Parking Offences - Loch Promenade - 02/04/2022

Summary

The requester asked for the number of parking tickets issued on Loch Promenade on 2nd April 2022, a breakdown of offences, and appeal statistics. The Department of Infrastructure disclosed that 32 tickets were issued for a specific offence and that 2 were successfully appealed, but stated they do not hold data on appeals broken down by offence type.

Key Facts

• 32 parking tickets were issued on Loch Promenade on 2nd April 2022.
• All tickets were issued for offence 1.2: parking on prohibited or restricted road (yellow lines or clearway).
• 2 tickets were successfully appealed.
• The authority does not hold data regarding the number of appeals per specific offence.
• The request was processed by the Department of Infrastructure on 20 May 2022.

Data Disclosed

• 32
• 2nd April 2022
• 19 May 2022
• 20 May 2022
• 2
• offence 1.2
• 2455920

Original Request

Good morning, Please may you advise how many parking tickets were issued on the 2nd of April 2022 on Loch Promenade. Please may you also provide a breakdown of the offences. Of the tickets issued on Loch Promenade on the 2nd of April 2022, could you please let me know how many were appealed and how many were successful in their appeal. Could you please break this down by the offence that the parking ticket was issued for. Thank you in advance.

Data Tables (1)

Full Response Text

Department of Infrastructure Sea Terminal Building, Douglas, Isle of Man, IM1 2RF

Contact: FOI Response Team Telephone: (01624) 686785 Email: dpo-doi@gov.im

Our ref: 2455920 20 May 2022

Dear ###

We write further to your request which was received on 19 May 2022 and which states:

"Please may you advise how many parking tickets were issued on the 2nd of April 2022 on Loch Promenade. Please may you also provide a breakdown of the offences. Of the tickets issued on Loch Promenade on the 2nd of April 2022, could you please let me know how many were appealed and how many were successful in their appeal. Could you please break this down by the offence that the parking ticket was issued for." Our response to your request is as follows: There were 32 parking tickets issued on Loch Promenade, Douglas, on the 2nd April 2022. All were issued for offence 1.2: parking a vehicle on prohibited or restricted road (“yellow lines” or “clearway”). We do not hold data for the number of appeals per offence; however, 2 tickets were successfully appealed.

Please quote the reference number 2455920 in any future communications.

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