Successful Appeal

[think about it]

I thought I'd pop some details on here of a successful appeal I've just won. I was given a PCN in a local carpark despite having an annual local authority permit on the basis that I didn't display a parking 'clock' (one of those cardboard 'wheels') to show how long I'd been there.

 

Now, in reality, they were right. I didn't have a clock, much less display one, and I'd only put the car there temporarily to move stuff from my car to the office which was just around the corner. The difference between this car-park and my regular one is that due to the fact that it's a designated short-stay one in a VERY busy tourist town. The signage is quite clear and it specifies that permit holders can only park for two hours and must display a parking clock (the benefit of hindsight when I went back to check the signage). My regular one is a designated long-stay car park which doesn't require a clock to be displayed.

 

I appealed on the basis that I had only been there for less than 30 minutes and admitted that it was my oversight and that I'd not been sent such a clock with my annual permit. I apologised and asked for my penalty to be cancelled on the basis that I now understood my obligation to display one of these clocks (and asked them to send one to me) alongside my annual permit.

 

Thankfully they've agreed, I feel £50 better off this morning!

[green_and_mean]

You didn't actually win, from what you have said they just decided to use some discretion and waive the penalty since you admit the contravention clearly occurred.

[think about it]

Thanks for the definition, I'll be sure to check with you next time