Council car park - paid but not displayed

RedRabbit

Hi all,

I have received a parking fine from Powys Council.  I paid the parking fee but for the life of me don't know what happened to the ticket.  I can only assume it blew from the dashboard because it was an extremely windy day.  
I have sent off a copy of my bank statement, clearly showing I have paid for the parking but they won't consider it..   is there anything else I can do or say to prevent me paying the fine?   

Any help or advice or very much appreciated!

Umkomaas

As we major on private parking tickets here, Free Traffic Legal Advice (FTLA) forum will be your best bet for council penalty charges. Register there but please note that a Hotmail address may not work - try using a throwaway Gmail account instead if you do have trouble registering, and post a new thread; here's your link:

https://www.ftla.uk/index.php?board=3.0

Read the sticky 'Read this first before posting your case' as well as reading through some of the other threads there ahead of posting your own details, to get the hang of what information they need from you in your opening post - but as a minimum you will need to post redacted photos/scans of all correspondence you've received from the council (both sides, if appropriate), as they need to see all the small print.

Mark_d

RedRabbit said:

Hi all,

I have received a parking fine from Powys Council.  I paid the parking fee but for the life of me don't know what happened to the ticket.  I can only assume it blew from the dashboard because it was an extremely windy day.  
I have sent off a copy of my bank statement, clearly showing I have paid for the parking but they won't consider it..   is there anything else I can do or say to prevent me paying the fine?   

Any help or advice or very much appreciated!

The requirement was for you to be displaying a ticket.  Proving you paid does not prove you displayed, and hence you have to pay the fine...unless you can come up with a convincing argument why you should be excused

Coupon-mad

Mark_d said:

RedRabbit said:

Hi all,

I have received a parking fine from Powys Council.  I paid the parking fee but for the life of me don't know what happened to the ticket.  I can only assume it blew from the dashboard because it was an extremely windy day.  
I have sent off a copy of my bank statement, clearly showing I have paid for the parking but they won't consider it..   is there anything else I can do or say to prevent me paying the fine?   

Any help or advice or very much appreciated!

The requirement was for you to be displaying a ticket.  Proving you paid does not prove you displayed, and hence you have to pay the fine...unless you can come up with a convincing argument why you should be excused

Not necessarily. Many councils have a fair policy, cancelling for 'first offence' fluttering ticket cases.

Car1980

More chance if their tickets are not self adhesive.