Stockport dad's parking fine cancelled after M&S complaint

Summarised from Manchester Evening News's report · Updated 13 Oct, 08:19 · Archive

A parking fine issued to a Stockport man at a Peel Centre car park has been cancelled after media coverage.

Tim Coates parked at the Peel Centre in Stockport on 22 June to visit Marks and Spencer but received a £100 fine from Ocean Parking, the firm that operates the site. The company's rules require cars to be completely between white lines. A photo showed his tyre on the white line. The fine increased to £170, and Coates said he never received an email telling him his appeal had been lost.

Ocean Parking has now cancelled the fine following a request from Peel Centre owners Peel L&P on 2 October, shortly after the Manchester Evening News covered Coates' complaint. Coates said he believed key documents had been left out when the fine was first issued. He told the Manchester Evening News: 'It's about time. Some common sense has prevailed.' He said he raised the issue to highlight what he sees as unfairness in privately operated car parks and to 'stop people falling into the same trap', rather than to get the fine cancelled.

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• New twist in saga of Stockport dad fined when he went to shop at M&STim Coates said he wanted to highlight what he sees as unfairness and ‘stop people falling into the same trap’.Manchester Evening News · 13 Oct, 06:17

In this story: Tim Coates · Ocean Parking · Peel Centre · Peel L&P · Stockport · Marks and Spencer

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