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Harry Gration & The Save The Futurist Proposal

Supporters of the Save The Futurist campaign will be gratified to know that Harry Gration from BBC Look North has sent best wishes to the campaign. Thanks Harry! Heading for Scarborough tomorrow. Looking at the Futurist. Can it be saved..Big [...]

January 6, 2017 Scarborough Borough Council

Parking Appeal – The Tribunal

This appeal to the Traffic Penalty Tribunal is tailored for Scarborough residents who’ve received a PCN after being parked in an on-street parking bay in one of the residential parking zones. Detail is here. Zone map is here. The same [...]

January 6, 2017 North Yorkshire County Council, Scarborough Borough Council

PCN Procedure for CPZs

A number of people have started to receive replies they’ve made to the council about the Penalty Charge Notices (PCN) they’ve received. This article details the PCN procedure so you know what to expect and when. Please do not ignore [...]

January 6, 2017 North Yorkshire County Council, Scarborough Borough Council

SBC: Disc Zone PCN Appeals

Disc Zone PCN Appeal This appeal is tailored for Scarborough residents who’ve received a PCN after being parked in an on-street parking bay in one of Scarborough’s residential parking zones. Zone map is here. The same text can currently be [...]

January 6, 2017 North Yorkshire County Council, Scarborough Borough Council
County Hall - Northallerton

Councils Refuse Parking Refunds

As seen in the Scarborough News yesterday, YCR earlier in the week and confirmed on the SBC and NYCC websites, the councils are refusing to refund PCNs after Scarborough’s Disc Zone was ruled “unenforceable” and “an inelegant mess” by the [...]

December 30, 2016 North Yorkshire County Council, Scarborough Borough Council

UKIP’s Disc Zone Parking Statement

UKIP’s Scarborough & Whitby Borough Councillors have made the following statement regarding the Traffic Penalty Tribunal’s judgement that Scarborough & Whitby’s Disc Zone are legally unenforceable. UKIP Scarborough and Whitby are very disappointed to learn that despite our enquiries just [...]

December 22, 2016 North Yorkshire County Council, Scarborough Borough Council

SBC: “Let Us Fine Homeless People”

Less than a week to go until Scarborough Borough Council’s latest consultation closes. The consultation concerns a Public Space Protection Order (PSPO) in the wider Scarborough town centre area. A PSPO is an order which allows local authorities to ban [...]

December 21, 2016 Scarborough Borough Council

Councils Lose Parking War

It began in May 2014 when a member of the public contacted the North Yorks Enquirer about a Scarborough shop owner who had accumulated over a thousand parking PCNs (Penalty Charge Notice). At £75 per PCN and adding in court [...]

December 12, 2016 North Yorkshire County Council, Scarborough Borough Council

Open Letter to SBC Senior Officers

Dear Messers Dillon, Edwards, Watson and Mrs Dixon, In the wake of the Marriott scandal, which highlighted Scarborough Borough Council’s unwillingness to investigate alleged corruption within the council, which Judge Humphrey Forrest called a “Whitewash“, a number of you were [...]

November 14, 2016 Scarborough Borough Council

SBC: Futurist Press Release Puzzle

SBC have released information regarding the Futurist: “Following Scarborough Borough councillors’ decision in September 2014 to take responsibility for demolishing buildings on the site of the Futurist theatre in Scarborough, a further report on the final cost implications of the [...]

November 5, 2016 Scarborough Borough Council