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#Post#: 108336--------------------------------------------------
Ealing, Contravention 25 - Parked in a loading bay during
restricted hours, Ruislip Road East (GRE) op Leyland
DIR By: AshNaz87
Date: February 2, 2026, 12:54 am
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Hello there,
I received a PCN for parking in a loading bay in the evening. I
was picking up my mother as she was visiting her friend in a
nearby apartment (area is notorious for limited parking). She
has arthritis and finds it difficult walking short distances.
She does possess a blue badge, but I did not have it on me at
the time.
This is the link to PCN
HTML https://imgpile.com/p/8CILsfs.
For reference, this is the Google Street View link
HTML https://maps.app.goo.gl/sH4FeYYRzt6NtRdDA.
Is there a case for appeal? Would appreciate any sort of advice
on this matter.
Thank you
#Post#: 108356--------------------------------------------------
Re: Ealing, Contravention 25 - Parked in a loading bay during
restricted hours, Ruislip Road East (GRE) op Leyland
DIR By: fraser.mitchell
Date: February 2, 2026, 5:24 am
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From your narrative I think you are entitled to the "assisted
boarding" exemption. Can you please outline what you did on
arriving with your car through to your mother being in the car
ready for you to drive off.
#Post#: 108362--------------------------------------------------
Re: Ealing, Contravention 25 - Parked in a loading bay during
restricted hours, Ruislip Road East (GRE) op Leyland
DIR By: AshNaz87
Date: February 2, 2026, 5:36 am
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Hey [member=12]Incandescent[/member],
I did check for street parking, but there were no bays
available. The only other place I could have parked in was at a
supermarket, but 1) it's further away and 2) I wouldn't be a
customer. I hope I understood your question right
#Post#: 108446--------------------------------------------------
Re: Ealing, Contravention 25 - Parked in a loading bay during
restricted hours, Ruislip Road East (GRE) op Leyland
DIR By: fraser.mitchell
Date: February 2, 2026, 1:42 pm
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You misunderstood. At the moment I am assuming you parked the
car, then left it to go to where your mother was staying, and
assist her to your car. This is called "assisted boarding".
Normal boarding is where the passenger can wait or come to the
roadside unassisted to board the car. I just wanted you to tell
us what you did between parking the car and driving away with
your mother on-board. Boarding/alighting passengers is an
exemption to most restrictions like yellow lines.
#Post#: 108453--------------------------------------------------
Re: Ealing, Contravention 25 - Parked in a loading bay during
restricted hours, Ruislip Road East (GRE) op Leyland
DIR By: AshNaz87
Date: February 2, 2026, 3:03 pm
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Sorry, thanks for clarifying. That is correct. Apart from
perhaps providing a copy of my mother's blue badge and
explaining the situation, is there anything else that may help
my case?
#Post#: 108473--------------------------------------------------
Re: Ealing, Contravention 25 - Parked in a loading bay during
restricted hours, Ruislip Road East (GRE) op Leyland
DIR By: stamfordman
Date: February 2, 2026, 5:09 pm
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How long dod it take - if you were in and out with your mother
then you have a shot at assisted boarding. You need a convincing
account as to why she shouldn't wait at the kerbside.
#Post#: 108501--------------------------------------------------
Re: Ealing, Contravention 25 - Parked in a loading bay during
restricted hours, Ruislip Road East (GRE) op Leyland
DIR By: AshNaz87
Date: February 3, 2026, 3:13 am
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About 10 minutes, as she walks slower than your average person.
The CEO only observed the car for 3 mins
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Re: Ealing, Contravention 25 - Parked in a loading bay during
restricted hours, Ruislip Road East (GRE) op Leyland
DIR By: stamfordman
Date: February 3, 2026, 8:40 am
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You don't want to volunteer a time, only as long as necessary
and necessarily a bit longer than the observation time, and you
have the BB as evidence.
But 10 mins as in this case can be seen as reasonable by an adju
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Case reference 2250464004
Appellant Maimuna Jallow
Authority London Borough of Tower Hamlets
VRM GP24HFK
PCN Details
PCN TT59171456
Contravention date 18 May 2025
Contravention time 11:57:10
Contravention location Commercial Street
Penalty amount GBP 160.00
Contravention Parked resident/shared use without a valid permit
Referral date -
Decision Date 02 Feb 2026
Adjudicator Sean Stanton-Dunne
Appeal decision Appeal allowed
Direction
cancel the Penalty Charge Notice and the Notice to Owner.
Reasons
Mr Edrissa Cham has attended the hearing today as the authorised
representative of the appellant.
Mr Cham says that he was collecting his 94 year old grandma and
that, upon arrival, she was experiencing chest pains and acute
breathlessness. He says that he placed her down in the correct
position and provided her with inhalers until she eventually
stabilised. Mr Cham says that the whole incident was less than
10 minutes and that he walked his grandma to the car with his
brother when she was recovered.
The picking up exemption allows for a motorist to leave a
vehicle where a passenger requires assistance. It is more likely
than not to be the case that a 94 year old may need some
assistance when being picked up.
I am satisfied that the purpose of the vehicle being parked was
to collect a passenger. The fact that assistance then had to be
provided due to an emergency situation does not alter the reason
for the vehicle being stopped. I would not in any case regard a
period of parking of 10 minutes to be excessive for collecting
an elderly passenger and helping them back to the vehicle. I am
satisfied on balance that the picking up exemption applies in
this case.
#Post#: 108598--------------------------------------------------
Re: Ealing, Contravention 25 - Parked in a loading bay during
restricted hours, Ruislip Road East (GRE) op Leyland
DIR By: AshNaz87
Date: February 3, 2026, 3:41 pm
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How does the following sound as a letter of appeal?
--- Quote ---
> 03 Feb 2025
>
> Dear Sir/Madam,
>
> PCN Number: AO08385708
> Date of Service of this Notice: 21/01/2026
> Location: Ruislip Road East (GRE) op Leyland
> Contravention: 25 – Parked in a loading place or bay during
restricted hours without loading
>
> Thank you for your correspondence about the above PCN.
>
> I was collecting my mother from her friend’s apartment,
located in x. She has severe arthritis and finds it difficult to
walk short distances and needs assistance when walking down
steps.
>
> This fits in with the assisted boarding exemption to stop in
restricted areas.
>
> Please find attached a copy of her blue badge for your
perusal.
>
> I look forward to hearing from you.
>
> Yours sincerely,
--- End Quote ---
#Post#: 108604--------------------------------------------------
Re: Ealing, Contravention 25 - Parked in a loading bay during
restricted hours, Ruislip Road East (GRE) op Leyland
DIR By: fraser.mitchell
Date: February 3, 2026, 4:06 pm
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Fine. YOu don't want to say too much in what is, after all, only
an informal challenge. It allows them to reject and also write a
load of tosh about the boarding exemption which they hope will
encourage you to cough-up. So submit this, and post up their
inevitable rejection when you get it.
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