Parking fine help
Discussion
Has anyone dealt with council parking departments?
My parking permit expired and a neighbour rang me to tell me that I had a ticket on the car last night (as I was away with work) because I forgot to renew it - VERY annoying, but my own fault
So, I'm trying to get a new permit, only to be told that it can only be done in person between 9 and 5 and that for every day that it is parked on the road (despite already having a ticket on it) I can get another £50 ticket (reduced rate!) Is there anything I can do?
I accept that I forgot to renew it, but if I was on holiday for a couple of weeks would they put 14 parking fines on the car? It just seems so unreasonable - and underlines what a horrible place London is to live
Anyone got any helpful advice - bearing in mind there are no 'free' parking areas within a mile of my house and I haven't been home to be able to move it
My parking permit expired and a neighbour rang me to tell me that I had a ticket on the car last night (as I was away with work) because I forgot to renew it - VERY annoying, but my own fault
So, I'm trying to get a new permit, only to be told that it can only be done in person between 9 and 5 and that for every day that it is parked on the road (despite already having a ticket on it) I can get another £50 ticket (reduced rate!) Is there anything I can do?
I accept that I forgot to renew it, but if I was on holiday for a couple of weeks would they put 14 parking fines on the car? It just seems so unreasonable - and underlines what a horrible place London is to live
Anyone got any helpful advice - bearing in mind there are no 'free' parking areas within a mile of my house and I haven't been home to be able to move it
not sure. However, if you've made reasonable attempts to pay it depends on how much of a t**t they want to be.
Give them a call again, explain your predicament, obvious willingness to renew it, and ask them to back date it. It's the same office that waives the fines so should be sorted.
Explain that it'll make life easier as you really don't want to take them to court over it. I think that they'd win with the first fine but not with any subsequent ones.
Not that they'll be reasonable of course if they are just in it for the money.
Give them a call again, explain your predicament, obvious willingness to renew it, and ask them to back date it. It's the same office that waives the fines so should be sorted.
Explain that it'll make life easier as you really don't want to take them to court over it. I think that they'd win with the first fine but not with any subsequent ones.
Not that they'll be reasonable of course if they are just in it for the money.
Thanks guys, fortunately my wife made it back from the West Country before the 5pm close yesterday and I've only got the one ticket on the car, so am all sorted now, as long as I don't forget to pay the fine!
I still think a £100 fine reduced to £50 is massively excessive when the annual charge is £75! How do they justify that for someone who is clearly a resident. Anyway, one of London's joys I suppose
I still think a £100 fine reduced to £50 is massively excessive when the annual charge is £75! How do they justify that for someone who is clearly a resident. Anyway, one of London's joys I suppose
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