Council apologises after entire car park ticketed by mistake

The error occurred after a decision was wrongly taken to close off the car park.
Drivers who parked at Railway Place and Duke Street car parks in High Wycombe this week will have the tickets cancelled, Buckinghamshire Council has confirmed (PA)
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Catherine Wylie17 May 2023
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A council has apologised after all the vehicles in a car park were ticketed by mistake.

Drivers who parked at Railway Place and Duke Street car parks in High Wycombe this week will have the tickets cancelled, Buckinghamshire Council has confirmed.

The council said the error occurred after a decision was wrongly taken to close off the entire car park when a suspension should have been limited to a smaller area to allow for installation of new EV charging bays.

We are sorry for any inconvenience and upset caused

Councillor Steven Broadbent

Councillor Steven Broadbent, Buckinghamshire Council’s cabinet member for transport said: “We want to apologise to the people who parked at Railway Place and Duke Street car parks in High Wycombe this week and who received parking tickets during a closure of the car park.

“Whilst we do enforce parking across the county these tickets should not have been issued and we will be reversing the parking tickets (PCNs) to everyone who received them.

“Only a small number of parking bays should have been closed to install brand new EV charging bays rather than the whole car park and we did not give our customers enough notice of this action.

“We are sorry for any inconvenience and upset caused. Anyone who has been ticketed should take no further action as the notices will be cancelled, and anyone who has already paid the PCN charge will be refunded.”

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