News of an East Finchley
resident’s parking permit ordeal in last month’s Archer brought to mind my own
dealings with Barnet Council over my parking permit earlier this year.
I had renewed my permit in good time – a marked increase in
the charge for living in a CPZ
area, thank you Barnet Council – but I did not receive it in the post before
the old one expired. As directed by Barnet Parking Services, I printed out a
copy of the permit from an email attachment and placed it on the dashboard of
my car. This copy was clearly displayed, although I was still calling the Council
over a week later asking when I was going to receive the real permit.
One Saturday morning, I found a penalty charge notice stuck
on my car, informing me that I had infringed parking regulations by not
displaying a valid permit (despite the fact that a print-out of said permit was
clearly visible). I removed this, only to find that when I returned to my car
an hour later another penalty had been issued!
I emailed Barnet Parking Services to protest against both
charges, attaching a photograph I had taken of the print-out permit showing it
clearly displayed on the dashboard. In the event, the charges were overturned.
My conclusion from this experience is that it always helps
to have photographic evidence!
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