Enfield take the wrong line

 

Mr Mustard usually finds that if there are multiple PCNs at Appeal there is an interesting story behind them and so it was in this case.

Here is the 'offending' vehicle in 2011

and a bit later in February 2022 by which time it has sprouted a trailer.

and again in 2024 by which time there are bay markings which stop just short of the front of the vehicle.

Clearly Mrs Sattar has had some expert help as she refers to TSRGD.

Mr Mustard doesn't know if a council can order a resident to move a vehicle but clearly it hasn't worked. Giving out 5 PCNs to a vehicle isn't the solution in this particular situation, if one PCN didn't prompt a change of heart it wasn't likely that 5 would. Two of them were issued less than 24 hours before the previous one which councils don't normally do.

Mr Mustard can see that the motorist doesn't want lines painting to complete the residents parking bay (as his vehicle is probably too long and/or heavy to qualify for a permit) but unless he never moves the vehicle, so why have it?, they will be on the day he eventually uses the vehicle as the council should simply drive that way every day (or ask the dustman to report once a week?) and then paint the lines when the vehicle has moved.

One does wonder sometimes about the problem solving abilities of the council.

Bay markings have to be a minimum of 1.8m wide which is tight for modern day cars and so they may be painted a little wider if the road will take them. Disabled bays must be 2.7m wide. The standard bay is to drawing 1028.4 and there is no maximum width. If Mr Mustard was faced with this problem he would paint this one bay 2.7 or 3m wide, whatever is necessary to clear the truck and put a sign at both ends and in the middle.

He suspects the truck would then move. He would then paint a standard width bay and burn off the wider markings. Simples.

If not it is then reasonable to start ticketing each day for it not having a residents permit and the truck will have to move to another place where parking is not restricted as those PCNs will stick.

The end.