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Car Parking Permits Renewals
I have been hearing that loads of folk around here are being fined for not renewing their CPZ. It has gone virtual and the council seem to expect you to pay up the fine. I have had a bit of a dispute with the council because of this: In the extract from an e-mail below the council says this
"Furthermore, I would point out that it is the responsibility of the road user/Resident to renew their notices. The Council would not normally send reminders of permits, whether paper or virtual. The onus remains on the road user to know their changing needs and apply according to their situation/needs."
But on their own website at the link below it says that the council will e-mail a reminder 5 days before the end of the previous one
https://www.haringey.gov.uk/parking-roads-and-travel/parking/parking-permits/residents/CPZ/apply
They should if you appeal get you money back.
"Furthermore, I would point out that it is the responsibility of the road user/Resident to renew their notices. The Council would not normally send reminders of permits, whether paper or virtual. The onus remains on the road user to know their changing needs and apply according to their situation/needs."
But on their own website at the link below it says that the council will e-mail a reminder 5 days before the end of the previous one
https://www.haringey.gov.uk/parking-roads-and-travel/parking/parking-permits/residents/CPZ/apply
They should if you appeal get you money back.
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I have a reminder set on my computer anyway and renewed in time so I'm not sure how the appeals went on that one but there is no legal onus on the council to send reminders out, the website information does not form a contract.
Personally I always appeal tickets anyway and have always won (in the end) but it takes serious willingness to go to a hearing and give your reasoning.
https://www.haringey.gov.uk/sites/haringeygovuk/files/ss39_stroud_green_school_street.pdf
It has got to be better than loads of people dropping off kids at the school gates. I was surprised at how the wide it covers is after the 10yards comment above
Liverpool Road is exactly the same and Canonbury is now a car park thanks to the LTN and "improvements" made to Highbury Corner, no matter if you drive, bus or cycle.
St Anne's is currently wrecked due to the LTN, they are allegedly consulting the locals on that, all of whom hate it, I wonder if it will be removed.
Liverpool Rd has a separate bike lane nowadays - are you saying the bike lane is gridlocked too? Surely not.
Re Liverpool Road, the square speedbumps encourage drivers to straddle them meaning cars drift into the cycle lane, this is also the points where they have not installed bollards making it extremely dangerous, I have seen a few near misses when behind other cyclists.
Also the junction with Barnsbury Street is on the curve of Liverpool Road and causes drivers to nudge out when trying to see, I was nearly taken off one morning right there.
Instead of making motorways literal deathtraps by removing hard shoulders and having traffic lanes which do not work they should make "improvements" to dangerous junctions such as that one, but hey, where's the profit in that.
It is also a horrible irony that non driving cyclists are not aware of what can go wrong so end up taking risks inadvertently.
And return train tickets are being stopped as well by all accounts, so train journeys will also be for the rich only.
I got the train to Birmingham a couple of years ago when the line was forced into nationalisation, it cost SIX QUID and (brace yourself) even ran on time.
I believe it is back in the hands of a private operator now.