Parking Ticket Appeals successes and failures

ManxRed

When did the original incident happen?

prosnap

taffy056 wrote: »

Prosnap,

Actually it's 1.8m fake tickets issued not 1.1m

I decided to change it after I got shown this .....

http://forums.pepipoo.com/index.php?act=attach&type=msg&id=18627

The incorrect figure of 1.8 million was apparently quoted in the Impact Assessment for the PoFAct (now being explained away by the authorities and the BPA as a 'best guess')

taffy056

If you look at the pepipoo windscreen flyers you will see the correct amount, they also had it at there as 1.1m but changed because it was incorrect

Coupon-mad

treaclesoldman wrote: »

hi guys my wife parked in swanley town centre car park the disabled parking bays were full so she parked in a normal bay,she displayed her blue badge in the windscreen as usual and when she returned to her car there was a parking charge ticket from town and city parking and the disabled badge was on the floor of the car,it had obviously slipped down,i immediately appealed......but heard nothing until yesterday when a letter arrived demanding £60....they've completely ignored the appeal even though i have proof of delivery....didn't even realise the ticket was from a private parking company.....sould i just ignore the tickets?

You mention you are trying to protect your wife from this so why not actually fight back and get it cancelled, rather than ignore it? What they have done is a breach of the Equailty Act, similar to this thread here:

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/4244645

I advised the OP of that thread to email the PPC and to copy in the landowner or retailer (whoiever is responsible for the PPC being there). Not as an appeal but clearly with a subject line showing it's a Letter Before Action and a complaint about disability discrimination by their agent.

If the PPC reject the email and treat it like 'an appeal' then if the incident was since 1st October in Eng/Wales, then ask for the POPLA Verifaction Code to take the appeal to an independent stage which costs the PPC money and is only binding on them (not you).

As for the landowner/retailer, they would ignore a disability discrimination Letter Before Action at their peril. In the linked thread you'll see that I suggested the OP state a monetary amount of damages would be claimed at Small Claims if the fake PCN was not cancelled - and the landowners hopped like cats on a hot tin roof!

HTH, just DON'T dumb down the email I suggested there and DON'T start talking about the DDA (old legislation, it's now the Equality Act 2010). Please do not word it as an 'appeal' or admit any failing on your wife's part, nor even guess what caused the Badge to slip. That's irrelevant as it's not legally needed and could eaily have been dislodged by the PPC employee as they are not traffic wardens & are just low-paid temps in a high-turnover 'job'. If you decide to give a postal address why not choose your workplace or another relative's address so your wife never sees the replies?

treaclesoldman

got another letter from t & c threatening allsorts from a chinese burn to a public garotting.....then 2 days later got another letter saying our appeal is succesful and the ''charge'' is cancelled,learnt a lot from this site and the people on it many many thanks to you all for your advice and support.....treacle

Hannnzz

Hi, on 26/11/12 I received a penalty charge notice from Stoke-On-Trent city council which claimed I was parking adjacent to a dropped footway. I had left the car parked all day there whilst I worked at the hospital so I got back late at around 5.30pm when it was dark to a PCN. Opened it and it said I was parked adjacent to a dropped footway (contravention code 27).

Where I had parked, there was admittedly a dropped footway. This extends from a gate right over the driveway next to it. I had parked just in front of the gate and I believe the end of my wheel was just over the start of the dropped kerb.

Opposite the dropped kerb is a grass verge, so the kerb is not used for pedestrian crossing. The dropped kerb is solely for the use of the driveway, which I did not obstruct.

I appealed saying I'd like to see photographs and that I was not blocking the driveway. If anything my car wheel was not over the dropped footway. I had a reply saying that "[my] vehicle was parked on a dropped kerb, obstructing access to the premises set back from the highway". They did not attach photographs, so today I phoned and asked for the photographic evidence.

I'd be so grateful if I could gain some insight onto what my chance is, if any, of my appeal being accepted, and what I could write in my appeal. On 20th December I would have to pay £35 I think.

Thanks!

(I have photographs but as a new user I'm not allowed to post with links... )

tfc1959

I appealed to Town & City parking after parking at Asda Brighton Marina and getting a ticket for not displaying the blue badge in a disabled bay.

It must have fallen off the dashboard - I sent them a letter with a photocopy of the Blue badge and advising of the circumstances - 2 weeks later they sent me a note saying the ticket was cancelled. Good result for the sake of a stamp.....

peter_the_piper

Hannnzz wrote: »

Hi, on 26/11/12 I received a penalty charge notice from Stoke-On-Trent city council which claimed I was parking adjacent to a dropped footway. I had left the car parked all day there whilst I worked at the hospital so I got back late at around 5.30pm when it was dark to a PCN. Opened it and it said I was parked adjacent to a dropped footway (contravention code 27).

Where I had parked, there was admittedly a dropped footway. This extends from a gate right over the driveway next to it. I had parked just in front of the gate and I believe the end of my wheel was just over the start of the dropped kerb.

Opposite the dropped kerb is a grass verge, so the kerb is not used for pedestrian crossing. The dropped kerb is solely for the use of the driveway, which I did not obstruct.

I appealed saying I'd like to see photographs and that I was not blocking the driveway. If anything my car wheel was not over the dropped footway. I had a reply saying that "[my] vehicle was parked on a dropped kerb, obstructing access to the premises set back from the highway". They did not attach photographs, so today I phoned and asked for the photographic evidence.

I'd be so grateful if I could gain some insight onto what my chance is, if any, of my appeal being accepted, and what I could write in my appeal. On 20th December I would have to pay £35 I think.

Thanks!

(I have photographs but as a new user I'm not allowed to post with links... )

Whizz on over to pepipoo.com and post there as well, get pics of "offence" as well as pics of both sides of the pcn after removing personal data but leave dates. See their stickies for how to post pics.

benita22

I received a Parking Charge Notice at Meadowhall Shopping Mall, Sheffield for not displaying my blue badge in their disabled parking area. It had slipped to the floor.

I appealed to Parking Control Management who issued the notice but it was rejected.

After seeking excellent advice on here, I contacted Meadowhall parking manager. I told him my tax disc has disabled stamped on it & my car is specially adapted - which anyone can see if they looked in the window. He got the parking charge notice cancelled.

Its thanks to the fabulous people who post on here that I'm now much wiser & aware that the blue badge scheme doesn't apply to private parking areas such as Meadowhall & that a 'parking charge notice' cannot be enforced.

Thank you to the kind & wise people that took the time to help me.

Benita.

ManxRed

Well done.

We also see quite a few 'my disabled badge had slipped off the dashboard' elements to these as well.

Its a wonder your car alarm didn't go off as the parking attendant rocked the car. Not that I'm casting aspersions or anything!!