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#Post#: 101263--------------------------------------------------
Re: Redbridge - 53J - term time only sign
DIR By: H C Andersen
Date: December 6, 2025, 8:42 am
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The Case Summary is presented to the adjudicator. In itself it
does not form evidence but refers to evidence e.g. the signs,
your reps, CCTV of your car passing the signs etc.
IMO, anything which is included should, if intended to be
material, exist as evidence.
So, where is the DfT guidance on School Streets which the
council implemented?
'The use of conditional expressions such as 'Term time only' has
been accepted by the Department of Transport for these schemes.'
So where is it?
IMO, in both cases if it's not in evidence then it doesn't
exist.
I would write back to Parking and Traffic Enforcement.
Sir,
PCN *********; Case No. ********
Thank you for a copy of the evidence you have submitted to the
adjudicator in respect of the above appeal. I thank you for
providing this at such an early stage because it gives me time
to consider this in detail and for the authority to provide what
appear to be missing items of evidence.
My request refers to the extracts from the Traffic Management
Order and to your Case Summary.
TMO
1. Please provide me with the relevant provision within the TMO
or any principal order which applies as regards 'traffic signs';
2. Please provide the relevant provision within this order or
any principal order which applies to the effect that the
prohibition may be varied summarily by officers of the
Enforcement Authority or by any other means.
Case Summary
I refer to page 3:
Para. 1: Please provide the document(s) e.g. guidance etc. which
form the basis of the council's assertion that:
'the use of conditional expressions such as 'term time only' has
been accepted by the Department for Transport for these
schemes';
'the signage in question..follows DfT guidance on School
Streets'.
Para. 2
I cannot find the referenced appeal cases on the ETA database,
have you quoted the correct numbers? I should be permitted to
examine these as the authority wish the adjudicator to have
regard to their reasoning and conclusion that 'this shows that
adjudicators have upheld enforcement under similar wording when
the signage meets statutory requirements'. At present, I cannot
see how this statement helps the authority because one of the
key issues at large and to be determined is whether in fact the
council's signage does in fact meet statutory requirements.
Yours,
#Post#: 101295--------------------------------------------------
Re: Redbridge - 53J - term time only sign
DIR By: bigred247
Date: December 6, 2025, 12:09 pm
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[member=428]H C Andersen[/member]
Thanks for this. Do you know the best contact email address for
Redbridge? They sent the evidence pack by post.
#Post#: 101300--------------------------------------------------
Re: Redbridge - 53J - term time only sign
DIR By: NTIAEP
Date: December 6, 2025, 12:26 pm
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--- Quote from: bigred247 link ---
>
> [member=428]H C Andersen[/member]
> Thanks for this. Do you know the best contact email address
for Redbridge? They sent the evidence pack by post.
>
--- End Quote ---
parkingandtrafficenforcement@redbridge.gov.uk
#Post#: 101307--------------------------------------------------
Re: Redbridge - 53J - term time only sign
DIR By: bigred247
Date: December 6, 2025, 2:02 pm
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I've just sent the email to Redbridge council and will keep you
folks posted.
#Post#: 101308--------------------------------------------------
Re: Redbridge - 53J - term time only sign
DIR By: Hippocrates
Date: December 6, 2025, 2:19 pm
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Why are you contacting the council?
#Post#: 101329--------------------------------------------------
Re: Redbridge - 53J - term time only sign
DIR By: bigred247
Date: December 7, 2025, 4:51 am
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Sorry - I meant the parking and traffic enforcement team at
redbridge (parkingandtrafficenforcement@redbridge.gov.uk) for
the missing evidence per [member=7392]H[/member] C Andersen
suggestion in #40.
#Post#: 101330--------------------------------------------------
Re: Redbridge - 53J - term time only sign
DIR By: Hippocrates
Date: December 7, 2025, 5:08 am
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You should not be contacting the council. It is their job to
adduce their evidence to prove their case. What advantage does
this kind of strategy viz. to point out flaws in a council's
evidence (which includes their case summary) before a hearing?
::) Answer: NONE.
#Post#: 101331--------------------------------------------------
Re: Redbridge - 53J - term time only sign
DIR By: bigred247
Date: December 7, 2025, 5:26 am
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Noted. Thanks for pointing this out.
#Post#: 101340--------------------------------------------------
Re: Redbridge - 53J - term time only sign
DIR By: bigred247
Date: December 7, 2025, 7:03 am
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[member=24]Hippocrates[/member] any further advice?
#Post#: 101341--------------------------------------------------
Re: Redbridge - 53J - term time only sign
DIR By: Hippocrates
Date: December 7, 2025, 7:06 am
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Not really. I'll e mail you.
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