FoI stats show Wigan is the fourth likeliest place in the UK to overturn a parking ticket

In stark contrast to Chelmsford in Essex, which is the place in the UK where drivers are the least likely to have their tickets overturned with just five of 5,546 appeals succeeding (0.1%), Wigan is behind just Lambeth in London (91%), Milton Keynes (90%), and Portsmouth (69%).

The data, revealed by a Freedom of Information request submitted by online car marketplace heycar, also showed that more than 350,000 parking appeals were submitted nationwide between January 2019 and September 2019. The latest Government figures also revealed that English councils made £454 million from on-street parking penalties in the last year alone.

“If you know you were in the wrong, then it’s probably best not to waste your time appealing a parking ticket - but if your ticket genuinely blew over in the wind you could have a case," said Karen Hilton, chief commercial officer at heycar.

“Although the process for appealing a fine is very similar all over the country, the decisions made by councils appear to be very subjective," added Karen, with heycar offering a template for an appeal. So if you do genuinely think you have a case to appeal, then it’s definitely worth doing something about it.”