council parking fine HELP!!!!!

bonjovibel_729

hi i recently paid a visit to my not so local leisure centre to take my kids swimming....my bf said this one had a slide in the pool so decided to go there for a change we parked in the car park and as i hate going swimming anyway(i dont swim) and with three excited children i did not notice there was a pay as you park sign half way across the car park...i have visited the leisure centre by me numerous times and it has no car park charges so did not even think to look for a car park pay station....after we came out of the leisure centre i had a notice on my windscreen sayin i had not paid and that i will now have to pay a fine of £50 OR £25 if paid within 14 days ...i was just wondering if there is anythin i can do to appeal against this as this leisure centre was less than four miles away from the one we usually visit that has no parking charges i know this is a long shot but just wondered if anyone had any similar situations any advice would be appreciated thanks

Fergie76

bonjovibel_729 wrote: »

hi i recently paid a visit to my not so local leisure centre to take my kids swimming....my bf said this one had a slide in the pool so decided to go there for a change we parked in the car park and as i hate going swimming anyway(i dont swim) and with three excited children i did not notice there was a pay as you park sign half way across the car park...i have visited the leisure centre by me numerous times and it has no car park charges so did not even think to look for a car park pay station....after we came out of the leisure centre i had a notice on my windscreen sayin i had not paid and that i will now have to pay a fine of £50 OR £25 if paid within 14 days ...i was just wondering if there is anythin i can do to appeal against this as this leisure centre was less than four miles away from the one we usually visit that has no parking charges i know this is a long shot but just wondered if anyone had any similar situations any advice would be appreciated thanks

Was this a private car park or council?

peter_the_piper

Copy/photo the ticket and remove personal bits. Both sides. Host on tinypic and put url into a post. ONLY do this if is a bona fide council (which one) if not then don't bother to post it just ignore them. Next time remember to buy a ticket.

taffy056

Its council

You will get better results on pepipoo.com for this issue, they will ask for scans of both sides of the ticket, and photos of the bay, car park and signs, just blank out all details that can identify you. Post the images on tinypic and post the links.

Best of luck!

bonjovibel_729

Fergie76 wrote: »

Was this a private car park or council?

hi this was council ticket

bonjovibel_729

taffy056 wrote: »

Its council

You will get better results on pepipoo.com for this issue, they will ask for scans of both sides of the ticket, and photos of the bay, car park and signs, just blank out all details that can identify you. Post the images on tinypic and post the links.

Best of luck!

hi jsut wondering why they need pictures of the ticket??

taffy056

bonjovibel_729 wrote: »

hi jsut wondering why they need pictures of the ticket??

Because they will need to see if there are any errors in regards to the ticket itself, very often the ticket or the wording has been messed up, and therefore can be appealed, just blank out your personal details, together with ticket number etc