Parking fine hassle. Any tips?

If the car park is privately operated (and many council ones have contracted them out to private companies) find out if they are members of the British Parking Association. If they are they have signed up to abide by the BPA Code of Practice which places requirements on how they deal with camera controlled car parks and incorrectly recorded number plates.

http://www.britishparking.co.uk/Code-of-Practice-and-compliance-monitoring

If still no joy, then appeal via the independent appeal process at POPLA -

http://www.popla.org.uk

Keep it polite and to the point. Good luck.
 
DeadpanDodo said:
If the car park is privately operated (and many council ones have contracted them out to private companies) find out if they are members of the British Parking Association. If they are they have signed up to abide by the BPA Code of Practice which places requirements on how they deal with camera controlled car parks and incorrectly recorded number plates.

http://www.britishparking.co.uk/Code-of-Practice-and-compliance-monitoring

If still no joy, then appeal via the independent appeal process at POPLA -

http://www.popla.org.uk

Keep it polite and to the point. Good luck.
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Thank you for this. Appreciate the time taken.
 
LLP - I can save you the hassle and suggest never coming to southampton. Its all P&D or residents permits.

Although to be fair the only time we've been ticketed its been a fairly painless appeal process and in all cases overturned tickets (twice the council permit database not updated quickly and the anpr issued automatic tickets, once the OH used the Ringo system and forgot to change the reg number for my car).
 
neil_g said:
LLP - I can save you the hassle and suggest never coming to southampton. Its all P&D or residents permits.

Although to be fair the only time we've been ticketed its been a fairly painless appeal process and in all cases overturned tickets (twice the council permit database not updated quickly and the anpr issued automatic tickets, once the OH used the Ringo system and forgot to change the reg number for my car).
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I've been there 3 days ago actually. I don't know why but I certainly didn't find anything of interest at all. I feel sorry for the residents. You can't even go shopping to LIDL by car, only to ASDA. Just move to somewhere nicer like Weymouth or whatever.
 
LongLensPhotography said:
I've been there 3 days ago actually. I don't know why but I certainly didn't find anything of interest at all. I feel sorry for the residents. You can't even go shopping to LIDL by car, only to ASDA. Just move to somewhere nicer like Weymouth or whatever.
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Did the residents breathe a collective sigh of relief when you left?
 
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viv1969 said:
Did the residents breathe a collective sigh of relief when you left?
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They certainly breathed in a lot of diesel particulate fumes as I was stuck in horrible traffic for a while :) I heard this stuff can cause cancer :P
 
LongLensPhotography said:
I've been there 3 days ago actually. I don't know why but I certainly didn't find anything of interest at all. I feel sorry for the residents. You can't even go shopping to LIDL by car, only to ASDA. Just move to somewhere nicer like Weymouth or whatever.
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Nicer? Maybe. More expensive? Full of retired people and tourists? Definately.

;)
 
neil_g said:
Nicer? Maybe. More expensive? Full of retired people and tourists? Definately.

;)
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What is wrong with them? New Forest, the part of southampton, is like the retirements heaven also.
 
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