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Almost 2,000 parking penalty notices were handed out last year in North East Lincolnshire Council -owned car parks for not clearly having a pay and display ticket. There were 1,885 instances of motorists being issued with penalties for either parking in car parks without a pay and display ticket, or not clearly showing it. There were also over 1,500 issued for parking in restricted streets during prescribed hours, according to Freedom of Information (FOI)-obtained data by Grimsby Live .

Eight per cent of all parking tickets issued were successfully appealed in 2023/24. A council spokesperson said the number of challenges usually increases with a rise in penalty charge notices (PCNs) issued. They are also not always cancelled because of being issued incorrectly - they may be out of goodwill, or due to valid exemptions.



Read More: Increase in the number of parking fines issued in North East Lincolnshire Red Arrows make special donation to Andy's hospice in Grimsby Three breach reasons saw over a thousand PCNs issued for them in 2023/24. There were 1,048 for stopping in a restricted area, outside the likes of a school or hospital. Since just before September 2022 with Signhills Academy, Cleethorpes , the council has rolled out to a number of schools CCTV enforcement cameras to discourage and fine those who stop outside schools.

The fifth most common reason was people using disabled bays without a Blue Badge. The top ten reasons people were issued with PCNs last year are below. P.

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