Bus stand exemption

Mr Mustard can see two bus stands in this road and below is one of them.

The bus stand is on the left adjacent to The Long Room bar and hotel, which is close to Amen Corner, one of the landmarks of Tooting, an area which Mr Mustard used to know quite well.

Here is the decision of an independent adjudicator at London Tribunals.

Mr Mustard hadn't, despite 13 years of fighting PCNs, ever heard of an exemption being given to an organisation, whether or not a charity providing food to those in need, to park on a bus stop or stand. It turns out this is a stand where buses might remain during a driver's hours break or similar.

A typically miserable council stance thet the driver wasn't with the vehicle but it is impossible to collect or deliver goods without leaving the vehicle and as a traffic warden can arrive, issue a PCN and be gone in less than a minute that is an awful lot less than the time it takes to wheel a pallet load of goods 200m to the relevant place and return.

Interesting exemption, as there is a loading bay opposite the bus stand.

If you collect and deliver goods and find there are locations at which you can never park legally the best option looks to be to ask the local authority to give you an exemption for where you would like to park.

The end.