Local authority dockless parking scheme — TRO/signage challenge
Several LAs (Newcastle, Birmingham, Bristol, Liverpool, Cambridge, Oxford) have introduced dockless parking bay schemes with their own PCN/charge regimes. Like council EV bay PCNs they require valid TROs, prescribed signage, and the contravention to actually occur.
Legal basis
Traffic Management Act 2004 (where adopted); Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 s.1; TSRGD 2016
How to identify this in your case
Confirm whether council (statutory) or operator (contractual). For statutory PCNs request TRO and signage scheme. For operator charges follow consumer law.
Sample appeal wording
Dear [Council/Operator], Re: Charge [REF] — Dockless Parking — [DATE] I challenge this charge: 1. [If council PCN] No valid TRO under RTRA 1984 s.1 covers dockless e-scooter parking restrictions at this location, OR signage does not comply with TSRGD 2016 — please disclose the consolidated TRO and signing schedule. 2. The end-of-trip GPS data showed the scooter inside the permitted bay polygon (screenshot attached). Subsequent movement was not the rider's responsibility under operator's terms. 3. Under TMA 2004 s.78 [if statutory] the contravention must actually have occurred. I deny it did. Please cancel the charge. Yours faithfully, [NAME]
Replace [PARKING DATE], [NtK DATE] etc. with your own dates before sending.
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