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Car Towed Away by Bristol City Council., Advice needed
SpartanSaver
post Thu, 25 Apr 2019 - 15:54
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I work in Bristol's water front once every 6 to 8 weeks. I am contracted by a venue in the water front and the GM of the venue had given me permission to use the car park around the back.

I worked there on Saturday night and when I returned my car was gone (towed away) Apparently 6 weeks ago Bristol City Council had changed the rules of parking on this site : all vehicles need to have parking permits displayed. Unfortunately no one made me aware of this and anyone driving and parking there would fail to see the signs as 1) they are facing the opposite direction from the incoming flow of traffic 2) they are not at driver's eye level 3) they are hard to read (very small print and unlit) 4) they weren't even close to the spot where I parked. Also my car was not obstructing anyone or anything.

I paid £126 on my credit card to get the car released the next day.

My question is, how much of a case do I have here as I have photographic evidence of the signs poor location and visibility ? Has anyone been in a similar situation ? As the signs are virtually undetectable as you park it is unrealistic for a driver to agree to the terms and conditions if he/she hasn't seen them (hence no contract could have been made) ?

Are there any good templates that have been used by members of this forum which helped them in their appeal ?

Any advice would be really appreciated.

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- SpartanSaver   Car Towed Away by Bristol City Council.   Thu, 25 Apr 2019 - 15:54
- - PASTMYBEST   Very rare outside London, but the same rules apply...   Thu, 25 Apr 2019 - 16:12
- - SpartanSaver   Thanks PasyMyBest. The only document I have is m...   Thu, 25 Apr 2019 - 18:54
|- - DancingDad   QUOTE (SpartanSaver @ Thu, 25 Apr 2019 ...   Thu, 25 Apr 2019 - 19:16
|- - SpartanSaver   QUOTE (DancingDad @ Thu, 25 Apr 2019 - 2...   Fri, 26 Apr 2019 - 09:06
|- - cp8759   QUOTE (SpartanSaver @ Fri, 26 Apr 2019 ...   Fri, 26 Apr 2019 - 15:47
|- - SpartanSaver   QUOTE (cp8759 @ Fri, 26 Apr 2019 - 16...   Sun, 28 Apr 2019 - 14:50
- - PASTMYBEST   read regulation 11 here www.legislation.gov.uk/uk...   Thu, 25 Apr 2019 - 19:25
- - hcandersen   OP, we must, must see documents please.   Fri, 26 Apr 2019 - 09:08
- - cp8759   Right, so they have removed the vehicle under the ...   Sun, 28 Apr 2019 - 15:13
|- - DancingDad   QUOTE (cp8759 @ Sun, 28 Apr 2019 - 16...   Sun, 28 Apr 2019 - 21:31
|- - SpartanSaver   QUOTE (cp8759 @ Sun, 28 Apr 2019 - 16...   Mon, 29 Apr 2019 - 20:34
- - PASTMYBEST   Docks, so a bye law offence not decriminalized par...   Sun, 28 Apr 2019 - 15:21
- - Mad Mick V   +1 They state it's private land probably owne...   Sun, 28 Apr 2019 - 16:17
- - cp8759   They state that the vehicle was removed under the ...   Sun, 28 Apr 2019 - 20:42
- - Mad Mick V   OP---where exactly did you park--can you provide a...   Mon, 29 Apr 2019 - 06:08
|- - SpartanSaver   QUOTE (Mad Mick V @ Mon, 29 Apr 2019 - 0...   Mon, 29 Apr 2019 - 20:55
