In 2017, Scarborough Borough Council (SBC) and North Yorkshire County Council (NYCC) went to the Traffic Penalty Tribunal to overturn a decision which branded the Scarborough Controlled Parking Zone (CPZ) an “inelegant mess” and consequently “unenforceable”. The councils managed to [...]
In response to the Traffic Penalty Tribunal Adjudicator informing North Yorkshire local authorities that the “No permits or scratchcards” signage they are using in Whitby and Scarborough is illegal, NYCC have issued a statement. County Hall will likely now want [...]
Scarborough Borough Council’s Parking Portfolio Holder, Cllr Randerson responds to the council losing another Traffic Penalty Tribunal case: Mr Thorne’s article although quite probably interesting to some is after I investigated these claims also rather misleading ! The article is [...]
On the 16th August 2019 Scarborough Borough Council (SBC) lost another case at the Traffic Penalty Tribunal. Maggie Kennedy, Adjudicator for the Traffic Penalty Tribunal, described SBC’s town centre Controlled Parking Zone as an “an inelegant mess” and concluded the [...]
On the 20th October North Yorkshire County Council (NYCC) have unlawfully proposed to increase the price of parking permits to cover a ‘shortfall’ of £123,000. The shortfall appears to have been conjured out of thin air. The Road Traffic Regulation [...]
My dispute with Scarborough Borough Council (SBC) and North Yorkshire County Council (NYCC) with regard to Scarborough’s Residents’ Priority Parking Zone has resulted in a decision which has clarified the situation. PCNs issued AFTER 18th March 2013 are probably enforceable. [...]
On the 22nd December 2016, North Yorkshire County Council (NYCC) and Scarborough Borough Council (SBC) released a joint statement regarding a judgment made by the UK Government’s Independent Parking Adjudicator, the Traffic Penalty Tribunal. The Tribunal ruled on December 9th [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
