on 11th December 2007 CP Plus placed £60 Charge Notices on two out of three cars parked in a four-car bay. They claimed on my ticket that my vehicle was "parked in 2 bay" (sic) but quoted reason 08, which is actually "Causing an obstruction to other users". The two cars they ticketed were at each end of the bay. Another vehicle (not ticketed) was parked immediately next to mine (no obstruction there, then) then there was a space, and then the other ticketed vehicle. Luckily I had my camera with me and took many photographs to illustrate the lunacy of issuing charge notices in these circumstances. I knew the drivers of both of the other vehicles and we all kept our parking tickets to confirm the date and time, which also appears on my digital camera. I appealled the Notice the same day, enclosing photographs, and on the 14th December CP Plus wrote indicating that they were expecting payment despite my appeal. I wrote to them again on the 20th December, with a copy to English Heritage, their employers - as suggested by CP Plus. By 25th April I had received no response from either English Heritage or CP Plus and so I telephoned them to ask when I could expect a letter confirming that the appeal had been upheld. They told me that papers had been forwarded to Trethowans on 18th January 2008 and suggested that I telephone them. I did so and learned that because DVLA checks had quoted my vehicle colour as "brown" - which it is not - the documents had been (I quote) "ditched". I requested that Trethowans should write to me confirming that the Notice was negated, as they told me, and gave them my address, which - of course - they did not have, presumably because of the aforementioned "ditching". Slightly phased that my vehicle details were incorrect I then checked the DVLA website myself and found that my vehicle colour was, quite correctly, recorded as "silver". I am still waiting for the letter from Trethowans. Does anybody know if there is a time limit on Penalty Notices since I would quite like to get rid of the photographs on my camera card but am loathe to do so unless I can be SURE this matter has been dropped by Trethowans and CP Plus!