Faulty EV bay parking fine

yummycrumpets

Hello

I’m looking for advice for a council issued parking fine. 

I parked in an EV bay at a council car park. The chargers were both faulty. There were no spaces remaining in the ‘long stay’ part of the car park (4hrs) but there were spaces in ‘short stay’. I wasn’t sure if I was going to be under 2hrs, so remained in the EV Bay. 

I was then issued a PCN. 

I informally challenged the notice confirming I parked there (🙄) but with evidence from the charger company that the machines were faulty for the duration of my stay in the car park. The car park is free so I haven’t avoided paying by doing what I did & no one has missed out on charging as the machine was faulty. 

The informal appeal has been rejected. 

Any advice on whether a formal appeal (given I’ve admitted parking) would likely be successful? I don’t want to miss the reduced fee period & end up paying £70 if I’ve no chance now of a successful formal appeal. 

Thanks in advance 

Gr1pr

As this is a council matter,  I strongly suggest that you post your query over on the FTLA parking forum website after reading their posting requirements first,  that forum is where your answers might be 

yummycrumpets

Thank you, will do