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So she has typed out a representation which I have just copied and pasted below. Looks to me that it might want a bit of a tidy up. What do you think?


I would like to submit informal representations RE: PCN YN07587327

When parking 25/01/24 I looked at the previous days scratch card which was dated 24/01/24 and so as I’m a retard I started to scratch off 24th on the new scratch card when I noticed on my watch it said 25th.
Because of the limited number of scratch cards available I didn’t want to waste one and therefore scratched off 25th.
None of your evidence shows the scratch card had been used 24th- it wouldn’t as this was a mistake of mine.

I would like to add that I have tried on numerous occasions to get an A2 parking permit. As a Shop owner in Scarborough I am entitled to a permit however the council still, after 6 months, haven’t issued me with a rates bill to allow me to pay for the permit hence why I didn’t want to waste a scratch card.

Based on the information above I am appealing on your good will to overturn this ticket.

Here is a photo from that drivers door

Yeah, that silver car is hers and she is the registered keeper. Do you want me to pop there today, see if there are any other signs nearby?

Hi everyone. The girlfriend parked with a residents scratch card on the dashboard scratching off the correct date (25th) and with the 24th also partly scratched. The contravention given is 'Parked in a disc parking place without clearly displaying a valid disc' and it is Code 35.

This is the GSV link:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/FqkypasaJxhCmqS8A

Front of the PCN:


Back of the PCN:


Scratchcard:



Do we have a way of fighting this one please?

The letter above and the two that have been deleted are the only letters she has received. Initial Parking appear to be the ones that manage the car park but we haven’t received anything from them, only the three from Debt Recovery Plus. We’ve typed the details into the Initial Parking website and nothing came up about this charge whatsoever.

I’m currently at work and on my phone so I can’t redo them letters that were deleted until this afternoon, Imgur works differently on my phone compared to the laptop and doesn’t allow me to do anything with images.

Appear have parked in a private carpark on what appears to be the 23rd October (going by the Parking Charge Date on the Debt Recovery Plus letter). She thinks she was there for less than 30 minutes.

The first letter she received from Debt Recovery Plus is dated 27th November. She messaged them on their online portal on the 4th December and has received no reply. She then got a second letter from them dated 18th December. She then called them on the 20th December and was on hold for 29 minutes before giving up. She called again on 27th December and after 11 minutes it said she could leave her details in order to save her place in the queue and they will call her back. They didn’t and still haven’t called her back. 

Now, am I right in thinking £170 seems excessive to be charged and isn’t there supposed to be a cheaper option if paid in a certain amount of time?

I’ve attached the 1st letter front and back, 2nd letter front and back and the pre-legal action letter that came with the second letter front and back. The back of that one is blank. I’ve also attached the GSV link for the car park.

Any help on this would be appreciated.

Thanks.

https://www.instantstreetview.com/@54.279844,-0.404247,47.35h,-6.09p,0.33z,U91KhhKolDpOI0alHFNwpQ

Well thanks for the help. I really thought the fact there are no signs would have made it a slam dunk.

Thanks for the reply Incandescent.

I was thinking maybe more about the car park order and the fact that the disabled bays are outside of the footprint of the car park as it is shown, and also how the car park has fundamentally changed since the order was made.