Parked Across Your Own Driveway With Permission
The rule against blocking a driveway or vehicle entrance does not apply if the person who occupies those premises gives their consent. So if you parked across your own driveway, or across a neighbour's entrance and your neighbour agreed to it, you were not breaking the rule. Councils do sometimes issue tickets in these situations, but the consent exception means the ticket should not stand.
Legal basis
Road Traffic (Traffic and Parking) Regulations 1997 (S.I. 182/1997) art.36(2)(g).
How to identify this in your case
Is this you? You got a ticket for blocking a driveway or vehicle entrance, and either (a) it was your own driveway at your own home or premises, or (b) it was someone else's entrance and that person had agreed to let you park there — for example, you have a letter, text or other message from them giving their consent.
Sample appeal wording
Sample wording to adapt and send yourself — it may not fit your notice or the stage you are at.
Article 36(2)(g) applies 'save with the consent of the occupier'; the driver was/had the consent of the occupier of the premises whose entrance was obstructed.
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