Credible evidence established loading across the road (2026)
Case 2240538206 / 2025-02-27 / Adjudicator Henry Michael Greenslade
Somerlayton Road
Henry Michael Greenslade accepted that crates were being loaded from nearby premises. The officer's observations did not displace the driver's credible account of the activity.
“loading within the meaning of the exemption was taking place and thus a contravention did not occur.”
Henry Michael Greenslade, case 2240538206
The vehicle was parked in a restricted street. The driver explained that several crates were being collected from premises across the road, with another person helping to carry them. The location of the vehicle and issue of the PCN were not disputed.
The officer's notes recorded that the driver was not seen and then was seen after the PCN had been issued. At the hearing, Henry Michael Greenslade found the driver's account credible and convincing. He accepted that the activity described was loading within the relevant exemption.
The appeal succeeded because loading was found to have been taking place, not because a short stop was automatically permitted. Activity inside premises or across the road was part of the explanation for what the officer had, and had not, observed.
For a comparable yellow-line case, identify the goods, collection point, assistance and sequence of trips. The decision does not establish a universal observation allowance or permission to load where a separate loading ban applies.
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