PCN parking fine issued by doncaster council

feduptobackteeth

help!!
i was issued a Parking Charge Notice ie: car parking fine from doncaster council for being 7mins over the time stated on my ticket :mad:
i was struggeling bk to my car with a foot in pot pushing a pram whilst the officer put the ticket on the windscreen :eek:
surely 7 mins takes the micheal there must be some kind of time limit leaway
i now have to pay £50 for 7mins parking where you pay £1.50 for 1 hours parking
can i challange this ticket

PLEASE HELP !!!!!

Trebor16

As it is a local authority issued PCN I would suggest you go to www.pepipoo.com and ask there for advice. They are the specialists on council PCN's.

TrickyWicky

feduptobackteeth wrote: »

i was issued a Parking Charge Notice ie: car parking fine from doncaster council

Now please, which was it? - A PARKING charge notice or a council PENALTY charge notice?

feduptobackteeth wrote: »

surely 7 mins takes the micheal there must be some kind of time limit leaway

No not really but of the few councils that do give leeway its usually 5 minutes and you were longer than that.

HOWEVER.. here is my golden bit of advice that few people know of:
MOST councils operate a 1 strike then you're out policy. That means they'll let you off the first offence if you write in and basically grovel to make them feel good about themselves. Basically explain your situation, how good you found their car park, how conveinient, they're doing a great job blah blah... IF they're one of the councils that operate on the 1 strike policy then you'll get a letter back saying "On this ocassion, we've cancelled your PCN, blah blah". IF not you've at least bought yourself some extra time as they'll freeze your payment time while they decide what to do about it.

If nothing else, just write to them just to get an extra week to find the money.

feduptobackteeth

TRICKY WICKY
this is a penalty charge notice then further down the note it says issued by doncaster mbc
also i was not driving the car but it does say nto which means notice to owner ???

vax2002

Doncaster rubber stamp all appeals ...FAILED...
they are however renowned for not offering evidence on adjudications, so it may well be worth sticking them in the mincer.

feduptobackteeth

does anybody know were i would get a template letter iam crap a writing letters i always repeat myself lol
i think the ticket officer was very unfair especially as he saw me limping/walkin back to the car

Trebor16

feduptobackteeth wrote: »

does anybody know were i would get a template letter iam crap a writing letters i always repeat myself lol
i think the ticket officer was very unfair especially as he saw me limping/walkin back to the car

As suggested earlier, ask at pepipoo, they can assist.

Trebor16

TrickyWicky wrote: »

FEDUPTOBACKTEETH: You of all people should know that it's best to clarify this especially when people interchange the words parking and penalty so often.

Now why would a poster with only 3 posts on MSE know that?

TrickyWicky

Opps.. thought that was a regular my mistake. I apologise profusely and will delete it.

TrickyWicky

feduptobackteeth wrote: »

TRICKY WICKY
also i was not driving the car but it does say nto which means notice to owner ???

Apologies for my previous reply (now deleted) when I saw my name in all capitals I thought I was being shouted at by a regular here. I sincerely apologise.

The nto means that the registered keeper is legally responsible for the PCN unless the driver takes responsibility for it. It's basically the states way of ensuring that SOMEONE is forced to pay some money irrespective of who it actually was at the wheel.

feduptobackteeth

been on pepido but got no luck has anyone got any ideas regarding writing a letter to them