This is your chance of getting a parking ticket overturned in Calderdale

A total of 3,361 parking ticket appeals were lodged with Calderdale Council between January 1 and September 30 last year.

A Freedom of Information request has shown 1,235 of those appeals were successful.

The national average for successfully appealing against a parking ticket stands at 34 per cent, meaning around one in three drivers has their fine cancelled upon appeal.

The success rate is 37 per cent Calderdale, though, according to online car marketplace heycar.

By comparison, Wakefield's rate was 44 per cent and Leeds was just 13 per cent.

The data also shows drivers fined in Bradford and Kirklees were more likely to have their appeal accepted than refused, with the success rate standing at 52 per cent and 60 per cent respectively.

Karen Hilton, chief commercial officer at heycar, said: “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.

“Although the process for appealing a fine is very similar all over the country, the decisions made by councils appear to be very subjective.

“So if you do genuinely think you have a case to appeal, then it’s definitely worth doing something about it.”

On the Calderdale Council webiste it explains it procedures on parking tickets.

It states: "As you will appreciate, no-one likes receiving parking fines, and the Council receives frequent and varied representations to have them cancelled.

"Obviously, it is extremely difficult to adjudicate on these, whilst at the time providing a fair and consistent system for all users.

If you believe that the penalty should not be paid and wish to challenge the Penalty Charge Notice (PCN), you should challenge online.

"There are 8 statutory grounds for appealing against a ticket. However, we consider each challenge individually taking account of any mitigating circumstances.

"If you challenge the PCN within the first 14 days, it will be placed on hold until we have considered the challenge. If your appeal is rejected the Council will re-offer the 14 day discount period."

The tribunal, which operates across England and Wales, will only review cases where an appeal has already been lodged with the relevant local authority and rejected.

It will review rejected appeals relating to parking penalties, bus lane penalties and penalty notices issued for littering from vehicles.

Visit www.trafficpenaltytribunal.gov.uk to make a submission