Appeal against private parking notice

psriredd

Hi,
I was issued a parking charge notice by a private company (CP Plus) while I was parked in a hospital car park and was wondering if I should appeal against it. I've read other posts suggesting that I should not do anything until I hear from the company.

I parked in the car park while I went in for a appointment. I also displayed a valid ticket for the whole time I was away and displayed it clearly. The notice issued says 'no valid permit. facilities car park'. There are some parts of the hospital which are for staff permit holders only. But this section did not have any signs near it and there was a pay and display machine next to it. I still have the ticket with me which clearly shows that it was valid during the time when the notice was issued.

Should I be writing to the company appealing the notice or should i just ignore it for now till they contact me? The back of the notice says that I have to appeal within 7 days only.

Would appreciate your views on this. Thanks a lot in advance.

bargepole

psriredd wrote: »

Should I be writing to the company appealing the notice or should i just ignore it for now till they contact me?

Their "appeal" process is as fraudulent as the ticket in the first place - you will just get a standard letter that says "appeal failed, now pay up."

These tickets have no legal basis, and cannot be enforced.

When they write to you, ignore them.

When their "debt collectors" write to you, ignore them as well.

When their "solicitors" threaten court action, continue to ignore them.

After 5 or 6 threatening letters, they usually give up.

Check out the forums at CAG and Pepipoo for more info.

BYALPHAINDIA

True I agree, Just ignore them.

Or send the letter (if) it ever comes - Not at this address.

You say that you were parked legally, So don't worry about it.

What can they do - Come round and beat you up.

I doubt it.

Best Of Luck.;)

sarahg1969

There is NO appeals procedure, as the others have said.

Ignore, ignore, ignore.

For further advice, look at the parking forum on https://www.pepipoo.com.