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Mr Mustard strikes again, but Barnet Council refuse to do the right thing and choose to retain unlawfully derived income instead. 

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19th February 2022
By Simon Allin  @SimonAllin3
Local Democracy Reporter, Barnet, Enfield and Haringey


Parking fine guru claims hundreds of tickets wrongly issued in Mill Hill



Barnet Council has been urged to refund thousands of pounds of income from parking tickets following a traffic order mix-up.

Derek Dishman, who uses the alias 'Mr Mustard' to fight people's parking fines, claims hundreds of penalty charge notices (PCNs) were incorrectly issued in a controlled parking zone (CPZ) that operates on event days near StoneX Stadium, the home of Saracens in Mill Hill.

The CPZ was introduced by the council in streets near the stadium in early 2013 using legal tools that regulate road traffic and parking known as traffic management orders (TMO).

The following year, the council moved to a mostly map-based TMO system. But during the switchover, some of the restrictions in Wheatley Close, Barford Close, Westside and Hall Lane, were missed off the map. The council published a new order in March last year correcting the omissions.

After trawling through a database of PCNs issued in the affected roads during the period before the council corrected the order, Mr Dishman, who lives locally, found 864, with all but 15 imposing a £110 penalty. Even accounting for those paid at a discount, he claimed the council would have raked in £45,720 from the erroneous tickets.

Mr Dishman said he believed it was “completely immoral” for the council to issue penalties they did not have the power to issue “because they messed up their own rules”.

He added: “The only morally correct course to correct the situation is to refund the money.”

A council spokesperson said: “The council has not consulted on any changes to exclude any roads from the event day controlled parking zone from the previous event day traffic management order, prior to 2014 when the consolidated traffic management orders were made, nor had it made changes to the parking arrangements, such as the signs and lines, which indicate the restrictions that are in operation during event days, and are intended to protect residents from anti-social parking which may arise on event days.

“When the council became aware that there was an omission in the consolidated traffic management order and associated map tiles, action was taken to rectify the error. When necessary, we will undertake housekeeping exercises to correct omissions or discrepancies in maintaining the council’s traffic management order database.

“Should anyone wish to appeal a penalty charge notice, then they should contact the council directly. Anyone in receipt of penalty charge notice has the right of appeal at the time the notice has been issued and set out in accordance with the statutory process. The statutory process provides the opportunity to take the case to an independent adjudicator whereby the case is reviewed, and a decision made by which both appellant and the council are legally bound.”

https://www.times-series.co.uk/news/19937276.parking-fine-guru-claims-hundreds-tickets-wrongly-issued-mill-hill/
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