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Please may I ask for your advice re a Parking Charge Notice from Parking Eye at Grange Rd Darlington.
Briefly CP is controlled by ANPR which logged the vehicle in at 1225 and out again at 1444 for 2hr19min
A PCN was received for 100/60£ for exceeding the time and appeal rejected.
The timings are not in dispute but the sign (sorry cant attach) clearly states 20 minutes free but gives no clarity as to if the is inclusive or exclusive of the tariff
A ticket was purchased at 1245 for 2 hours and the vehicle left at 1444 within what we believed the correct timescale.
the rejection failed to address this point and merely restated the ticket purchased was for insufficient time.
This was the initial appeal
Any help would be greatly appreciated as to whether this is fightable Thanks
I am writing with an appeal against a parking charge received today and relating to PCN xxxxxx/xxxxxx on xx Jan 23 at Grange Rd Darlington.
I confirm that I was at that carpark on xx Jan and I do not dispute the details or timings, however, I believe there are a few factors to take into consideration.
My daughter was born on xx Dec 22 and was 17 days old on the day in question. Consequently, on entering the site, although there was a space available it was unsuitable as access was too restricted to be able to unload safely and I was required to wait for a more suitable space to become available. As I was waiting my daughter started to became agitated; being new born and unpredictable I realised this was due to her requiring to be fed. I am breastfeeding and there are no suitable areas attached to this carpark so given the winter conditions the only suitable safe place to do so was in the car. Once she was attended to I then unloaded and set up the pram before taking my daughter out and settling her in it. A ticket was obtained for 2 hrs parking at 1245 and I left the car park shortly after. (screenshot attached) I set my phone alarm for plus 1hr50min to 1435 in order to not exceed the 2hr limit and on return at that time went the through the reverse of dismantling and loading the pram and settling my daughter safely in the car before leaving within, what I believed to be, the required period.
The signage on site (picture attached) clearly states:
“Strictly 20 minutes free parking from time of entry into the car park”
At no stage was I trying to escape payment and left within the 2hr period from ticket issue. There is nothing to indicate when the timing period is deemed to have started and had I been aware I would have simply gone for 3 hours rather than two.
The PCN states entry at 12:25:12 and exit at 14:44:33 for a stay of 2hrs 19 minutes.
A 2 hr ticket was purchased at 12:45
Therefore any penalty without any grace period would only have come into effect at 1445 - (2hrs paid plus 20mins free.)
May I respectfully ask that you cancel this PCN as it fails to conform to your own T&Cs.
In addition the points below require consideration.
Sincerely
Please may I ask for your advice re a Parking Charge Notice from Parking Eye at Grange Rd Darlington.
Briefly CP is controlled by ANPR which logged the vehicle in at 1225 and out again at 1444 for 2hr19min
A PCN was received for 100/60£ for exceeding the time and appeal rejected.
The timings are not in dispute but the sign (sorry cant attach) clearly states 20 minutes free but gives no clarity as to if the is inclusive or exclusive of the tariff
A ticket was purchased at 1245 for 2 hours and the vehicle left at 1444 within what we believed the correct timescale.
the rejection failed to address this point and merely restated the ticket purchased was for insufficient time.
This was the initial appeal
Any help would be greatly appreciated as to whether this is fightable Thanks
I am writing with an appeal against a parking charge received today and relating to PCN xxxxxx/xxxxxx on xx Jan 23 at Grange Rd Darlington.
I confirm that I was at that carpark on xx Jan and I do not dispute the details or timings, however, I believe there are a few factors to take into consideration.
My daughter was born on xx Dec 22 and was 17 days old on the day in question. Consequently, on entering the site, although there was a space available it was unsuitable as access was too restricted to be able to unload safely and I was required to wait for a more suitable space to become available. As I was waiting my daughter started to became agitated; being new born and unpredictable I realised this was due to her requiring to be fed. I am breastfeeding and there are no suitable areas attached to this carpark so given the winter conditions the only suitable safe place to do so was in the car. Once she was attended to I then unloaded and set up the pram before taking my daughter out and settling her in it. A ticket was obtained for 2 hrs parking at 1245 and I left the car park shortly after. (screenshot attached) I set my phone alarm for plus 1hr50min to 1435 in order to not exceed the 2hr limit and on return at that time went the through the reverse of dismantling and loading the pram and settling my daughter safely in the car before leaving within, what I believed to be, the required period.
The signage on site (picture attached) clearly states:
“Strictly 20 minutes free parking from time of entry into the car park”
At no stage was I trying to escape payment and left within the 2hr period from ticket issue. There is nothing to indicate when the timing period is deemed to have started and had I been aware I would have simply gone for 3 hours rather than two.
The PCN states entry at 12:25:12 and exit at 14:44:33 for a stay of 2hrs 19 minutes.
A 2 hr ticket was purchased at 12:45
Therefore any penalty without any grace period would only have come into effect at 1445 - (2hrs paid plus 20mins free.)
May I respectfully ask that you cancel this PCN as it fails to conform to your own T&Cs.
In addition the points below require consideration.
Sincerely
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