I recently moved into a new house and was making the final journey to move furniture/belongings so parked up on the new street. I attempted to fill out the permit application online on my phone seated in the car however was having difficulty and the speed was quite slow so decided to go into my new house to use the wifi and finish try doing the application on my laptop. On my phone a redirection link just wasnt working right.
Anyhow after sorting it come out and I've got a ticket. Given at 13:10 on the day, whereas I have an email confirming the parking permit application done at 13:33. I appealed basically asking for leniency since I'm a new resident and the circumstances with difficulty with the website though unfortunately this was rejected.
See screenshots here -
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1D86G0T7SUyueupRPKFNBWkHD1eXpawOv?usp=sharingStrangely the appeal response letter states '...in the process of applying for a permit from us, does
not entitle you to park your vehicle in breach of parking regulations while this application is pending
or is being resolved.' Whereas in the email confirming the application has been received it does state 'You can now park in Resident or Resident Shared Use bays in your controlled parking zone (CPZ) pending review of your application'. Does this replier not know the rules or do they really mean in the time it takes to put an application in?
I'm wondering whether to pay the half discount price or wait for the notice to owner and appeal again, since this would be direct to the council if I'm right? Is it worth it?
