Hey all. Thank you for doing this voluntary.
I have won against private parking firm twice, but I don't want these 2 wins to get to my head.
Here is my situation:
29/03/205 evening.
At Ilford. There is a property to the left off the Bus Lane. In order to get to it, I need to go through bus lane and enter the property. But the problem is, property has not way to change position of the car. Which means if I was to exit the property, I would have to do so in reverse, which is dangerous due to on going traffic on the road.
So to make things easy and safe, I drove into bus lane and moved up further, mounted the kerb. Put on hazard lights and slowly reversing, I wanted to reverse into the property bay. So that when exiting, I can clearly see the traffic driving forward. Mind you, there are pedestrians walking around as well. So that road is not good for parking car.
Council said I was driving on bus lane. I appealed and explained the situation, it was rejected. The letter said I should wait for Notice to Owner letter where I can appeal via tribunal.
I waited over a month and never got a letter, just few days ago I noticed they sent an updated letter saying the amount of £65 has gone up to £130!.and the limit days to appeal just passed, that letter was sent May, I sent another long letter justifying my actions. I just got a letter of rejection today.
So now I am thinking if I should bother appealing to Tribunal or just pay, the letter sent a gesture of goodwill that they reduced it to £65, which I know is bullcrap because obviously the council just wants money!
I don't know if tribunal will be on my side. Or be on council side.
Do you think I stand a good chance? Does my action violate the bus lane?
https://imgur.com/a/Ji9LdEtThese are the pictures.
The video evidence does not even work on their page anymore.
https://maps.app.goo.gl/t5A9W2zawd1Nvyxb7?g_st=ac