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Victory in Leeds parking ticket row
PARKING ROW: John Bailey next to the double yellow lines by The Grove Inn on Stone Row.
A retired detective has won an apology from parking chiefs after successfully overturning a parking ticket.
Now he wants Leeds City Council to check through parking tickets handed out on the same street to ensure other drivers aren’t out of pocket.
And John Bailey wants the council to pay him compensation for his time spent investigation the incident.
He was wrongly given a ticket when he parked on private land not covered by waiting restrictions.
Not only were double yellow lines laid too far along Stone Row, Holbeck, Leeds but the ticket wrongly claimed he was parked in Back Row.
He had parked on the drive of The Grove pub and within part of Stone Row not covered by a no parking order.
After the ticket, Mr Bailey found council highways maps which showed restrictions ended before reaching the pub drive.
He challenged the ticket because it claimed his car was in Back Row and asked for £20 for inconvenience.
The council dismissed his challenge despite council photographs showing the pub with a Stone Row street name.
Parking appeals officer Amanda James insisted his car was in Back Row on pavement governed by double yellow lines.
Mr Bailey then obtained council proof that the pub drive was private land and the parking regulation did not reach it, but on October 21 he received a letter from parking manager Mark Jefford reaffirming the ticket and stating compensation was only payable after “clear and significant mistakes”.
But on November 2, Steve Milligan, parking processing manager, apologised and the ticket was cancelled.
Mr Bailey said: “I believe all tickets issued since yellow lines were laid in Stone Row should be withdrawn. But what about those in Stone Row with tickets endorsed as Back Row?
“You can’t have a better illustration of a council mistake when traffic warden and staff failed to recognise the correct location even when pointed out.”
A council spokeswoman promised to investigate similar complaints.
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Justin Keenan
Monday, January 16, 2012 at 07:23 PMI know of a number of people ticketed at this exact location. Including the Landlady of the grove who has been effectively ticketed for parking on her own driveway! The council have not refunded any of those illegally obtained funds.
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