Council Towed my car away just to paint lines in the road!!

rather_annoyed · 14th June 2009, 18:03

I recently had my car towed away whilst i was at work for parking on a street that was due to have lines painted on the road. At the time, i was not aware that this was going to be taking place. I have since found out that the local council had tied an A4 sized sheet of paper to a lamp post to inform people of this. But lets be honest, who is going to look at an A4 sized piece of paper attached to a lamp post??

It said on the notice that it was an offence to be loading or waiting in that specific location. As i was parking there all day, i was neither waiting or loading/unloading.

I have since got my car back after having to pay the £140 fee to get it back from the impound yard (£35 for a pcn autolinker.com autolinking image

and £105 for it being towed away!!).

Do the council have a right to do this and should the notice of been substantially larger so everyone could read it??

I just wonder if it's worth me going to appeal this and start my representation to try and get my £140 back.

patdavies · 14th June 2009, 19:14

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Originally Posted by rather_annoyed

It said on the notice that it was an offence to be loading or waiting in that specific location. As i was parking there all day, i was neither waiting or loading/unloading.

Waiting is parking

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Do the council have a right to do this and should the notice of been substantially larger so everyone could read it??

The A4 sized notices are merely confirming the temporary TRO Any parking bays in the road should have also had suspended notices on them.

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I just wonder if it's worth me going to appeal this and start my representation to try and get my £140 back.

Unless the temporary TRO is defective, then I very much doubt it I'm afraid

Jamberson · 14th June 2009, 21:48

Were you parked in a designated bay in a controlled parking zone? If so, the temporary no parking would have been a formal bay suspension, and as Pat says, there should have been big notices in the immediate vicinnity stating the time and location of the suspension. Did you see these? Have you asked the council to confirm if they were up?

dx100uk · 14th June 2009, 23:23

this would also of been posted in the local press legal notices section

dx

rather_annoyed · 15th June 2009, 00:30

there were no parking bays as it was just a normal road

TheBogsDollocks · 15th June 2009, 00:40

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Originally Posted by rather_annoyed

there were no parking bays as it was just a normal road

Did you get my email?

rather_annoyed · 16th June 2009, 17:20

just gonna have a look now and see if i got it.............

Yes i got it. Thankyou very much and i'm sure this will be of much help.

14th June 2009, 18:03	#1 (permalink)
rather_annoyed Basic Account Holder Help the CAG!! Download our toolbar Free trial on our eBay auction sniper Cagger since : Jun 2009 Posts: 4	Council Towed my car away just to paint lines in the road!! I recently had my car towed away whilst i was at work for parking on a street that was due to have lines painted on the road. At the time, i was not aware that this was going to be taking place. I have since found out that the local council had tied an A4 sized sheet of paper to a lamp post to inform people of this. But lets be honest, who is going to look at an A4 sized piece of paper attached to a lamp post?? It said on the notice that it was an offence to be loading or waiting in that specific location. As i was parking there all day, i was neither waiting or loading/unloading. I have since got my car back after having to pay the £140 fee to get it back from the impound yard (£35 for a pcn and £105 for it being towed away!!). Do the council have a right to do this and should the notice of been substantially larger so everyone could read it?? I just wonder if it's worth me going to appeal this and start my representation to try and get my £140 back.

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Jamberson Basic Account Holder Help the CAG!! Download our toolbar Give yourself a better chance with our claims guides and litigation kits Cagger since : May 2009 Posts: 993	Re: Council Towed my car away just to paint lines in the road!! Were you parked in a designated bay in a controlled parking zone? If so, the temporary no parking would have been a formal bay suspension, and as Pat says, there should have been big notices in the immediate vicinnity stating the time and location of the suspension. Did you see these? Have you asked the council to confirm if they were up?

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rather_annoyed Basic Account Holder Help the CAG!! Download our toolbar Have we helped you? Please help us by making a donation Cagger since : Jun 2009 Posts: 4	Re: Council Towed my car away just to paint lines in the road!! just gonna have a look now and see if i got it............. Yes i got it. Thankyou very much and i'm sure this will be of much help. Last edited by rather_annoyed; 16th June 2009 at 17:27.