Is Sunderland Councils parking Regime unlawful? ...Clock ticking

Christine Heslop
City Solicitor's Office
Sunderland City Council
Sunderland Civic Centre
Sunderland
SR2 7DN

Dear Mrs. Heslop,

Further to our telephone conversation of Tuesday 3rd May 2005 I would be grateful for answers to the following questions:

1. Can you confirm that Sunderland City Council is operating a Controlled Parking Zone (CPZ) in the City Centre?

2. Can you confirm your statement that a CPZ Order is not in place?

3. I understand from Earl Belshaw that a 'twenty year old' CPZ Order is contained in the Consolidation Order. Can you confirm whether that this is or is not the case and provide me a copy of the relevant Consolidation Order along with the CPZ Order clearly marked?

4. Can you confirm that a CPZ Order is negated if any of the signs detailing the zone are correct?

5. Information provided by the Department for Transport in their leaflet, "How Parking is Managed" under the 'Penalties and Payments' Section it states "Local Authorities have six months to collect unpaid parking penalties."
Can you confirm that this is correct?

Yours sincerely,

Neil Herron

cc Ged Fitzgerald, Chief Executive, Sunderland City Council