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       #Post#: 101045--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Council Issued PCN for “Parked causing an obstruction”
       Location “Outside Garages”
   DIR By: mickR
       Date: December 4, 2025, 2:47 pm
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       --- Quote from: H C Andersen link ---
       >
       > Should this point not be argued also.
       >
       > IMO, no. Obstruction is subjective, so how could you argue
       your opinion with any hope of success and why give them the
       chance to waffle on about 'obstruction'.
       >
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       by the same token  what makes you think the Authority can argue
       obstruction??when there appears to be photographic evidence that
       the OP wasn't causing an obstruction.
       #Post#: 101055--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Council Issued PCN for “Parked causing an obstruction”
       Location “Outside Garages”
   DIR By: H C Andersen
       Date: December 4, 2025, 4:09 pm
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       Each to their own, however I prefer to stick with objective
       argument in this case. But if the OP feels compelled to raise
       the issue that in their opinion they were not causing a (in law
       undefined) contravention of 'obstruction', then include in their
       reps.
       #Post#: 101056--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Council Issued PCN for “Parked causing an obstruction”
       Location “Outside Garages”
   DIR By: EvaporatedMilkCoffee
       Date: December 4, 2025, 4:19 pm
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       In the response to the informal challenge, they didn’t
       necessarily say that I was causing an obstruction. They just
       outlined the “terms” for the “car park” in which it said if
       there are no lines for the bays then you must park without
       causing obstruction to pedestrian’s emergency vehicles etc blah
       blah, they didn’t explicitly say that I was in contravention of
       that and that’s the reason they upheld the PCN, so I can see why
       it doesn’t need to be brought up.
       This is just what I’ve gathered
       #Post#: 101057--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Council Issued PCN for “Parked causing an obstruction”
       Location “Outside Garages”
   DIR By: EvaporatedMilkCoffee
       Date: December 4, 2025, 4:23 pm
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       Nevermind what I said, they did actually say in the rejection to
       the informal appeal, “you were issued a PCN for causing an
       obstruction”
       #Post#: 101073--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Council Issued PCN for “Parked causing an obstruction”
       Location “Outside Garages”
   DIR By: H C Andersen
       Date: December 5, 2025, 3:45 am
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       You said in post #1: I received a PCN this time for being
       “parked causing an obstruction”,
       Can I also ask what you meant by “costs award”. Surely there’s
       no costs award with these types of matters, or have I
       misunderstood?
       Lots of questions peripheral to the main issue.
       Costs
       13.—(1) An adjudicator must not normally make an order awarding
       costs and expenses.
       (2) But, subject to sub-paragraph (3), an adjudicator may make
       an order awarding costs and expenses—
       (a)against a party (including an appellant who has withdrawn an
       appeal or an enforcement authority which has consented to an
       appeal being allowed), if the adjudicator considers that—
       (i)the party has acted frivolously or vexatiously, or
       (ii)the party’s conduct in making, pursuing or resisting an
       appeal was wholly unreasonable;
       (b)against an enforcement authority, where the adjudicator
       considers that the disputed decision was wholly unreasonable.
       (3) An order must not be made against a party unless that party
       has been given an opportunity to make representations against
       the making of the order.
       (4) An order must require the party against whom it is made to
       pay to the other party a specified sum in respect of the costs
       and expenses incurred by that other party in connection with the
       proceedings.
  HTML https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2022/9780348231564
       They're very limited and the threshold is high, but IMO the
       authority are just being ignorant and obdurate here.
       2024/2025 Stats for Parking at London Tribunals:
  HTML https://www.londontribunals.gov.uk/sites/default/files/ETA%20Annual%20Parking%20Stats%202024-25%20final%20%28PWS%20version%29.xlsx
       #Post#: 101082--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Council Issued PCN for “Parked causing an obstruction”
       Location “Outside Garages”
   DIR By: EvaporatedMilkCoffee
       Date: December 5, 2025, 4:14 am
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       Yes that is the reason stated on the PCN for being issued.
       I just thought it’s important to understand what I’m sending,
       hence I asked.
       I understand everyone is giving up their own time to help me out
       here and it’s truly appreciated.
       I will submit the formal appeal via Notice to Owner and send an
       update in any case.
