It is now 11am on Bank Holiday Monday, the roast is in the oven for a family get-together and I have spent the last hour trying to appeal a penalty charge notice that we received this morning!
Having lived at our current address on Wakefield Road
for just over a year I almost expected this but feel the need to comment on the ridiculous behaviour of our council.
We have a parking permit due to previous problems with people from the Copley data centre using our parking spaces while they are in work. Permits are needed to park between 8am to 6pm Monday to Friday.
Almost every bank holiday the wardens can be seen checking for permits and, unfortunately, ours had slipped down and could not fully be seen.
So at 8.12am – while we were having a much-deserved lie-in – the penalty was issued.
Having tried to appeal online unsuccesfully (obviously, they are on holiday!) I have had to spend time writing a letter so as not to pay to park outside my own house.
We can only have one visitor so we'll have to watch out all day if anyone else wants to visit or else there will be further fines! What a waste of time and energy this council causes us.
Happy Holidays!
GR Taylor The full article contains 236 words and appears in n/a newspaper.
