Parking ticket - advice, please?
 

Dave wrote in message ...
AOL's down again... writes
On saturday last, I got a parking ticket in the delightful London
borough of Southwark. The ticket was issued by APCOA Parking for and
on behalf of the aforementioned London Borough. I was parked in a bay
marked "PERMIT HOLDERS ONLY MON-FRI 8am - 6pm". The ticket states that
the attendant believed I was "PARKED IN A PERMIT BAY WITHOUT
DISPLAYING A VALID PERMIT".

Clearly, as this happened on a saturday, I don't want to pay the £100
fine, nor do I want to pay the "reduced" £50 charge for paying within
14 days.

Can anyone help me out with the correct (i.e. best) way to go about
this? Do I have to wait until after 28 days has elapsed and they send
me out the "NOTICE TO OWNER" and then put my case to "The Parking
Shop" in writing (including the photos I took with my mobile phone"?
Is there nothing I can or should do in the meantime?

Have a look at http://www.parkingandtrafficappeals.gov.uk/ for starters.

Also have a look at http://www.southwark.gov.uk/azlinks/servicedetail.cfm/1275
This page gives the Southwark Parking Manager's name and phone number.
From personal experience (albeit elsewhere) I would guess the Parking
Manager (who will be employed by the council - not the contractor)
will be able to cancel a ticket in a case as clear cut as this. Try
to speak to him rather than a minion. If he won't help then you will
have to go through the appeals process.