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    • Hi Can you put post up in PDF redacted your full Tenancy Agreement we need to see it all not just those clause As for the Estate Agency stating your Rent and Deposit is paying for the Redecoration of the property is wrong as this was there and the Landlords responsibility to claim those cost back from the Previous Tenants from either their Rents or Tenancy Deposit therefore the Redecoration cost is the Landlords Problem not not yours nor your Rent or Tenancy Deposit (until end of Tenancy) I would be writing to the Estate Agency asking further to your telephone conversation with XXXXXXXXX  on XX/XX/2025 you require Clarification as it was stated by your employee that I would not receive any rent nor deposit back as compensation as the Landlord was using this to Redecorate the Property. Neither my Rent nor Deposit should be used to Redecorate this Property due to the Previous Tenants as this should have been claimed back from the previous Tenants via either there Rents or Tenancy Deposit. Further to this I collected the keys as agreed on the 5th July 2025 to move into this Property with no mention at all from your Estate Agency that due to all the Redecoration ongoing when I went to that Property on that date I was not able to move into the Property as Agreed in me Agreement. You have then move my moving in date to 11th July 2025 therefore my Rent payments should commence from 11th July 2025 and I require confirmation from PPM Estate Agency and if refuse this full clarification as to why and what Housing Legislation and clauses from my Agreement. DO NOT PHONE and ask this unless you can record the call Send it by email but also follow it up in writing and get free proof of posting from the Post Office
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Got a ticket and am banged to rights. Parking in a loading zone. But my observation time was ZERO? i.e. from 16.38 to 16.38. Does that constitute a metaphysical impossibility and could legally void the ticket?

 

Thanks for your help. I need to appeal or pay within 24 hours, so no need to answer after midnight 13th Jan.

 

Cheers

 

 

Philip

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. Does that constitute a metaphysical impossibility and could legally void the ticket?

No it doesn't. However if you were actually loading/unloading (although your post implies you weren't) then you can argue that the observation time was insufficient for the CEO to ascertain whether a contravention had taken place.
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If you were on yellow lines then the attendant is probably subject to working guidelines which instruct him/her to observe for a few minutes first.

 

The reason for this is that you are allowed to stop there to unload, and so instant or near-instant issuing is not reasonable as it would effectively curtail your ability to unload the vehicle.

 

You are sure there was no loading ban in addition to the yellow lines? (This would be signified by yellow chevrons painted on the kerb.)

 

You could phone the parking dept. of the council in question and without mentioning your PCN, just enquire what the usual observation time is for yellow lines. If he is under that, an appeal could succeed. The observation time is discrationary, so it wouldn't be a slam-dunk win, but it's a line of argument.

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Hi there, thanks very much for your responses. I should have mentioned in my initial post that I was parking in a no loading zone which attracts an instant fine,

in which case I don't think I have any good grounds for appeal? Thanks.

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If it's no loading, I can't imagine what defence you could put forward. The vehicle simply should not have been brought to rest there.

 

You could try mitigating circumstances if there are any, or try and find a technicality with the signs or PCN.

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