Council Parking Croydon refusing to accept obvious facts.

munee

Today I am losing my rag totally.  I broke down (my car also) at the end of September 2021 and this saga is still ongoing, despite me thinking it was all
done with after posting and appeal which the Council either never received, or received but lost the letter in December 2021.

Then in April of this Year , to my surprise Marston Debt recovery were the chosen dogs to hound me to pay.

They visited me on Monday, with an alleged Warrant of some sort , which I was not aware of, the visit which I was not enamoured about.

I have written the below letter in reply to their "form letter" reply, which is clear not a reply but just a fob -off cut n past answer, that
I am past the time limit on appealing etc.

WILL THIS WORK?  

I don't know what else to do.  Aside from the breakdown costing me £85 quid to repair, The total fees and charges now invented
by this Crime Syndicate now totals £514.00 !!!!!

Anyone has any further suggestions given I am outside my appeal limit, however I should presumably be permitted to mount a
defence in the Court?  TE9?

Thanks.

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Dear Sir/ Madam,

Thank you for your First written reply to my appeal which I appreciate. Ideally I should have received in December or January 2021.

It is now June 2023.

There are some fundamental details in your reply which you seem to have completely failed to digest in my letter,

email, photos, and disregarded the content in my original request to cancel.

(1) I was not "Parked without payment", however I did steer my car into a parking Bay so as not to obstruct the roadway.

(2) What you are telling me is that it is a CONTRAVENTION OF PARKING LAWS TO BE BROKEN DOWN

on that road in Croydon.  However, there is no signage to that effect.  i.e.  I cannot see that there is or was any

sign stating that "IT IS NOT PERMITTED TO BREAK DOWN ON THIS ROAD AND USE A PARKING SPACE AS REFUGE."

You are also stating that there has been a duration during which I should have appealed the parking ticket.

This is an utterly VOID point because I was NOT PARKED.

The alleged "parking" ticket is VOID.  

The Time limitation in Statute for such to appeal something that is VOID in the first place is not applicable.

To breach a Statute, even if it is a statute, as Council Parking regulations are, you must prove that

I intended to breach them. "Parking" in Law is "Intentionally placing a vehicle in a particular

position and then leaving the vehicle unattended."  - I paraphrase but I believe this is the definition.

I did not intentionally break down, I intended to drive my car to work, however the coolant leak

prohibited me from doing so.  Nobody intentionally breaks down.

You cannot say I was parked, because the evidence clearly presented is that the car was profusely leaking coolant, 

a condition that I dare not attempt to move the car without professional advice or assistance, which I was seeking by making

telephone calls indoors because it was rather cold outside. Issuance of the ticket was in error as your parking operative had

no knowledge that the car was leaking coolant.  A very common issue with these engine types.

You can google "xxxxxx coolant leak" if you are interested.

I expect the ticket to be VOIDED and all fees and charges dropped, including the costs of sending 

out EO/Bailiffs to enforce a Warrant that I have still not seen, from a Court or judgement that I have no

information about, on a ticket that should not have been issued in the first place.  Utter waste of time and resources.

You replied on 1st June and Bailiffs arrive on Monday 12th June to threaten my personal property with distraint 

of goods yet I know not of any Warrant, I have still not seen any Court document etc. from any County Court or the TEC.

How can you issue a Warrant so quickly?  Where is the Warrant?  I have rights to appeal, file a TE9 etc.

You cannot deprive me of my rights or the process itself is unjust.

My understanding is that as the alleged contravention is under appeal, any further actions by the Council while

this is ongoing can be considered harassment.  And I certainly feel harassed, distressed, upset, and a victim 

of a barrage of unjust, unfounded demands, home visits by ill-mannered disrespectful baton-carrying

 and stab-vest clad E.Officers.

All based on a falsehood.

Why Croydon Council wishes to extract money from me due to an Emergency Event (my car's engine coolant bridge seal

leaking out coolant) outside of my control I cannot fathom. In civilised society this is as simple as:

"Very sorry Sir, we will VOID the incorrectly issued ticket and I hope your repair was not too expensive."

Such understanding, compassion, observation of facts should be easy for most living beings and creates

the civilisation in which we live.

I have never had a parking ticket in my life prior to this as I can read and understand English signage.

Please again I politely request you to VOID the incorrectly issued parking ticket.  I am re-requesting

this as your earlier letter seems to be a "form letter" issued without viewing my attached evidence.

You must also bear all administrative fees and Debt collectors Fees and Bailiffs fees as these have ALL been

incurred by You due to your error in issuing a "parking ticket" when I was not in fact parked.

Regards,

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On another note if anyone wishes to comment:

This line exists in the Auto-reply from Croydon Council:

Please note that if your correspondence has been received after the PCN has been passed to the Council’s enforcement agents, you will receive a reply in due course however enforcement will not be suspended and you should be aware that the enforcement agents will continue to enforce the PCN.

Surely this would constitute harassment?

The_Slithy_Tove

Not sure how you get to harrassment from a simple statement like that.

Anyhoo, this forum deals mainly with private parking tickets. The experts for council tickets are now here: https://ftla.createaforum.com/. That forum has only just been set up from the ashes of its predecessor, Pepipoo, so it may take a while for the regular experts to register there.

P.S. Neither councils, nor those who you may want to help, will be swayed by a rant. It's a sausage machine driven by strict rules, timings and processes.