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01: Parked in a restricted street during prescribed hours.
02: Parked or loading/unloading in a restricted street where waiting and loading/unloading restrictions are in force, parked where there is a yellow line AND yellow markings on the kerb.
04: Parked in a meter bay when penalty time is indicated. You must move your car before the time purchased has expired.
05: Parked after the expiry of paid for time at a pay and display bay. You must move your car before the pay and display ticket has expired.
06: Parked without clearly displaying a valid pay and display ticket. The pay and display ticket must be clearly displayed on the windscreen.
07: Parked with payment made to extend the stay beyond the initial time (Meter Feeding).
08: Parked at an out of order meter during controlled hours. If a meter shows out of order you are not permitted to park there.
09: Parked displaying multiple pay and display tickets where prohibited.
15: Parked in a resident parking space without clearly displaying a valid resident parking permit.
16: Parked in a permit space without displaying a valid permit.
20: Parked in a loading gap marked by a yellow line between two spaces.
21: Parked in a suspended bay/ space or part of a bay/space.
22: Re-parked in the same parking space within 1 hour of leaving.
23: Parked in a parking space or area not designated for that class of vehicle.
24: Not parked correctly within the markings of a bay or space.
25: Parked in a loading bay during restricted hours without loading.
26: Vehicle parked more than 50cm from the kerb, and not then within a designated parking space.
27: Parked across a dropped footway.
30: Parked for longer than permitted.
31: Entering and stopping in a box junction when prohibited
32 (d,t,w): Failing to drive in the direction shown by the arrow on a blue sign
33 (b,c,e,f,g,h,i,k,s,q): Using a route restricted to certain vehicles
34 (see 33): Vehicle seen contravening a bus lane.
37: Failing to comply with a give way to oncoming vehicles sign
40: Parked in a designated disabled persons parking space without clearly displaying a valid disability badge.
45: Parked in a taxi rank.
47: Parked on a restricted bus stop / stand.
48: Stopped in a restricted area outside of a school.
50 (l,r,u): Failing to comply with a sign indicating a prohibited turn
51: Failing to comply with a no entry sign
52 (g,m,s,v,x): Failing to comply with a sign indicating a prohibition on certain types of vehicles
53: Failing to comply with a sign indicating a restriction on vehicles entering a pedestrian zone
55: A commercial vehicle parked in a restricted street, in contravention of the over night waiting van.
62: Parked with one or more wheels on any part of an urban road other than the carriageway (footpath parking).
82: Parked after expiry of time paid for in a pay and display car park.
83: Parked in a pay and display car park, without clearly displaying a valid pay and display ticket.
99: Stopped on a pedestrian crossing and/or area marked by zigzags.
no code currently allocated: Failing to stop at a stop line
 

Appeal against Westminster Council

 

Appeal against Westminster Council’s use of CCTV for enforcement of parking/waiting restrictions upheld as Westminster council did not even contest it.

Westminster City Council and many other local authorities are currently issuing penalty charges (parking tickets) by camera but the government guidance says that they shouldn’t in nearly all cases. Furthermore Westminster and some other councils have hidden most of their cameras on lampposts and not installed the compulsory warning signs as required by the guidelines issued by the information commissioners office who have confirmed to us that “signage is compulsory” and that they “will write to Westminster council”. We appealed on behalf of a client solely on this basis and won as Westminster wouldn’t even contest the appeal but they continue to issue thousands of tickets by CCTV every month. The statutory guidance issued by the government in March 2008 is clear. CCTV should only be used where it is impractical to use CEO (traffic warden) enforcement. The example given is on fast trunk roads with no pavements and a high speed limit. Well this doesn’t apply on the vast majority of London’s Streets. Also clear signs are required by law in the area where any CCTV enforcement is being carried.

Many London Councils now use CCTV enforcement for parking and waiting restrictions and we believe that they should not be doing so.

Don’t be put off by councils such as Westminster refusing to cancel the ticket and threatening to remove the 50% discount. This is what Westminster did in our case. They said that if we didn’t pay they would remove the 50% discount. But when we appealed to the independent adjudicator they didn’t even contest it and our appeal was upheld by the chief adjudicator Last year 90% of all appeals to the adjudicator against Westminster Council were won so the odds are always in your favour.
Of course we cannot guarantee that adjudicators will uphold all appeals on this basis but what enforcement authorities are doing is in our opinion very wrong indeed.

 

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