Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Haringey Revelaed as Nation's 2nd Harshest Borough for Parking Penalty Appeals
At the end of 2019, the Hey Car car marketplace submitted Freedom of Information requests to every city and borough council in the country to uncover just how inconsistent councils are when it comes to adjudicating on parking appeals.
Whilst in some councils 91% of appeals are successful, in others the picture is very different. Haringey is the nation's second harshest borough, allowing just 9% of appeals.
Data revealed that more than 350,000 parking appeals were submitted nationwide between January 2019 and September 2019 - with one in three (34%) succeeding.
The harshest councils were revealed as:
- Chelmsford (0.1% of appeals won)
- London Haringey (9%)
- London Greenwich, London Merton and London Sutton (12%)
- Leeds (13%)
- And London Waltham Forest (19%)
London motorists face very different outcomes depending on where they are caught parking illegally - with five councils featuring in the harsh list, but in contrast those issued with parking fines in London Lambeth can almost be guaranteed a successful appeal.
The places most likely to accept a parking appeal across the UK were:
- London Lambeth (91%)
- Milton Keynes (90%)
- Portsmouth (69%)
- Wigan (67%)
- Kirklees, Yorkshire and Coventry (both 60%)
The results of this FOI submission come just over a year after Haringey was revealed as the nation's ninth highest (and London's eighth highest) parking fines earner.
What truly rubs salt in the wound with this is that Haringey is also four times harsher than the notoriously tough operators of private car parks, Which? Magazine has just revealed:
A new report from Parking on Private Land Appeals (POPLA) has revealed 40% of parking ticket appeals referred to it between October 2018 – September 2019 resulted in cancelled changes.
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Permalink Reply by Hugh on
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There are two sets of appeals we're looking at now. Those addressed by the original post ARE decided by Haringey. They are arguably harsh and it is Haringey who must own the results.
As to the second set of appeals, the Tribunal ones that you addressed in your comment, I agree that the outcomes could be down to a whole host of factors; and that should be borne in mind. However, whatever the drivers are, apologies if I wasn't clear, Haringey doesn't have a low level of PCNs being successfully appealed; it's in the bottom quartile for upholds, the top quartile for successful appeals.
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Permalink Reply by Michael Anderson on
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Thanks Hugh. As I’ve never had a parking ticket in my life the mechanics are a mystery to me
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Permalink Reply by Bob Ruggles on
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Sure my last local ticket appeal was rejected by a contractor. Not the Council. I am aware that Council pays for cancelled and appeals. As part of Pcn licencing fee.. From my days in Parking Services. Well aware that many tickets was falsely issued . Including destroyed vehicles. But they now have to photograph vehicle and restriction. Which stops most none offences.
Reason motorist have sprayed out restriction plates. And burnt off yellow lines
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