civil parking notice

dunxone

i have just had a civil parking notice issued, left on my car. on examining the notice, i saw that it had not been compiled correctly. there is a blank space where the warden/parking officer should have recorded his/her deatils. would this be grounds for a successful appeal.

Orford

Who issued the ticket, council or private parking company?

DaveF327

It wouldn't hurt to try.

PPC tickets don't usually go into as much detail as recording the enforcing officer's name on the PCN, so it does sound more likely to be a council ticket.

Sir_Roger_deLodger

Please tell us who issued the ticket, then we can help. "civil parking notice" sounds like a PPC to me.

ian4255

This is a similar question,

Don't know if its been asked before but here goes.
I was issued with PCN on Friday from Stockton on Tees Borough council, I am not denying the parking offence, however the PCN does have some inaccuracies, namely:- On the envelope containing the PCN their operative had originally wrote what looks like "Lillian St." and then he/she has scribbled it out and wrote "High St" above it.
My vehicle was actually parked in Knowles street which runs parallel to Stockton High Street.
Does this render the PCN invalid?

Orford

What does the actual PCN say, what's on the envelope is irrelevant. If the PCN does not say Knowles Street, then the contravention did not occur and the pCN is invalid. They cannot re-issue a corrected one.

ian4255

Hi, and thanks for your help, the printout PCN clearly states location as High Street STC.

I have already raised an appeal on-line on these grounds and await their decision, does that normally take weeks/days?

Orford

Depends on the council, but normally weeks rather than days and it's not that unusual for councils to:

a) reject your informal appeal offering to extend the discounted penalty fee in the hope you'll cave in, rather than wait for the NTO for your formal appeal, at which point the full amount is payable

b) Not bother to reply to the informal appeal at all and merely send the NTO after 28 days

Alexis27

Hold on - you still haven't told us whether it is a council Penalty Charge Notice or not.

ian4255

Yeah..It said in my first post, Stockton on Tees Borough Council.

AlexisV

Sorry Ian - can you start your own thread? I think we were trying to help Dunxone.