No reply to informal appeal

ag19lfc

I received a parking ticket last weekend and have sent an informal appeal via e-mail. I have not yet received a reply. Should I continue to wait or try another approach?

NotanIdiot

To whom did you appeal ? Private or Council ?

peter_the_piper

+1, not quite enough info.

McKneff

Who issued the ticket.

jucee84

How long do the council have to reply to an informal representation?

As I was wrongly issued a ticket on 21st July this year, I made an informal representation on the 1st August, by presenting the penalty charge and parking ticket receipt in person at the council office.

It has taken them until today to reply stating the fine has been upheld.

I am not paying as I still had 30 mins left on my ticket issued. This was presented to the council and yet they still say the fine stands?

I am furious at this!!!

Surely they must have a timescale in which they have to make contact with you, over 3 months down the line is extreme when they give you just a 14 day deadline in which to pay?

peter_the_piper

Jucee, please start your own thread , it gets confusing trying to answer two different queries in the same thread.

ag19lfc

Ticket was from the council (PCN).

peter_the_piper

jucee84 wrote: »

How long do the council have to reply to an informal representation?

As I was wrongly issued a ticket on 21st July this year, I made an informal representation on the 1st August, by presenting the penalty charge and parking ticket receipt in person at the council office.

It has taken them until today to reply stating the fine has been upheld.

I am not paying as I still had 30 mins left on my ticket issued. This was presented to the council and yet they still say the fine stands?

I am furious at this!!!

Surely they must have a timescale in which they have to make contact with you, over 3 months down the line is extreme when they give you just a 14 day deadline in which to pay?

right have you posted this on pepipoo.com, they just love councils like this and will help you no end. Thats not to say they won't on here but there are more on there, some who don't post on here.

jucee84

not done so yet as need access to my mothers laptop to get the documents to upload, as she dealt with the appeal due to me being out the country with work. will get this done over the weekend though. thanks

Coupon-mad

ag19lfc wrote: »

Ticket was from the council (PCN).

Same as on jucee84's own thread, see Orford's answer:

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/4278975

You are being very hopeful to expect a reply this month, let alone this week! And it will be a rejection anyway (informal appeals are almost always rejected as a blanket 'computer-says-no' response).

See the advice on that linked thread and take it to pepipoo when you get your standard rejection template rubbish. Most people win who take the appeal further (no the bribe discount will no longer be available but they would say that wouldn't they...don't base your decision of whether to pay or appeal, on the discount).

See you on pepipoo in due course when you get a rejection.