Unreasonable parking fines in Southsea - start here

This blog is for following up what happens when you appeal against unreasonable parking fines in Southsea.
First some background
Many years ago there was vote in my local area (PO53DR) to decide if we residents wanted a Parking Permit system.

The reason we were given was that this would mean that as residents we would be less likely to find the parking spaces all occupied by non residents. And we were told that it's purpose was not to extract more money from residents - our permits would be free, one per household.

Of course there was a catch, we would have to purchase permits for any guests or tradesmen that needed to park nearby for more than two hours. In fact in the last 6  years I have paid over £260 for such permits

See the PortsmouthParking web for more details