Need help with unfair parking ticket westminster council

[bartonski]

Hi, having a problem with a ticket i recieved last year in july from westminster council. The yellow line on which my bike was parked was barely visable and in most cases just not there. Infact i didnt even notice it until i came back to two wardens writing out a ticket. The council has photographic evidence of this. I contacted the council the same day but got told to wait for the charge through the post. I recieved the charge but didnt do anything until i recieved the NTO. I filled the appropriate section and sent it off. I didnt hear from the council for a while so i phoned and asked what the situation was. Apparently they didnt get the letter i had sent. They told me to write another letter explaining the situation. I did this but unfortunatley i wrote a different PCN from a previous ticket on the letter. I only figured this out yesterday when i recieved an order for recovery of charges. I phoned them up again and explained to them what had happened. they found the letter i had sent but said they couldnt use it as it was too late and the best thing i could do would be to pay the charge. Apparenlty, the fact that the ticket was not valid in the fisrt place doesnt matter anymore as i had my chance to challenge it. Ive had to fill in the statutory declaration but this is to explain why i didnt challenge the ticket. really not sure what to do as every time i ring the council they give me the same anwser...pay the fine

[bartonski]

and..... when i spoke to them today about the NTO missing in the post they said i should have sent it via registered post. I didnt, therefore my fault and i loose the right to challenge. Is it normal to do this?

[Rob S]

Go across to PePiPoo: Helping the motorist to get justice and post the situation in their parking forum. There are some people there who are very knowledgeable on the whole procedure.

 

As to the council telling you you should have posted it registered, what utter tosh!

[bartonski]

ok rob thanks alot for the advice