council PCN with blue badge
DIR By: Cohlas
Date: September 21, 2023, 12:03 pm
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Confused - I never saw that sign!!
Are there drafts to crib for council as I've done before for
private ?
#Post#: 5675--------------------------------------------------
Re: Council PCN with blue badge
DIR By: John U.K.
Date: September 21, 2023, 12:44 pm
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Where are the signs that govern the bays?
When GSV last passed in 2021 there was a suspension here
HTML https://maps.app.goo.gl/tvshzbPrtdQXhqwU9
using cones, but still no sign of a governing sign.
Is it in some sort of zone where parking in marked bays is
permitted and the governing signs are at the boundary of the
zone?
Found the parking meter -still there in the distance in 2022 but
GSV is 2021 for close-up
HTML https://maps.app.goo.gl/nWjzLZG8GL1qwm519
Did you pay for parking there?
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