A Morrisons Car Park that's Not All it Seems

Royal_Pollen

Hi Everyone,

I'm looking for some advice about a parking ticket I received while shopping in the Morrisons store in Royston, North Herts.

Though the Car Park is clearly next to the Morrisons, has Morrisons trolley parks in & to all intent & purposes looks like every other Morrisons car park in the country it's not and I received a parking ticket from the council for not buying a ticket.

On the wall opposite the entrance I used, there is a small sign saying pay at meter and in the other half of the car park there is a meter for paying but it's obscured by a large overgrown bush and I didn't see either it or the little sign.

I was using the car park for the first time & genuinely thought it was for the use of Morrisons customers, but if you wished to park without using Morrisons could pay for the privilege.

Can anyone here suggest a legal route and opinion on whether contesting the charge £25/£50 is a good idea?

I posted some images here that are quite powerful evidence but have not been allowed to post the thread as I'm a new user. Sorry.

Should you wish to view the entrance to the car park copy these after 'google.com'
/maps/@52.0475963,-0.0254488,3a,60y,265.63h,88.27t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s8Ee4PtCpluZlSVrtGR7-ug!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

/maps/place/Royston/@52.0478155,-0.0257951,620a,13.1y,171.51h/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x47d878a7ec6d05d9:0x8a40dec658b24673!8m2!3d52.048142!4d-0.024066

/maps/@52.0481134,-0.0254794,3a,60y,163.33h,93.52t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1shxrjWjrZaCFG_xSmLiFQ6g!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

D_P_Dance

As this PCN was issued by the council you shoud post this on peppipoo, we deal with private parking tickets here.

http://forums.pepipoo.com/index.php?showforum=30

Umkomaas

As we major on private parking tickets here, PePiPoo will be your best bet for council tickets. Register there (but please note that a hotmail address won't work - try using a gmail account instead if you do have trouble registering) and post a new thread; here's your link:

http://forums.pepipoo.com/index.php?act=SF&s=&f=30

Have a read through some of the other threads there before you post your own to get the hang of what information they need from you in your opening post - but as a minimum you will need to post redacted photos/scans of all correspondence you've received from the council (both sides, if appropriate) as they need to see all the small print.

PePiPoo has an excellent success record in dealing with council tickets.

HTH

Royal_Pollen

Apologies for the last link. no idea why
it doesn't work. take a walk up and down the road if you want with wonderful google maps

Royal_Pollen

Great thanks I'll do just that