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Civil penalty charge notices (Councils, TFL and so on) / Mistakenly parked in a very poorly marked disabled bay - Milton Keynes City Council
« on: October 31, 2024, 06:05:45 pm »
Hi
I suspect I already know the answer (I should have looked more closely) but does anyone have any thoughts on whether I'd be successful in appealing mistakenly parking in a disabled space? The ticket is from Milton Keynes city council.
These images are from Google street view and are old, I think the painting in front of the spaces is worn away completely now. I should have been more careful I know but I just didn't realise these were disabled spaces, in my opinion the signage is 'lacking' to say the least. I'm used to there being clearly painted yellow signs on the floor and a sign in front of you as you pull in the space. I parked in the right hand space, I can't be sure but I think the small sign on the post in the right hand bay is missing now, unfortunately I didn't take pictures at the time as I didn't read the ticket properly and assumed it was because I'd paid with Ringo and they came before the payment had registered rather than being in a disabled bay.
Thanks in advance for any thoughts (their evidence is at the bottom of this post).





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I suspect I already know the answer (I should have looked more closely) but does anyone have any thoughts on whether I'd be successful in appealing mistakenly parking in a disabled space? The ticket is from Milton Keynes city council.
These images are from Google street view and are old, I think the painting in front of the spaces is worn away completely now. I should have been more careful I know but I just didn't realise these were disabled spaces, in my opinion the signage is 'lacking' to say the least. I'm used to there being clearly painted yellow signs on the floor and a sign in front of you as you pull in the space. I parked in the right hand space, I can't be sure but I think the small sign on the post in the right hand bay is missing now, unfortunately I didn't take pictures at the time as I didn't read the ticket properly and assumed it was because I'd paid with Ringo and they came before the payment had registered rather than being in a disabled bay.
Thanks in advance for any thoughts (their evidence is at the bottom of this post).
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