Hi folks
I was issued a Fixed Penalty Notice when my car was parked where I always park it.... on a strip of land directly outside my house that runs along the front of the terraced houses of the street, alongside the public footpath. The bit of land looks very similar to the pavement, and is even treated as pavement by pedestrians, but it is in fact private land, belonging to the households next to it (i.e the bit of pavement immediately outside my house is mine). I have been parking there every day for over 12 months, but on this one occasion I found a ticket on my windscreen - other cars also had been ticketed while parked on this private bit of land. It was the first holiday week of the spring and I suspect the usual parking attendant was on holiday, and the replacement didn't know the score this this private land...
I wrote to Birmingham City Council pointing out this obvious error on the parking attendant's part.... the reponse I got was that they are trusting the attendant's notes which state I was parked on the road... clowns!!
There's a restriction on the road itself during daytime hours as it's a narrow road on a bus route. They say that if I want to appeal further then I should wait for a notice to owner.... can't wait!!
Any advice on how I can convince these muppets that I was parked perfectly legally? I thought about asking them to provide a photograph of the alleged contravention....
I'll keep you posted on the developments
Dave
Got a ticket while parked on private land!! - one to watch 
