PCN cancellation due to mitigating circumstances specifically for blue badge holders
Dear Leicestershire County Council,
FOI #235347 you have stated
“The Leicestershire Partnership will cancel the first PCN is respect of a valid blue badge being incorrectly displayed but any further PCNs may not be cancelled as a matter of routine. As with all PCNs mitigating circumstances will always be considered which could lead to additional PCNs being cancelled regardless of the parking contravention. Mitigation is considered on an individual basis.”
I would like to understand how the claim made in the final sentence turns out in practice, as evidence suggests the bar is set very high.
Can you please provide:
a) A copy of the instructions/guidance notes provided to staff to assist them when considering mitigation. If there are none, what other information is available to ensure consistency?
b) a few varying examples to demonstrate what you regard as mitigating circumstances (i.e. to show the scope of what you have said above)
c) the number of PCNs cancelled due to what you have accepted as mitigating circumstances for any other than the first (i.e. to show the volume of what you have claimed above).
Yours faithfully,
Rose Cullingford
Rose Cullingford
[FOI #242768 email]
05/12/2014
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 - INFORMATION REQUEST
FOI Request Number :5946
Description :Penalty Charge Notice Discretion
Dear Rose Cullingford,
Thank you for your request for information received on 04/12/2014.
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Yours sincerely
Rosie Kanani
Rose Cullingford
[FOI #242768 email]
23/12/2014
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 - INFORMATION REQUEST
FOI Request Number :5946
Description :Penalty Charge Notice Discretion
Dear Rose Cullingford,
I can confirm that the information requested is held by Leicestershire County Council. Your request for information has now been considered and the information is available from http://axlr8.leicsfoi.org.uk/disclosureL...
If you do have difficulty in accessing the information please contact me on 0116 305 5284 or [Leicestershire County Council request email], quoting the FOI Request Number.
If you are unhappy with the way Leicestershire County Council has handled your request you may ask for an internal review. You can contact the Assurance Officer at Leicestershire County Council, Room 170, County Hall, Glenfield, Leicester, LE3 8TG or e-mail [Leicestershire County Council request email] quoting the FOI Request Number.
For independent advice, you may wish to contact the Information Commissioner’s Office at Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF, telephone 0303 123 1113, www.ico.org.uk
Yours sincerely,
Rosie Kanani
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