Has the tide turned in Newham?

 

The above is an extract from a letter dated 29 September which takes us halfway to the correct situation.

A council cannot use a 'warning notice' (under what legislation?) to prohibit a motorist from parking in a bay which has no signs or unreadable signs due to vandalism.

The motorist can take advantage of free parking if he/she so wishes.

The same motorist has another PCN in the challenge process? Any bets on whether it will be cancelled or not? 

(Spoiler alert - the tide goes out again in the next blog due to a letter of the following day to the same person).

Newham Council are Cheats - #29

 

Another day, more routine cheating from Newham Council starting with their traffic warden and supported by the back office.

The signs have been a problem since at least 2022

The sign on the left is for a different bay than the sign on the right which is for the cars you can see.

In the above case the removal of the car to the car pound was unlawful, a shock to the motorist, a nuisance and probably a Human Rights breach. 

Cheating is still ongoing today.

Newham Council are Cheats - #22

 

Usual cheating from Newham Council - a warning notice, even a zero value warning PCN, has zero legal application to a future event of parking, even by the same driver (the council don't know if the same person was driving on both occasions) nor does it replace the legal requirement for signs, given that the rules of the bay in, say, October, could be different in November.

Their time would be better spent in fixing signs.