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PCNs keep coming after we paid for the vehicle release
Ronaldoara
Posts: 3 Newbie
hi all,
Completely new here and desperate for help/advice about PCNs we keep receiving from Islington Council Parking and how to deal with it.
Basically, it i to do with my (now) wife's Vespa motorbike that was parked on the usual Resident/Pay and Display motorbike parking bay in our local street. The council sent an email on 27 June that here resident parking is about to expire in 4 weeks. My wife missed this email as we were getting married the following day, 28th June. On 30th June we letft for our honeymoon overseas, where we stayed until 31st August. Of course, while we were away, the resident parking permit expired. Upon returning to the UK, we found the motorbike missing and a letter saying that it has been impounded. We paid £750 to get it released, which included the compound cost, the last issued PCN, and storage costs. However, a couple of days after the release, we got another 9 PCNs. This means the total cost will be almost £2,000.... We don't have this kind of money anyway, but just wondering if there is ANYTHING we can do. We appealed for all the PCNs and also applied for refund for the compund costs, citing special circumstances, and that of course, if we were in the country, we would have acted quickly to pay the first PCN and also the expired resident parking permit. We got a response from the council yesterday that all appeals have been rejected.
Do we have a legal leg to stand on or shoud we just get a loan and pay for all the PCNs? We are so, so deflated and dissapointed with this - somehow, councils are super quick and eficient to act with punitive measure for normal residents and when we actually need help from the police (e.g., when our car and motorbike were vandalised recently), no help is given.
Thank you in advance for any advice!
Completely new here and desperate for help/advice about PCNs we keep receiving from Islington Council Parking and how to deal with it.
Basically, it i to do with my (now) wife's Vespa motorbike that was parked on the usual Resident/Pay and Display motorbike parking bay in our local street. The council sent an email on 27 June that here resident parking is about to expire in 4 weeks. My wife missed this email as we were getting married the following day, 28th June. On 30th June we letft for our honeymoon overseas, where we stayed until 31st August. Of course, while we were away, the resident parking permit expired. Upon returning to the UK, we found the motorbike missing and a letter saying that it has been impounded. We paid £750 to get it released, which included the compound cost, the last issued PCN, and storage costs. However, a couple of days after the release, we got another 9 PCNs. This means the total cost will be almost £2,000.... We don't have this kind of money anyway, but just wondering if there is ANYTHING we can do. We appealed for all the PCNs and also applied for refund for the compund costs, citing special circumstances, and that of course, if we were in the country, we would have acted quickly to pay the first PCN and also the expired resident parking permit. We got a response from the council yesterday that all appeals have been rejected.
Do we have a legal leg to stand on or shoud we just get a loan and pay for all the PCNs? We are so, so deflated and dissapointed with this - somehow, councils are super quick and eficient to act with punitive measure for normal residents and when we actually need help from the police (e.g., when our car and motorbike were vandalised recently), no help is given.
Thank you in advance for any advice!
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Comments
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You should seek advice over on the Free Traffic Legal Advice forum they specialise in Penalty Notices issued by councils and police. This forum specialise in Parking Charge Notices from unregulated private parking companies.
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If the vehicle didn't move at all then it is a continuous contravention and all but the first PCN should be cancelled.
An alternative to FTLA is MrMustard who specialises in London Borough charges and is very good at getting them to wind their necks in: https://lbbspending.blogspot.com/Always remember to abide by Space Corps Directive 39436175880932/B:
'All nations attending the conference are only allocated one parking space.'
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