       #Post#: 101089--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Council Issued PCN for “Parked causing an obstruction”
       Location “Outside Garages”
   DIR By: H C Andersen
       Date: December 5, 2025, 4:53 am
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       Post a draft here first pl and keep a copy of what you send.
       Just re-read the thread. Is the ridiculous 'Permit holders only
       beyond this point' sign still in place?
       #Post#: 101090--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Council Issued PCN for “Parked causing an obstruction”
       Location “Outside Garages”
   DIR By: EvaporatedMilkCoffee
       Date: December 5, 2025, 4:57 am
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       I’m just going to send what you sent, I won’t alter it.
       Yes that sign is still in place.
       Also is the formal representation the same portal as the
       informal representation? As it’s giving me the option to make a
       representation there, but it seems the same as the informal
       representation. Just want to make sure.
       Thanks
       #Post#: 101100--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Council Issued PCN for “Parked causing an obstruction”
       Location “Outside Garages”
   DIR By: H C Andersen
       Date: December 5, 2025, 5:25 am
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       I would suggest this amendment:
       Such a requirement, assuming one exists as a provision in a
       traffic order, MUST be conveyed in writing on site: it does not
       exist simply because the markings are present or because
       untrained officers in the enforcement authority say so.  There
       is no basis on which a motorist is presumed to have this
       knowledge because the Traffic Signs etc. Regs and the Highway
       Code apply to 'roads' as defined and not car parks. As further
       proof of the council's confusion regarding the status of this
       piece of land, it has erected a sign stating 'Permit holders
       only past this point' which is displayed prominently at the
       entrance to the area.
       But this has effect ONLY when placed on a road and not an
       off-road car park, unless brought into effect by Terms and
       Conditions which explicitly refer to this sign and its meaning.
       So yet again, the authority's signage fails to meet regulatory
       requirements which deficiencies cannot be ignored simply by
       stating that 'everything is in accordance with regulatory
       requirements'.
       #Post#: 101121--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Council Issued PCN for “Parked causing an obstruction”
       Location “Outside Garages”
   DIR By: EvaporatedMilkCoffee
       Date: December 5, 2025, 7:37 am
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       I’ve submitted the appeal.
       Here is EXACTLY what I’ve sent:
       “The contravention did not occur.
       The basic facts of where my vehicle was parked are not in
       dispute and therefore I hope the authority would not belabour
       this aspect in their response.
       This is a matter of law and how it applies to the council's
       demand for a penalty.
       In order for the council to treat this area as an off-street car
       park and to demand penalties for failure to comply with its
       terms and condition of use, those conditions MUST be conveyed
       clearly to users. Accepted practice is to erect a board setting
       out those terms and what may happen if a motorist fails to
       comply. In addition, if the car park is marked then it is the
       council's duty to convey to a motorist that, as you glibly wrote
       in your letter dated 5 November, 'in a car park with marked
       spaces or areas you [ the motorist] need to park so that your
       entire vehicle is inside these lines.'
       Such a requirement, assuming one exists as a provision in a
       traffic order, MUST be conveyed in writing on site: it does not
       exist simply because the markings are present or because
       untrained officers in the enforcement authority say so.  There
       is no basis on which a motorist is presumed to have this
       knowledge because the Traffic Signs etc. Regs and the Highway
       Code apply to 'roads' as defined and not car parks.
       As further proof of the council's confusion regarding the status
       of this piece of land, it has erected a sign stating 'Permit
       holders only past this point' which is displayed prominently at
       the entrance to the area.
       But this has effect ONLY when placed on a road and not an
       off-road car park, unless brought into effect by Terms and
       Conditions which explicitly refer to this sign and its meaning.
       So yet again, the authority's signage fails to meet regulatory
       requirements which deficiencies cannot be ignored simply by
       stating that 'everything is in accordance with regulatory
       requirements'.
       Given that the authority failed to have regard to my previous
       representations, I do not hold out an expectation that this
       might change with formal representations. But I have not totally
       abandoned hope that the authority will not insist on taking this
       matter to adjudication at which my appeal would be allowed and
       favourable consideration given to making a costs award.
       The contravention (as defined under para. 2(1)(c) of Part 1 of
       Schedule 7 to the Traffic Management Act 2004) did not occur
       because 'any provision made by or under an order relating to the
       parking place' must be conveyed adequately.“
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