OT Parking Tickets

[superfeathers]

Know this is off topic but this board is normally pretty knowledgeable for this type of thing!

Had a PCN (council one) recently for parking in Barry. I checked before parking and didn't see any signage at all. I appealed the ticket and they've refused and have sent me photos of signs which say you're entering a residential parking zone which are quite a way from where I actually parked but I guess I must have passed on the way into the area.
Is this normal? Seems a bit unreasonable to me as I'm used to having a look around in the street itself before leaving the car but if it's normal i'll pay up!

[Jimmy the Jock]

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Know this is off topic but this board is normally pretty knowledgeable for this type of thing!

Had a PCN (council one) recently for parking in Barry. I checked before parking and didn't see any signage at all. I appealed the ticket and they've refused and have sent me photos of signs which say you're entering a residential parking zone which are quite a way from where I actually parked but I guess I must have passed on the way into the area.
Is this normal? Seems a bit unreasonable to me as I'm used to having a look around in the street itself before leaving the car but if it's normal i'll pay up!

Go on the site pepipoo , they ask you to put all the PCN details in, someone on there will give you the best advice without getting a solicitor to look at it.

[Rjk]

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council = pay up usually

[The Bloop]

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A couple of the little side roads off Broad Street near the stadium have these signs as you enter and nothing else.

[dandywarhol]

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I had the same thing in Caerleon. Parked by the amphitheatre.There was a small sign saying no parking between 2-4.
Twats.

[Rjk]

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I had a ticket in a carpark in canton the other week, although when I checked the ticket they'd written the number plate in wrong, so I guess it was meant for someone else

[superfeathers]

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A couple of the little side roads off Broad Street near the stadium have these signs as you enter and nothing else.

This was up above the island, wasn’t even parked outside anyones house!

[superfeathers]

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Thanks! I will have a look. I felt my informal appeal was quite good and a reasonable response but they’re replies are brutal!

[alfie]

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I used to park in a side street opposite the car sales place at the top of Ninian Park road. I seen on a number of occasions traffic wardens chatting with each other before going around issuing tickets to the poor buggers who have gone to the game. I came back to my car after a game and there was a ticket on my car. I appealed against it but they said there was a sign on the entrance to the street. I wrote back and told them that i entered from the other end of the street where there was no sign. They ended up giving me warning. Low and behold they have now put a sign up the other end now.

[superfeathers]

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I used to park in a side street opposite the car sales place at the top of Ninian Park road. I seen on a number of occasions traffic wardens chatting with each other before going around issuing tickets to the poor buggers who have gone to the game. I came back to my car after a game and there was a ticket on my car. I appealed against it but they said there was a sign on the entrance to the street. I wrote back and told them that i entered from the other end of the street where there was no sign. They ended up giving me warning. Low and behold they have now put a sign up the other end now.

they've sent me photos now of photos 'on entrance' to the street from every direction. trouble is it's a long way from where i parked, so you'd turn down the street and drive for a while. think it's a bit of a con if im honest as i think most reasonable people would just have a look at what's signposted on the side of the street but as far as they're concerned they've caught you and that's that

[alfie]

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they've sent me photos now of photos 'on entrance' to the street from every direction. trouble is it's a long way from where i parked, so you'd turn down the street and drive for a while. think it's a bit of a con if im honest as i think most reasonable people would just have a look at what's signposted on the side of the street but as far as they're concerned they've caught you and that's that

I double checked and there was no sign on the entrance i came in but as i said they have rectified that now. Got away with it though,happy days

[Alan Lung]

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Know this is off topic but this board is normally pretty knowledgeable for this type of thing!

Had a PCN (council one) recently for parking in Barry. I checked before parking and didn't see any signage at all. I appealed the ticket and they've refused and have sent me photos of signs which say you're entering a residential parking zone which are quite a way from where I actually parked but I guess I must have passed on the way into the area.
Is this normal? Seems a bit unreasonable to me as I'm used to having a look around in the street itself before leaving the car but if it's normal i'll pay up!

I would pay it sharpish if I were you. Council tickets always lead to jail time.

[Colin'sReversibleHat]

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Know this is off topic but this board is normally pretty knowledgeable for this type of thing!

Had a PCN (council one) recently for parking in Barry. I checked before parking and didn't see any signage at all. I appealed the ticket and they've refused and have sent me photos of signs which say you're entering a residential parking zone which are quite a way from where I actually parked but I guess I must have passed on the way into the area.
Is this normal? Seems a bit unreasonable to me as I'm used to having a look around in the street itself before leaving the car but if it's normal i'll pay up!

Unfortunately, controlled parking zones (areas where they just have signs on entrance and exit of the street) are more commonplace than you'd think, and don't require any additional signage/lines. There's quite a few of them within 10 mins of CCS, the side streets off Broad St being the most obvious examples.

If they've rejected your appeal, you're best to pay up before the fine increases, coz they certainly won't reduce it once it goes up!

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news and hope this helps.

[WJ99mobile]

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pay it and get the reduced rate

[superfeathers]

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Unfortunately, controlled parking zones (areas where they just have signs on entrance and exit of the street) are more commonplace than you'd think, and don't require any additional signage/lines. There's quite a few of them within 10 mins of CCS, the side streets off Broad St being the most obvious examples.

If they've rejected your appeal, you're best to pay up before the fine increases, coz they certainly won't reduce it once it goes up!

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news and hope this helps.

thanks, and yes seems to be the case. Just seems really wrong, anyone would think they're going out of their way to be able to give more tickets. In the exchanges I also found out that they'd given out 28 other fines for the same bit of road in the previous 14 days which seems loads.

Will pay up and go to porthcawl next time! :shrug: