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#Post#: 106706--------------------------------------------------
Parked in a "special enforcement" area adjacent to the
footway: Code 27
DIR By: Mana
Date: January 20, 2026, 11:59 am
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Bexley PCN Number: XL2635676A
Ran to collect my iPad from a friend for 6-7 minutes from the
block of flats behind...only to get this.
This is the first time I got penalised for this...no signs
(apart from "BEWARE OF DOG" and no parking in front of the
gates...which I clearly wasn't), no yellow, red or white
lines...nothing, to get a £70-£140 charge for this feels
criminal.
Advice?
#Post#: 106707--------------------------------------------------
Re: Parked in a "special enforcement" area adjacent to
the footway: Code 27
DIR By: stamfordman
Date: January 20, 2026, 12:09 pm
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Post the PCN.
What is the VRM - the PCN number is useless alone.
#Post#: 106709--------------------------------------------------
Re: Parked in a "special enforcement" area adjacent to
the footway: Code 27
DIR By: Mana
Date: January 20, 2026, 12:20 pm
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> Post the PCN.
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> What is the VRM - the PCN number is useless alone.
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Re: Parked in a "special enforcement" area adjacent to
the footway: Code 27
DIR By: stamfordman
Date: January 20, 2026, 12:34 pm
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The rear of your car is a bit over what looks like a longish
historical dropped footway and only by a small gate whereas a
large gate is further along.
I'd say this is challengeable.
Are those gates in use.
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Re: Parked in a "special enforcement" area adjacent to
the footway: Code 27
DIR By: Mana
Date: January 20, 2026, 1:13 pm
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Those gates (both of them) were closed when I arrived, and when
I returned.
My car is not close to obstructing the main gate, where a
vehicle can come in or out, but the small gate where pedestrians
can enter...MORE than enough space for them to go through it,
especially a wheelchair.
#Post#: 106717--------------------------------------------------
Re: Parked in a "special enforcement" area adjacent to
the footway: Code 27
DIR By: stamfordman
Date: January 20, 2026, 1:28 pm
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I can see from Maps it's a recent development with a new dropped
footway as the most recent view shows building work.
The contravention concerns access across the footway from the
carriageway and can only be for three things - pedestrian
crossing, vehicle access, cycle track. I'd say that small part
where you were is none of these and the slight overhang is
trivial (the sloping kerbstone doesn't count).
Can you get a picture of the kerb and gate taken from the
carriageway - ie the first of the pics I posted but without a
car.
#Post#: 106719--------------------------------------------------
Re: Parked in a "special enforcement" area adjacent to
the footway: Code 27
DIR By: Mana
Date: January 20, 2026, 1:48 pm
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Is this perfect?
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Re: Parked in a "special enforcement" area adjacent to
the footway: Code 27
DIR By: stamfordman
Date: January 21, 2026, 3:30 pm
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Can you reload it on
HTML https://imgpile.com
- the image disappears
for me.
I can see it's good news as the sloping kerbstone looks to go
part-way adjacent to the small gate so there's no way you were
by an area that should be relevant to the law, but you may have
to tough it out with the council.
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Re: Parked in a "special enforcement" area adjacent to
the footway: Code 27
DIR By: John U.K.
Date: January 22, 2026, 1:13 am
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Does this help, Stamf?
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Re: Parked in a "special enforcement" area adjacent to
the footway: Code 27
DIR By: mrmustard
Date: January 24, 2026, 11:27 am
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In my experience Bexley aren't very good at parking law
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