Fines double against Lancashire Motorists ...

... but a massive blunder by Parkwise (between April and September 2007, 57,868 tickets were issued by Parkwise across the Lancashire County Council area) which could result in £millions of refunds.

Following closely on the heels of refunds in Sheffield and Nottingham and the exposure of Leeds unlawful enforcement practices relating to signing and paperwork non-compliance it now looks like the turn of the Lancashire authorities to have the tables turned.

The timing of Matthew Squires article in the Lancashire Evening Post could not have been better. By 5pm on Monday it is anticipated that local authorities across Lancashire will be checking their parking enforcement notices and taking advice from lawyers. We will reveal more on Monday but suffice to say that any motorist who has parted with any money for a parking ticket in Lancashire in the past six years should mark http://www.parkingappeals.co.uk/ as a 'favourite' ready for the revelations.


Fines double against Lancashire motorists
Published Date: 13 June 2008
By Matthew Squires

More than double the number of parking tickets have been slapped on Lancashire drivers since private traffic wardens were introduced, it has been revealed.

Campaigners today held the findings up as yet more evidence that council-run parking enforcement is about nothing more than making a "fast buck return".

Before local authorities took over full responsibility for parking, police took 48,706 "actions" across the county in 2002, including giving out parking tickets and written warnings and taking court proceedings.

Three years later, by which time councils had taken full responsibility, 108,771 parking tickets were dished out. The figure includes fines handed out by authorities in Blackpool and Blackburn. That would have raked in £6.5m, based on each ticket carrying a £60 fine – and the number of drivers hit with fines has continued to soar.

In the six months between April and September 2007, 57,868 tickets were issued by Parkwise across the Lancashire County Council area.

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