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Goverment Press Release- Clampdown On PPCs
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/clamp-down-on-private-parking-charges A crack down on rip off parking charges by private firms could end excessive fees and inflated fines forced upon motorists, Communities Secretary Eric Pickles has announced. Measures could help small shops and town centres by stopping extortionate…
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IPC Complaining about an operators breach of the code
I took the text below from the IPC web page Has anyone had any success complaining about the operators breach of the code? Reading the numerous threads it would seem that many of the tickets issued incorrectly are because the operator has breached the code of practice. So if an appeal is rejected but its clear the operator…
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NHS PCN (Not a private company)
Hello, I have looked but can't find a topic relating to my issue. I have been issued a "Parking Enforcement Notice" by a nhs trust (the nhs security bods patrol and enforce parking on the Trust sites and the estates team deal with the admin etc) I work for this trust and it took me a week to find the trusts parking policy…
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About to submit to POPLA, would you mind just answering a quick question?
Would you recommend that I take out section 4 as it's duplicated earlier in the appeal or leave it in? Thank you in advance, just wanted to check before I submitted it to POPLA. Dear POPLA Assesor, Re parking charge notice POPLA ref I am the registered keeper and I wish to appeal this charge on the following grounds; 1) No…
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Vehicle Control Services - Appeal Rejected
Hello all, Having received a postal PCN from VCS on 27/1/15 and sent an appeal letter based on your template on 30/1/15, I have today received a rejection of my appeal as I 'did not submit it in time to be received within the time scale'. They are saying the issue date is 9/12/14 which on my PCN is the contravention date…
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Advice Please!
I work for the NHS and Total Parking Solutions patrol our staff car parks. I have parked in the same parking space for 16 years with no trouble. Today I was issued with a parking charge for £60. My parking pass had slipped of my dashboard onto the drivers seat. To access the car park we have to use a swipe card anyway so…
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Notice Of Intention to Prosecute. Served too late?
I have received a police "Notice of Intention to Prosecute" for speeding, 37 in a 30 zone. It is a S172 (Request for information) Needless to say I'm ashamed of myself! The date on the notice is 24th March, but the offense was back on the 13th February. What are my rights? Should I still fill in and sign the S172 and send…
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UN ethical parking mis management
Hi all ! So looking for alittle advise, read stickies on newbies and about to send template letter off HOWEVEER.. My story in brief . i was working in block flats controlled by EPM. I had permit to park, had permission from management and was working for owner of flat of which car parking area belonged too. however last…
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Ethical Parking Management
Hi , I received a "final reminder before debt recovery" letter dated 23 March from these people and when I spoke to my son , who is at Uni, totally forgot to tell me about this. The letter says pay £60 within 28 days or else they will send the debt to their debt recovery specialists with further costs to add etc. Please…
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Parking eye Appeal Aire street Leeds; POPLA Help needed
Hi guys. I had a ticket at Leeds entering car park on Wednesday night at 5.51pm . I waited in my car so a group.of youth who were hooded up went before I pay. realising upon the machine I didn't have to.pay after 6pm. now.parking fine wants to.invoice me for 9 minutes approximately £75.00 I wrote an appeal from Using…
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UKCPS and Urban Splash
I rent a parking space from Urban Splash at a cost of £80pm. I received a windscreen ticket from UKCPS shortly followed by a letter demanding payment of £125 for parking in the space I rent. The letter states I was parking 'without a valid permit or authority'. I have a windscreen permit that was visible at the time of the…
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RAC legal report slams private parking companies
I just found a report written by QC John de Waal last month called "Private Parking, Public Concern". Very interesting reading. I can't post links as a newbie, so you'll need to google it I'm afraid. If you only want the conclusions from page 44, here you go: In conclusion, it seems to me that we can draw the correct legal…
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POLPA appeal
Just wanted advice on the POLPA appeal that im going to be submitting before i actually send it off. The tickets (there are 7 in total) are from UKPC who "manage" the parking in the car park for the building where I live. Please let me know if its any good... or not - its a template that i found on Parking Angels, which I…
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What is the Judge up to?
From PP blog re CEL/Deal last minute no show. The defendant arrived at Chelmsford court by 9.30 for a hearing due at 10.00. 2 hours were set aside for the They went into the courtroom just after 10. Judge Rodger after exchange of pleasantries asked if they had got the letter? (What letter? No, I haven't had any letter.) He…
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Parking Eye court case
Hello there, hoping someone can help/advise. Following quite a lengthy drive during which I felt absolutely shattered, I pulled into a Motorway Services supposedly for a 10/15 minute rest. Unfortunately, I shut my eyes and woke up freezing 6 or so hours later at which point I continued my journey. I then received notice…
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Lesson Learnt, Why no one should automatically pay a PCN!!
I have had very few tickets over the years but then got one in December from one PPC then another in January on a different carpark for totally innocent reasons....most people would have paid it, however following the advice on here I waited for the NTK....and waited .....and waited, the ticket date was the 9th January and…
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High Court Enforcement Officers
Has anyone seen the recent programmes on TV about these chaps? When you consider some of the riff raff with whom they have to deal, most of them come across as pretty decent. It's the landlords I feel sorry for. Inspired by the quick profits shown on programmes such as Under the Hammer" some of them really do jump in at…
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EXCEL PCN Advice
Hi all, newbie here This week I received a PCN from Excel, it was a windscreen ticket and the exact reason was "Not displaying a valid ticket blah blah" Anyway, long story short my ticket had fell off the windscreen and landed face down on the dash. I got home and hastily emailed Excels appeal service with a scan of my…
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Faulty Pay Machine
Hi All Advice needed if possible. My grandson attempted to pay for a ticket at a small car park pay station end of January. Possibly only 2-3 cars there at the time. I was with him at the time. He made at least 3-4 attempts to pay but the coins were returned without issuing a ticket to display. An alternative machine was…
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ASDA - "Nothing to do with us"
Or at least not until the press gets involved http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3013442/Heavily-pregnant-woman-fined-parking-parent-child-bay-Asda-NINE-MONTHS-pregnant.html
