So in January my Husband went to Southwark for Jury Service and parked in a parking bay and got a pay and display ticket from the meter which was about 20 feet from where he parked....he checked for signs to make sure it wasn't residents only and there were none that he could see in the vicinty.
When he got back a few hours later he had a ticket saying he was parked in a residents only bay....he still couldn't see the signs!
So we sent off and a letter explaining this together with proof that he'd bought a ticket in good faith (£9 he'd put in the meter) cos after all if you knew you were going to get a PCN who would bother buying the ticket!
We heard nothing until yesterday when we got a notice to owner saying that he now owed £120 instead of £60 cos he'd not paid and if he didn't pay it would go up to £180 in 28 days!
We have never had any acknowledgement or reply to the letter he sent in January.
I phoned Southwark parking and they confirmed they had received the letter and was told thye could see no reason why we'd not been replied to. They confirmed it was residents only (so why put a meter there?). The man I spoke to suggested I put in writing the fact that I'd not had a reply to earlier letter as we should be given the chance to pay at the £60 and not the £120.
Now the crux of the matter is, I believe that because the authority did not reply to the letter we sent within 56 days of them receiving it then they are breaking regulations under the Road Traffic Act and the ticket should now be cancelled cos going over the timeline means our appeal is automatically upheld.
I want to send them a snotty letter but i'd just like confirmation I'm right...and a bit of help on the wording would be handy too!
Cheers
When he got back a few hours later he had a ticket saying he was parked in a residents only bay....he still couldn't see the signs!
So we sent off and a letter explaining this together with proof that he'd bought a ticket in good faith (£9 he'd put in the meter) cos after all if you knew you were going to get a PCN who would bother buying the ticket!
We heard nothing until yesterday when we got a notice to owner saying that he now owed £120 instead of £60 cos he'd not paid and if he didn't pay it would go up to £180 in 28 days!
We have never had any acknowledgement or reply to the letter he sent in January.
I phoned Southwark parking and they confirmed they had received the letter and was told thye could see no reason why we'd not been replied to. They confirmed it was residents only (so why put a meter there?). The man I spoke to suggested I put in writing the fact that I'd not had a reply to earlier letter as we should be given the chance to pay at the £60 and not the £120.
Now the crux of the matter is, I believe that because the authority did not reply to the letter we sent within 56 days of them receiving it then they are breaking regulations under the Road Traffic Act and the ticket should now be cancelled cos going over the timeline means our appeal is automatically upheld.
I want to send them a snotty letter but i'd just like confirmation I'm right...and a bit of help on the wording would be handy too!
Cheers