Ticketed on road with massive parking grey areas

HollyB27

Hi everyone,

I'm hoping to get some advice appealing a parking ticket I received a week or so ago.

So for a little bit of background information, this particular area in London used to have three adjoining roads which all had parking bays on both sides. A company bought two of the roads and have closed them permanently. This is a very industrial area where a huge amount of people park for work, the loss of two of these roads has thrown the last road into absolute chaos. To make matters worse, the company have put boards up along one side of the remaining road, right through the middle of the parking spaces, which means now you can only park on one side. Some of the spaces are "2 hours no return spaces" and a few are "pay to park spaces". It's completely unclear whether the road is still being policed by parking attendants and whether any parking restrictions still apply.

I arrive early at 7am and usually manage to get a spot on a single yellow line where the parking restrictions have been painted over. What I was finding on my return at 4pm, was that other drivers in their desperation to park and get to work were moving the cones against the boards on the other side of the road and parking in these spaces even though this meant their car was significantly sticking out into the road and making it very tight for cars to pass.

So I decided in what was perhaps a moment of madness, but made perfect sense to relieve the situation, to mount the curb in order to park. Low and behold I come back to a £55 ticket. What annoys me even more, is that the cars who have moved the cones and are sticking out in the road don't seem to get ticketed, but for trying to help the situation I have been. (I have some images of the state of parking on the road but the forum rules prevents me from posting attachments)

The bottom line remains that I mounted the curb and so I may be completely wasting my time attempting to appeal this, but if anyone does have any advice it would be greatly appreciated. I feel their must be some kind of appeal when the council have let the parking on this road get completely out of control.

Many thanks

Coupon-mad

I come back to a £55 ticket

Who issued it?

Name of Council or company, is it a PENALTY or a PARKING charge Notice?

HollyB27

It's a PCN from Ealing Borough Council

Redx

in that case post over on pepipoo forums, using a gmail email address for signup

then post in their council section with scans of the paperwork etc