Drivers were hit by £1.2million in parking fines in single street last year. Fifty motorists a DAY were clobbered by wardens or CCTV cameras in busy Southampton Row, central London. The road in the borough of Camden saw 19,335 tickets issued to net authorities £1,198,870. It headed a list of ten roads in the capital [...]
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£1.5m fines on 100-yard stretch of road
Motorists have been fined £1.5 million in a year for parking on a 100-yard stretch of road. Many claim to be baffled by no fewer than eight signs. A total of 11,880 drivers have been penalised at Harben Parade in Swiss Cottage, raising £1,544,400 for Transport for London. The ticket tally accounts for three quarters [...]
London Councils want DVLA’s secret data on drivers
London councils want unprecedented access to confidential driver and vehicle data to tackle illegal parking. Town halls are considering using the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency database to manage permits and fines, but campaigners fear it will lead to more incorrect tickets being issued and increased surveillance of drivers. The DVLA said councils now have [...]
‘Anti-car’ Islington council collects £9million in parking fines
Almost £9million in parking tickets boosted council coffers over the last year, amid criticism that wardens act like a “mercenary police force”. In the 12 months to June, the council received £8,968,000 in fines, which include offences like banned right turns as well as parking tickets. Caledonian Road, in Holloway, Essex Road, in Islington, and [...]
Motorists could get CCTV fines refunded
As many as 24 local authorities face potential claims from motorists after a successful challenge to a ticket by a driver in Richmond-upon-Thames, west London. Nigel Wise contested a ticket issued by a mobile unit claiming that the device had not been formally approved by the Department for Transport. His appeal was upheld by the Parking [...]
Richmond Council to return £1m parking fines
Drivers could get back more than £1m paid out in parking fines after a London council found the penalty charge notices (PCNs) were “unlawful”. Richmond Council said more than 20,000 PCNs given between April 2009 and April 2011 by CCTV cars cannot be imposed as the cars were “not properly certified”. Refund appeals made by [...]
Camden faces £10million bill for illegal parking tickets
A high court judge has upheld a ruling that tens of thousands of parking fines issued by Camden Council in the first half of 2009 are illegal. The judgment relates to a policy the council launched in January 2009 of charging an administration fee when drivers paid parking tickets by credit cards. The charges were [...]
The Biggest Parking Cash Cow in London
It is an unremarkable residential street in south London flanked by housing estates and dotted with takeaways. But today Clapham Park Road can be named as the biggest “cash cow” for parking tickets in the capital. In a stretch of road measuring less than 500 yards, wardens raked in almost £1 million in parking and [...]
Diplomats owe more than £1m in Westminster parking fines
Foreign diplomats have racked up fines of more than £1m in Central London according to Westminster council bosses. The worst offender is the Kazakhstan embassy, which has accumulated £189,640 from 1,715 unpaid tickets, followed by the Sudanese embassy which managed to clock up £108,240 in fines for 1,005 tickets. While there are clearly multiple offenders [...]
Majority of Hounslow parking fine appeals are successful
MORE than three fifths of appeals against parking fines in Hounslow last year were successful, new figures show. A total of 135,000 penalty charge notices (PCN) for motoring offences were issued across the borough during 2009/10, according to statistics published by legal advisory firm NoParkingFine Ltd. Just 1.5 per cent of these tickets were appealed [...]