Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council unlawfully issuing Parking Tickets

Breaking news in Lancashire...another Local Authority has been caught bang to rights issuing Penalty Charge Notices unlawfully...this time Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council.

A case was decided by the NPAS Adjudicator on 29th July 2005 in favour of the appellant because the Council did not have a valid Traffic Regulation Order. In this instance it was the Borough of Blackburn with Darwen (Off Street Parking Places and Revocation) Order 2004 and was supposed to come into force on May 24th 2004.
The trouble is that it referes to an 'excess charge of £40' being due but the Penalty Charge issued is for £60. Therefore, the Council's failure to amend the TRO and the discrepancy with regard to the charges means that the TRO is unenforceable and so is the penalty which has not been set by the Council

This is the tip of a very large iceberg and is expanding into a national problem.

Blackburn Council's problems are only just beginning. The story will be breaking in the press shortly and as with Sunderland Council they will be forced to refund the monies obtained unlawfully to all those aggrieved motorists out there.

As more news breaks in different parts of the country we will report it and begin to build up a dossier against all the offending authorities.

Get your friends to register their e-mail with us and it could save them a lot of money when we uncover their own Local Authority's mistakes.

Simply send an e-mail to metricmartyrs@btconnect.com titled 'Parking List.'