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Good morning
On behalf of a friend, it seems her informal appeals re pcn s have been rejected and she now has notice to owner. I am not sure what her original grounds for appeal were apart from her [payment was overdue as she had her bag stolen and all relevent documentation taken.(she has a crime ref no.)
My friend is seeking advice as to the next step as the notice to owner is asking for payment of £120 . Is it to late to pay the original fine of £60.00?
I am not sure whether she has grounds for appeal?and really do not want her ending up owing more!
How best can i help? (on one of the notice to owner the car model is wrongly recorded)
Need much more information than that. Can you tell us what she got the penalty for in the first place, and let us see all the paperwork (minus personal details).
Thank you for your quick reply.
The notice to owner
contravention stated...'Parked in a residents or shared use parking place or zone without clearly displaying either a permit or voucher or pay and display ticket issued for that place shared use bay.'
My friend does not have the original pcn s as they were taken in the mindless theft..as was a lot of other paperwork.
she is in a catch 22 as outstanding pcn does not alow her to buy a residents permit..and it seems they now 'target' her !
regards
moving on
..having just re -read the notices My friend is beyond the 28 days to reply.!
I imagine now the fee increases 50%.?.Is there still a way to just pay the original fine?
I know she will not be able to pay all this money.
regards
moving on
..I am just appealing one ticket for same friend...it was issued at 8.58 a.m and the restricted time begins at 9.00a.m. Also at 9.08 a.m a tow truck had arrived to lift the car..my friend pointed out the time of issue of the ticket and the tow truck left!..Am I right in thinking there should be a time 'allowance' between ticketing and removing the vehicle? If so I would like to compose a strongly worded letter!
regards
moving on
I believe that if the pcn was issued at 08:58 and the restriction does not start till 09:00 then the PCN should be quashed without hesitation by the issuing council. Appeal again stating that the PCN was issued before the restriction started, If you need the details of the PCN then phone the councils Parking Services dept and they should be able to give you those details (i also think they are on the NTO) Depending on what parking system the council use, they should be able to check the photo's taken by the CEO and the PCN details and see strait away that the PCN is invalid.
As to the Towing, I believe under the TMA2004 regulations that councils now use a vehicle cannot be clamped or towed for at least 30mins after pcn was issued unless the vehicle is a persistent evader, in which case it still has to be given 15mins.
Notice to owner..
s have been rejected and she now has notice to owner. I am not sure what her original grounds for appeal were apart from her [payment was overdue as she had her bag stolen and all relevent documentation taken.(she has a crime ref no.)
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