Campaigner targets NCP 'victims'
This is Lancashire
By Caroline Innes
A NATIONAL parking campaigner has vowed to help motorists who were "unfairly ticketed" by NCP for not parking correctly in bays.
Fine-buster Neil Herron has urged all drivers who were ticketed on the free-to-park Peel leisure and retail park, Lower Audley Street, Blackburn, to send him their tickets for not parking correctly so he can challenge their legality.
Mr Herron, who has won legal battles across the country, claims NCP - which controls the parking on behalf of shops on the site -is simply "money making".
Last week the Lancashire Telegraph revealed scores of angry shoppers had received £25 parking tickets because their cars were not parked entirely within white lines of parking bays.
Shoppers coming out of Matalan, Staples and the nearby Vue Cinema were outraged to find tickets on their cars, the wheels of some of which were only just touching markings.
A spokesperson for NCP said drivers would continue to receive the £25 tickets until they learnt to park properly.
Mr Herron urged any motorist with a ticket to contact him so he could consolidate all the appeals into one case. He believes the tickets cannot be enforced as do not state whether they are for the driver or registered keeper of the vehicle.
He added: "We have another parking horror story where common sense is not applied.
"I am willing to assist all these aggrieved motorists and we will see whether NCP has the stomach for a highly public fight. It is quite simple - they can cancel the tickets or take us to court."
Mr Heron was instrumental in successful challenges to Bury Council and Sunderland City Council last year. Both authorities were forced to drop any outstanding PCNs which did not display a date of issue.
Last year he also proved dozens of motorists qualified for rebates after Blackburn with Darwen Council incorrectly intro-duced parking restrictions in taxi ranks.
An NCP spokesperson: "We have always tried to be firm but fair to make parking easy for everyone.
"If a mistake has been made and people have been ticketed unfairly we will listen to them."
Motorists can email Neil, at: mail@thepeoplesnocampaign.co.uk and metricmartyrs@btconnect.com or phone him on 0191 565 7143.
By Caroline Innes
A NATIONAL parking campaigner has vowed to help motorists who were "unfairly ticketed" by NCP for not parking correctly in bays.
Fine-buster Neil Herron has urged all drivers who were ticketed on the free-to-park Peel leisure and retail park, Lower Audley Street, Blackburn, to send him their tickets for not parking correctly so he can challenge their legality.
Mr Herron, who has won legal battles across the country, claims NCP - which controls the parking on behalf of shops on the site -is simply "money making".
Last week the Lancashire Telegraph revealed scores of angry shoppers had received £25 parking tickets because their cars were not parked entirely within white lines of parking bays.
Shoppers coming out of Matalan, Staples and the nearby Vue Cinema were outraged to find tickets on their cars, the wheels of some of which were only just touching markings.
A spokesperson for NCP said drivers would continue to receive the £25 tickets until they learnt to park properly.
Mr Herron urged any motorist with a ticket to contact him so he could consolidate all the appeals into one case. He believes the tickets cannot be enforced as do not state whether they are for the driver or registered keeper of the vehicle.
He added: "We have another parking horror story where common sense is not applied.
"I am willing to assist all these aggrieved motorists and we will see whether NCP has the stomach for a highly public fight. It is quite simple - they can cancel the tickets or take us to court."
Mr Heron was instrumental in successful challenges to Bury Council and Sunderland City Council last year. Both authorities were forced to drop any outstanding PCNs which did not display a date of issue.
Last year he also proved dozens of motorists qualified for rebates after Blackburn with Darwen Council incorrectly intro-duced parking restrictions in taxi ranks.
An NCP spokesperson: "We have always tried to be firm but fair to make parking easy for everyone.
"If a mistake has been made and people have been ticketed unfairly we will listen to them."
Motorists can email Neil, at: mail@thepeoplesnocampaign.co.uk and metricmartyrs@btconnect.com or phone him on 0191 565 7143.
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