Legally parked but appeal disallowed

crawf2004

I received a parking ticket in a London Borough for "being parked in a residents' or shared use parking place/zone without clearly displaying either a permit or voucher or pay and display ticket issued for that place". As it was a Meter Parking Space, I believed it was because my Pay and Display ticket had slipped slightly but was still visible on the window screen.

I appealed and forwarded a copy of the ticket to the LB. They refused to appeal it. As such, I appealed to the PTAS. The PTAS adjudicator said that I had received an enforcement notice because I had parked in a Residents' Permit only space only and the LB had provided a photograph of such a sign. I refuted this as I had often parked there. My appeal was disallowed.

When I returned home; I saw that one side of the road was Permit Parking only and the other where I had parked was Pay and Display parking. Where I was parked was clearly mentioned in the LB's notice.

I forwarded this information to PTAS with photographs showing the signs for meter parking and a plan from the LB's website which stated the entire road was meter parking.

My appeal has been disallowed as my grounds for appeal did not fit any of their criteria which will allow an appeal against an adjudiactor's decision. I think it is because I could have provided this evidence at the original appeal but originally, I did not know this was why I had received a ticket, As such, I am being asked to pay £120 even though I was legally parked.

I believe I can appeal.....in the High Court; but I am sure the costs will be in excess of £120! I feel it is morally wrong I have to pay this money! Any advice please.

Inflatable_Armadillo

With all due respect and not in anyway putting you down - but it unfortunately sounds like you have not made a great job of your PATAS hearing and you have lacked sufficient and clear evidence in the first place! The adjudicator can only rule on the evidence and if your evidence was not clear, then you have been caught out.

That said - clearly it sounds like you are in the right!

I think you should send this to https://www.pepipoo.com and start a new thread here - http://forums.pepipoo.com/index.php?showforum=30

You need the posters help there to move this on.

Good luck!