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 [...]
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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 [...]
Defy the parking bullies and appeal against fines, drivers told
Motorists were urged today to challenge tickets to beat “intimidation” by London councils. Campaigners said drivers were frightened off by threats of fines doubling if they appealed — when the odds are actually stacked in their favour. Britain’s largest motoring organisation, the AA, joined calls to make it easier for drivers to appeal. Of the [...]
Pressure on parking wardens will send their wages soaring
Parking attendants will regularly double their wages as London’s town halls urge them to issue more tickets to raise money to offset government cuts. The warning follows revelations that a warden in one of the most deprived boroughs earned more than £50,000 last year. Known as a Tower Hamlets Enforcement Officer, he earned £52,786 — [...]
Drivers face Wardens equipped with £500 head-cams
Traffic Wardens in Bromley are being equipped with a £500 head-mounted digital video camera to snare motorists parked illegally. They have a hand-held computer which hooks into the DVLA and automatically recognises car registration details. Then it prints out a ticket. Councils say the equipment provides more details and helps motorists who want to appeal [...]