"I have never actually looked for or read any signs. As far as I was concerned if there was a parking bay then you could park in it......." No wonder people get PCNs for parking illegally!The Council provides the signs so that motorists, if they actually read them and comply with them, can park without risking a PCN. But it can't force motorists to read and comply. Something to do with personal responsibility that rarely gets mentioned in "Parking" threadsBut, If anyone thinks that a PCN has been issued wrongly - for whatever reason- there is a statutory right of appeal that involves, in the first instance, a written communication to the Parking Office. Phone calls will not start the process - it has to be a written challenge, by law, to safeguard a motorists rightsComplaining to Councillors, rather using the statutory route as suggested by one poster, will not overide the statutory process, nor give a motorist extra time to meet statutory deadlines and to be clear, no Councillor, has the authority to override a decision to cancel(or not) a PCN, made by an authorised Parking Officer.Complaining to a Councillor, rather than comminicating via the proper stautory route will simply result in a delay in notifying the Parking Office and therefore will give the motorist a reduced time period to pay at the discounted rate.In any case, PCN disputes (per se) are not recognised as "complaints" under the Council's Complaints Procedure as there is a separate statutory procedure.If, however anyone has a concern about parking policies in general they can write in to me and I will feed this into the curent preview on parking policy.Fred RobinsonAssistant Director - Street Management -
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