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Bay Obstructed or Too Small — Could Not Park Within the Bay Markings

Code 24 assumes a driver could actually park correctly within the bay. If another badly parked vehicle, roadworks, bins or debris occupied part of the bay, or the marked bay was physically too short for an ordinary car to fit inside its lines, correct positioning was impossible through no fault of yours. The council must engage with that when considering representations, and statutory guidance requires it to exercise discretion proportionately.

Legal basis

Contravention code 24; Traffic Management Act 2004 s.87 statutory guidance (proportionate enforcement and proper consideration of representations); TSRGD 2016 Schedule 7 Part 4 items 6 and 8 (prescribed bay marking forms)

How to identify this in your case

Was part of the bay blocked by another vehicle, skip, bins, roadworks or debris when you arrived, forcing you to sit partly over the line? Or is the marked bay visibly shorter than a normal car? Photograph the obstruction and the whole bay, ideally showing both the obstruction and your vehicle in shot.

Sample appeal wording

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Replace [PARKING DATE], [NtK DATE] etc. with your own dates before sending.

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