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I was interested to read Theresa O'Neill's letter about getting a parking ticket because of the tree pruning. Almost exactly the same thing happened to me last year. A notice went up outside my house stating that the road had to be cleared on a certain date for tree clearing. The numbered houses did not include mine, so I left my car parked outside my home (not near a tree). On the day of the pruning (a Monday), I found a parking attendant sticking a ticket on my car, and when I protested and pointed to the sign outside my house (which did not include my house number), he pointed to a sign two hundred yards away at the end of the street, which did mention my house number but which had definitely not been up in the weeks before, as the other notice had. I believe it was put up over the weekend, and as I was away for the weekend, I never had a chance to see it. I think someone at the council put this notice up having realised their mistake in not mentioning my house number in the original notice.

I wrote to the council, explaining what had happened, with photographs of the notices outside my house and the one two hundred yards away but my appeal was ignored. I just did not have the energy to take it further but I still burn with rage about it. I do not think it was a scam but simply the council covering up an error and then being totally unreasonable about my very reasonable appeal. I am not surprised to see that it's still going on now.

Emma Dally
Falkland Road