Thread: Nottm PCN but am I right

I got a pcn in Nottingham. I parked in a parking bay and looked at the times that the parking restrictions are in force on the ticket machine. The sign on the ticket machine said Monday to Saturday so as it was Sunday I just parked. When I returned to my car I had a PCN. It seems that the council had a temporary no loading rule in place. They had covered up the normal signs with a temporary one.

Should I appeal the PCN on the basis that I thought the restrictions applied Monday to Saturday as stated on the machine or is this a dead cause?

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Originally Posted by lamma

check the TRO.

What's the TRO?

Also, please would you take a picture of the parking pay including the terminal markings at each end. Link us to them

Originally Posted by green_and_mean

If the parking has been suspended the bays have no legal purpose!

But the ticket machine notice said restrictions apply Monday to Saturday. Surely the machine should have been covered up?

Originally Posted by green_and_mean

There is an argument that it should have been, did it also still serve any bays not suspended though?

No, it wasn't serving other parking bays.

Originally Posted by green_and_mean

What contravention code was used?

Contravention Code 2

Originally Posted by lamma

Traffic Regulation Order (in London they are TMOs).
is is where the rules for the parking restriction are defined.
there is a general right to park on the highway so the restrictions have to be defined.
No TMO or broken TMO - should be fatal to the Council.
Some Councils absolute rubbish with TMOs.
Lots of scope..

You have a right of access and to get a copy - this is NOT a Freedom of Information Act thing.
Local Government Act 1972 (c.70) - Statute Law Database

Contents are defined
The Local Authorities' Traffic Orders (Procedure) (England and Wales) Regulations 1996 (No. 2489) - Statute Law Database

and the procedureis defined
The Secretary of State's Traffic Orders (Procedure) (England and Wales) Regulations 1990

if the procedure not followed TRO is invalid.

lots of posts here about TROs

Sorry, this post has been lost on me. SWISH right over my head.

AAH, I see said the blind man to his deaf wife. Were should this TRO be displayed?

I suspect that this TRO was attached to the "no loading" sign.

Iamma

Sorry, I have lost the plot completely. I request the TRO from the council. What am I suppose to do with this once I have it?

But, the contravention that I was ticketed for was a temporary restriction so I assume it won't be in the TRO.

Originally Posted by green_and_mean

There is an argument that it should have been, did it also still serve any bays not suspended though?

So do I appeal on the basis that the meter should have been covered up? I don't live in Nottingham so going to the council offices is not very practical.