Llangrannog Beach car park - PCNs when prevented from paying

ParkingMad

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-61409004.amp

This defendant requested that their PCN was issued in Welsh. OPS did not attend the court hearing and the claim was dismissed.

See these threads for more details:

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6357378/the-welsh-defence-in-llangrannog#latest

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6357241/llangrannog-and-ops/p1

ParkingMad

One Parking Solution have recently replaced the Pay and Display machine and the signage at Llangrannog Beach car park. 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-64703161.amp

There are more photos here-

http://llangrannogwelfare.org/

ParkingMad

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-66398622.amp

Llangrannog: Welsh speaker wins English-only parking fine case

• By Craig Duggan & Paul Pigott
• BBC Wales news

4 August 2023

A lawsuit has been thrown out against a Welsh-language campaigner who refused to pay a parking ticket because it was written in English.

Toni Schiavone was fined £70 by One Parking Solution in Llangrannog, Ceredigion, in September 2020.

The penalty was thrown out in May 2022 when the company failed to appear in court.

At a new hearing on Friday, the judge at Aberystwyth Justice Centre called the company's application flawed. 

Mr Schiavone, who is a member of Welsh language campaign group Cymdeithas yr Iaith, refused to pay the fine because the penalty notice and following letters from the company were not in Welsh.

He was forced to make a third appearance in court as One Parking Solution continued attempts to get the payment from him through a lawsuit.

In a bilingual hearing, Deputy District Judge Owen Williams said the application had been made on the basis of a rule that did not apply to small claims.

He told Richard Mullan, One Parking Solution's barrister, that he had been badly advised by the company's lawyer.

The court ordered One Parking Solution to pay Mr Schiavone's travel expenses of £27.90, which he said he would donate to a cancer charity. 

"It's a shame that I have to go to court to fight something as petty as this," he said after the hearing. 

"It costs less to translate a letter into Welsh than it cost the prosecution to come here to fight this case," he added. 

"The fact that this company is so keen to chase me... instead of preparing something completely simple like giving a letter in Welsh shows a lack of respect for the Welsh language and to Wales."