We found a suitable location in Duke Street. As you can see in the photograph below the parking place is not wide enough to fit a vehicle in and is incorrectly marked.
Visit www.parkingappeals.co.uk to find out the secret to successfully appealing a PCN issued in bays such as these and how to spot they are illegal.
To compound Blackburn's misery someone needs to point out to them that you can have single or double yellow lines. Triple yellow lines are not legal!
Off we went for a coffee and bumped into the PA who Barry had been speaking to some weeks earlier. She was very pleasant and was accompanied by a member of the back-office staff responsible for dealing with appeals.
They even showed us a copy of the Blackburn with Darwen Council PCN (looks a bit like a bus ticket) and we pointed out where and how it was illegal.
Then a call came over the radio:
" There is a vehicle parked in Duke Street. Under no circumstances should you engage in conversation with the two gentlemen who have exited the vehicle. All PAs avoid the vehicle except PA 23."
At this the niceties stopped and the two ladies scarpered. While Barry ordered the coffees I went back to the vehicle.
The hatless, or should that be hapless, Blackburn Parking Attendant was already there in the process of issuing the Penalty Charge Notice to the vehicle. I did point out the illegal bay. He did not see the funny side of the double yellow line restriction being underlined in yellow so no-one would miss it. Wonder how many PCNs have been issued here?
I got my PCN. If you want to know how and why the restriction at this location is unlawful and how to check out how to get refunds for PCNs already paid then visit www.parkingappeals.co.uk
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