Loading bay

combute

Hi all, I need some more advice from the experts if I may! I parked in a loading bay genuinely to unload goods to a shop in a town. I was driving a saloon/coupe at the time and I recieved a parking ticket. I responded to it by stating I was genuinely unloading but the council have come back and said the ticket stays because my vehicle was not considered a "goods vehicle" there is signage saying its for goods vehicles but my thick self thought this meant anyone using a vehicle for the carriage of goods I didn't realise it meant a commercial vehicle.

My question therefore is there anyway round this? I do believe they didn't give any grace period bit are they required to? Is there anything else I can do to challenge it or do I just accept the £70 charge?

Oh and can I get it reduced back down to £35 which is what it was if I paid within 14 days?

Thanks in advance
Rob

Coupon-mad

Have they not offered the £35 again?

combute

Coupon-mad said:

Have they not offered the £35 again?

No. I appealed the fine with the reasons I stated that I was actually dropping off goods. They come back and said they reviewed it and that the vehicle isn't a goods vehicle so £70 is now payable.

 Should I reply back and ask for the £35? Also is it worth me asking if there was any grace period?

Le_Kirk

combute said:

I responded to it by stating I was genuinely unloading but the council have come back and said the ticket stays because my vehicle was not considered a "goods vehicle" there is signage saying its for goods vehicles but my thick self thought this meant anyone using a vehicle for the carriage of goods I didn't realise it meant a commercial vehicle.

Is this council or private parking company?  If it is council we would normally recommend going to a forum call Pepipoo but their site seems to be down and has been replaced (temporarily?) by: -

It would appear that Pepipoo has gone down - maybe terminally - so use this link instead: -

It would appear that Pepipoo has gone down - maybe terminally - so use this link instead: -

https://ftla.createaforum.com/index.php

Police

https://ftla.createaforum.com/speeding-and-other-criminal-offences/

Council

https://ftla.createaforum.com/civil-penalty-charge-notices-(councils-tfl-and-so-on)/

Private

https://ftla.createaforum.com/private-parking-tickets/

Coupon-mad

combute said:

Coupon-mad said:

Have they not offered the £35 again?

No. I appealed the fine with the reasons I stated that I was actually dropping off goods. They come back and said they reviewed it and that the vehicle isn't a goods vehicle so £70 is now payable.

 Should I reply back and ask for the £35? Also is it worth me asking if there was any grace period?

No and no.

They'd have re-offered the £35 if you'd appealed within 13 days.  You can't get it if your appeal was made on day 14 or later and the rejection letter didn't offer it.

However, now you are at £70 stage you may as well do the 3rd stage - adjudication.  Costs you nothing, risks nothing more than eventually being told to pay £70.