Penalty Charge Notice Edinburgh council

ezzaf3

Hello fellow members;

I am in a bit of a trouble and would need some help. So, I was visiting Edinburgh, Scotland from England over the weekend and I parked in the city centre where the parking restrictions applied until 6:30pm but I parked there at 16:30 thinking that the restrictions have lapsed! You can call it a silly mistake but it happened as I was with family so mush have been tired after long drive that I probably misread the signs and assumed that the restrictions were until 16:30 but in fact it was 6:30pm. Perhaps, should have paid a bit more attention. When I returned after about an hour, I found myself with a penalty charge notice. Do I have any grounds to appeal and if yes, could you please guide me to the right direction, your help will be really appreciated. Also, how easy is it to get it overturned without making it into a court case. The ticket was issued by NSL limited (company address is in Sheffield). Thank you!

Gr1pr

If this is council, then I suggest that you post your query over on the FTLA parking forum after reading their posting requirements on there, experts on council and Scottish issues are more likely to advise you on there 

ezzaf3

Gr1pr said:

If this is council, then I suggest that you post your query over on the FTLA parking forum after reading their posting requirements on there, experts on council and Scottish issues are more likely to advise you on there 

Thanks for replying, you mean this link:
https://www.ftla.uk/index.php

Any help available on the MSE forum about council tickets and the Scottish councils etc. thanks

Umkomaas

ezzaf3 said:

Gr1pr said:

If this is council, then I suggest that you post your query over on the FTLA parking forum after reading their posting requirements on there, experts on council and Scottish issues are more likely to advise you on there 

Thanks for replying, you mean this link:
https://www.ftla.uk/index.php

Any help available on the MSE forum about council tickets and the Scottish councils etc. thanks

We deal with private parking tickets here, the depth of council ticket advice will definitely be over on FTLA, not here on MSE. 

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

ezzaf3

Umkomaas said:

ezzaf3 said:

Gr1pr said:

If this is council, then I suggest that you post your query over on the FTLA parking forum after reading their posting requirements on there, experts on council and Scottish issues are more likely to advise you on there 

Thanks for replying, you mean this link:
https://www.ftla.uk/index.php

Any help available on the MSE forum about council tickets and the Scottish councils etc. thanks

We deal with private parking tickets here, the depth of council ticket advice will definitely be over on FTLA, not here on MSE. 

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

thanks for replying. I have put up a post on ftla website now and waiting for some kind soul to reply to my post. Fingers crossed. Anyone on here who have been in a similiar situation as me in the past? If someone can help me roughly on what grounds to appeal on then it would be really a great start as currently I am completely blank. 

Inbetweeners

Your only grounds for appeal will be a technicallity. They aren't going to cancel it because you were tired.

Being Edinburgh you are lucky you weren't towed.

ezzaf3

Inbetweeners said:

Your only grounds for appeal will be a technicallity. They aren't going to cancel it because you were tired.

Being Edinburgh you are lucky you weren't towed.

I see, thanks