- - DancingDad   Would be useful if we knew which car park please ?   Mon, 29 Apr 2019 - 06:42
- - hcandersen   OP, this is unusual for us and we're outside t...   Mon, 29 Apr 2019 - 09:04
|- - cp8759   QUOTE (hcandersen @ Mon, 29 Apr 2019 - 1...   Mon, 29 Apr 2019 - 16:25
- - hcandersen   Don't challenge, enquire. We don't know w...   Mon, 29 Apr 2019 - 20:39
|- - SpartanSaver   QUOTE (hcandersen @ Mon, 29 Apr 2019 - 2...   Mon, 29 Apr 2019 - 21:24
- - Mad Mick V   Lots of private property and Dock signs in that ar...   Mon, 29 Apr 2019 - 22:20
- - cp8759   Post a final draft here before sending it. hcander...   Mon, 29 Apr 2019 - 22:20
- - SpartanSaver   Hi guys, Apologies - I saw the last couple of pos...   Tue, 14 May 2019 - 07:36
- - Mad Mick V   They appear able to tow under this Article:- http...   Tue, 14 May 2019 - 08:11
- - hcandersen   I don't think they know what they're sayin...   Tue, 14 May 2019 - 10:34
- - cp8759   hcandersen from a quick search it looks like Brist...   Wed, 15 May 2019 - 21:20
|- - SpartanSaver   QUOTE (cp8759 @ Wed, 15 May 2019 - 22...   Mon, 20 May 2019 - 22:12
- - Mad Mick V   @cp8759 Read the PFA Art 55 again--it gives them t...   Thu, 16 May 2019 - 05:55
- - cp8759   Sorry Mick but the POFA doesn't give any towin...   Fri, 17 May 2019 - 00:36
- - Mad Mick V   @cp8759 We'll have to disagree on the POFA esp...   Fri, 17 May 2019 - 08:15
|- - cp8759   QUOTE (Mad Mick V @ Fri, 17 May 2019 - 0...   Sat, 18 May 2019 - 17:19
- - hcandersen   Their approach is b******s: Picking up on the ref...   Tue, 21 May 2019 - 10:01
|- - cp8759   QUOTE (hcandersen @ Tue, 21 May 2019 - 1...   Tue, 21 May 2019 - 16:11
- - cp8759   We can't work off a transcript. Post up their ...   Tue, 21 May 2019 - 17:02
- - SpartanSaver   Apologies for the late reply CP8759. I've been...   Sun, 9 Jun 2019 - 15:28
- - hcandersen   Clearly not a statutory power under the TMA but a ...   Sun, 9 Jun 2019 - 16:38
|- - cp8759   QUOTE (hcandersen @ Sun, 9 Jun 2019 - 17...   Mon, 10 Jun 2019 - 11:57
- - PASTMYBEST   Seems strange to me that they exercise a statutory...   Sun, 9 Jun 2019 - 16:54
- - Mad Mick V   I would not forget about the LA Ombudsman. The key...   Mon, 10 Jun 2019 - 15:47
- - cp8759   I would go via the pre-action letter because, if n...   Mon, 10 Jun 2019 - 16:06
- - SpartanSaver   My apologies CP8759. No worries , that will be r...   Thu, 13 Jun 2019 - 10:07
|- - cp8759   QUOTE (SpartanSaver @ Thu, 13 Jun 2019 ...   Thu, 13 Jun 2019 - 17:47
- - SpartanSaver   Hi CP8759 Below are the screen shots of the emai...   Fri, 14 Jun 2019 - 10:58
- - cp8759   I've got everything I need, this will take a f...   Sat, 15 Jun 2019 - 16:46
- - SpartanSaver   You are an absolute star. Thank you for this. When...   Sun, 16 Jun 2019 - 20:51
- - cp8759   Sorry for the delay, but as I said the limitation ...   Fri, 5 Jul 2019 - 12:23
|- - SpartanSaver   QUOTE (cp8759 @ Fri, 5 Jul 2019 - 13...   Sat, 6 Jul 2019 - 10:59
- - Mad Mick V   Superb letter CP. Mick   Sat, 6 Jul 2019 - 12:06
- - cp8759   Any updates?   Mon, 9 Sep 2019 - 19:25


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