A woman who was fined after her parking permit came unstuck from her windscreen on a hot day has slammed the council for the "unfair" charge. Lana Haverstock, who lives in Raphael Road, Hove, came home from work in London on a scorching day last month to see her car safely parked as usual. But when Ms Haverstock, a lecturer at a London university, got closer, to her dismay she saw there was a parking ticket attached to her windscreen.
Lana Haverstock got home from work to see a fine on her car, despite having an in-date permit (Image: Lana Haverstock) The distressed 51-year-old she looked into her car and saw her in-date resident's permit still visible on the passenger seat. Ms Haverstock appealed against the fine but it was rejected on Tuesday on the grounds that the council had “reviewed the quality of the adhesive used in 2023”. The university lecturer said she then checked other vehicles in her street and found permits in 15 of the 25 cars parked there had unpeeled and unattached from their windscreens.
She said: “The permits were expiring in 2024/25 so would have had the revised adhesive. It is clearly due to poor quality.” When making her appeal, Ms Haverstock attached images of her car and the peeled off permit but it was rejected on “insufficient grounds”.
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