Parking fines and appeals

From The Newcastle upon Tyne Wiki

Parking tickets - grounds for appeal

To appeal the ticket you need to send a letter to the council explaining that you are challenging the ticket, and why.

• IMPORTANT ' This is likely to be the last chance for you to pay the ticket at half-price. If you write to the council to appeal, the process may take you over the 14 days and the fine will be the higher amount. You can ask for the fine to be frozen at the lower amount until a resolution of the appeal, but there are no guarantees the council will grant you this. If you are not confident of your appeal, it will cost less to pay now.

The council will either accept the challenge, and withdraw the fine, or will reject the challenge. If they reject the challenge they will send you a Notice to Owner form for you to make formal representations. You will then have 14 days to make these formal representations. This is where you set out why the ticket should be rescinded.

The council can accept your representations, and drop the fine, or can reject them. In which case, you will be sent a Notice of Rejection of Representation and Appeal Notice form.

You will then have 28 days to lodge your appeal with the Parking Adjudication Service (Parking and Traffic Appeals Service, in London). This is independent from the council and will decide on your case. You need to be aware that the fine will increase by 50% if you fail in your appeal. Source: http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/fight-parking-tickets

Official advice

http://www.parkingandtrafficappeals.gov.uk/TMAAdjudicatorsHome.htm

http://www.trafficpenaltytribunal.gov.uk/site/index.php

Alternative advice

http://www.appealnow.com/parking-tickets/

http://forums.pepipoo.com/index.php?showtopic=57778&st=0#entry542918

http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/reclaim/parking-ticket-appeals

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