BARRIE’S LANDMARK PCN VICTORY THROWS ENFORCEMENT INTO CHAOS

Council did not provide any evidence at the hearing to refute Barrie’s argument and didn't even turn up! The Chief Adjudicator went on to say: "Since the Council has not responded to my invitation to make representations, I do not have that clarification before me. I am therefore not prepared to find that Zone F is properly signed."  
   Barrie Segal’s argument was that Zone F did not have the correct signs at each vehicle entry point and therefore the zone was illegal. After a site inspection, the Parking Adjudicator agreed with Barrie.
   The effect of the decision (Keystone Distribution UK Ltd v City of Westminster, Case No. 2090063252) is that every single yellow line must have a time plate showing the parking restrictions   along its length (the DoT recommends every 60 metres). As hardly any single yellow lines in the F Zone have these individual signs, no parking ticket can be issued to vehicles parked or waiting there.
   The F Zone is bordered by:
1. Bayswater Road from the Junction with Sussex Gardens along the whole of Oxford Street to the south to Centre Point.
2. Sussex Gardens to Edgware Road to Marylebone Road to the West.
3. The Whole of Marylebone Road to the North.