A fuming grandad was told to cough up more than £1,500 in parking fines after a council blunder.

Peter Lee, 77, had a permit to park his Mercedes outside his home in Notting Hill, London.

But he was shocked to discover a scattering of yellow parking fines across his windscreen.

Peter had accumulated 12 parking tickets as a result of the mix-up and had been ordered to pay £1,560.

The pensioner, a retired fashion designer, feared his Mercedes might be towed due to the pile of fines.

He told MyLondon: ‘I have had two weeks of sleepless nights [while the issue was solved]. I was worried that my car was going to be towed away.

‘I’m about to be a great-granddad for the second time and I would like to be able to speed down to Rochester and support my granddaughter.

‘I could have been unable to do that. There should not have been an issue in the first place.’

Peter had paid his £250 parking permit for this year, but a delay with Kensington and Chelsea Council’s system meant parking wardens had been unaware of this.

The local authority have now been contacted about the issue and have said Peter will not need to pay up.

A Kensington and Chelsea Council spokesperson said: We’re sorry for any distress this caused to the resident. The permit is valid and all the tickets have been cancelled.

‘Payment wasn’t made for a renewed residents’ parking permit renewal before the previous one expired.

‘There was a delay in processing the permit after payment which meant penalty charge notices were issued whilst the permit was not showing as valid.’

There’s been a whole host of unlucky drivers this year.

Matthew Cole was left flummoxed in March after he was handed a fine for a very surreal reason.

His car’s shadow had crept into a nearby disabled space.

The incident led to £65 from Lewisham Council – which was later waived.

Meanwhile, Spencer Barclay was slammed with a £100 parking fine after visiting a McDonald’s twice in one day.

The 52-year-old visited the fast-food chain in Gateshead before work on June 24.

But the software consultant was stunned to later receive a letter accusing him of parking up at the restaurant for eight hours and 43 minutes.

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