Graham asks Council to stop unfair Massie street parking fines

by Lib Dem team on 23 June, 2018

Graham Greenhalgh has asked the Council to sort out the problem where someone can by a ticket for Massie Street East car park and get fined for parking on Massie Street West – despite them being just yards apart.

Often you can park on one and the nearest ticket machine will be on the other. People don’t realise they’re classed as different car parks by the council. The problem also happens if you pay online.

The Lib Dem team say that ff someone’s parked, bought a ticket and displayed it, that should be OK. The Council shouldn’t be fining people over technicalities. Not only is it unfair, but it discourages people from coming to Cheadle so local shops and businesses lose trade.

   9 Comments

9 Responses

  1. Bruce says:

    I thought it was one car park!

    Not that I park there as I object to having to pay to park my car to shop local.

    I should be free for one hour.

  2. Alan says:

    Seems to be that the councils view is, we’ll penalise people who pay and let off those who break the law, nice!

  3. ruth says:

    Does this mean that if the one machine on the Tesco side is broken you don’t have to pay? I doubt it.

    • Adele says:

      The car park attendant actually told me a fortnight ago that if the machine behind Tesco is out of order you don’t need to get a ticket as it’s the only machine in that carpark. I’m not sure if I would trust this but if they’re going to penalise you anyway for getting one from other carpark there’s no point!

  4. Les says:

    Unless it is for management purposes there is no need for the car parks to have different numbers. Wardens should be instructed to accept valid tickets from any of the machines.

  5. Jane says:

    What a jobsworth!! No ticket, then fine but my God, are they actually giving tickets to people who’ve gone to a machine & paid to park? I too thought this was just one big car park. Hope the people fined get refunded.

  6. Frederick KENNY says:

    This makes you think – who are the council working for – themselves or the long suffering and overtaxed council tax payers?

    Whoever created this ludicrous situation should be sacked – however, as we all know this never happens.

  7. John says:

    Disgusting. I had no idea that this was the case. I, like most people, understood that both areas were part of the same car park. I have seen no signage to indicate otherwise and, if such is the case, that would provide evidence to overturn any attempted fine.
    It sounds like the council are only interested in raising easy money by any means possible.
    I look forward to reading about successful court cases against the council.

  8. Dave Hulme says:

    I’ve actually driven from Massie Street West to Massie Street East with a still-valid ticket because my wife had a problem walking at the time, and this was my solution. This could have been costly.
    Where does it say that your ticket only applies to the car park you’re in? I would think that a legal notice would be necessary to protect the council’s completely unacceptable policy.
    If a brave motorist actually decided not to pay and let the council proceed with warning letters, debt collectors hammering on the door for an unpaid penalty, then county court proceedings….would a judge decide in the motorist’s favour? I would call it natural justice if she did.
    The situation is outrageous, and designed to catch out the unwary.
    The council is acting no better than the private car park sharks, i.e. the Peel Centre car park operators.

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