NCP - Parking Fine - Help pLease in appeal

traceye

Ive written an appeal to them and asked that they reconsider as there was no obstruction whatsoever, and I had also paid my daily parking charge..... I will let you know the outcome!

Thanks for everyones comments!

sarahg1969

Good luck. I would be interested to know what their "appeals procedure" involves. I suspect it involves sending a standard letter to you, saying that you have been unsuccessful.

anewman

sarahg1969 wrote: »

Good luck. I would be interested to know what their "appeals procedure" involves. I suspect it involves sending a standard letter to you, saying that you have been unsuccessful.

I suspect it involves paying first - and then being told you will get a refund if successful - and then being told you're unsuccessful

ste_eck

I hope you are shown leniency in your fine, and they take into consideration that you'd paid the parking levy for the day. Live and learn

Its not a fine, its a 'parking charge', totally diferent.

I suspect it involves paying first - and then being told you will get a refund if successful - and then being told you're unsuccessful

100% correct. My son got a 'contractual parking charge' from these same highwaymen, come on these guys are the modern !!!!!! Turpins! The charge note stuck to his windscreen looked just like a 'real' parking charge which would have been issued by a traffic warden or policeman. The note demanded £60 for their contractual violation, which would increase after 14 days to £90 as they would have to 'buy' my sons personal details from the DVLA (its about time the data protection act stamped out these seedy 'buys'!). I googled this companies site and if you read it, sure enough their appeals procedure means you first have to pay their 'contractual charge' in advance of them reviewing your appeal, I'd guess that anyone following their website appeal procedure will find their appeal has been unsuccessful and their charge (yes charge, not FINE) still stands. The only method of appeal through their site is to first pay the charge, there is no means to contact them by any other way. However if you trawl through their site you will come across an email address for prospective clients, this is how I appealed for my son. I received a reply that my appeal was unsuccessful, how could that be as I'd not followed their appeal procedure? I'm 100% confident of taking this to court as my son was parked on a public road, there arn't any yellow or double yellow signs on the road (so no traffic violation). The 'parking on this land means you are contractually agreeing' signs are a good 10m from where my sons car was parked on the night. I will admit that my son would have probably be given a ticket from a policeman, if they had happened on the fact that he's parked on the edge of a roundabout. But fact is, these highwaymen ARE NOT law enforcement agents.

I received their £90 charge (yes charge, not FINE), which reads pretty menacing in that it mentions that failure to pay will result in them passing their charge over to a debt collection company (which will also be them, they always are). So many people will just pay out of fear, they also state that your 'declaration' may be used in evidence in court. I have ignored their last threat as I cant see any point in responding.

I appreciate that these kind of people do have a place i.e. like small block of flats with just enough spaces for 1 car per flat, so residents are not able to park outside their own home. Control of parking spaces in these situations is valid. But these people are greedy, they make money from nothing and even more money than than genuine law enforcment agencies do. Park on yellow lines you get a £30 fine, not a £60 parking charge. Its about time these highwaymen (thats exactly what they are) were brought to task. I'd bet if anyone where to research this company in detail you will find that its real earners are probably one or two guys, with many not so happy commission based ticket issuers working for them.

I'm looking forward to the next episode, debt collectors knocking and would be glad to wager that this sorry affair never ends up in civil court.

Cheers


Ste

hewhoisnotintheknow

if it would of been fine (safe) to park a car there, there would be a space already

Just because other people are doing it does not make it ok

As others have said, large vehicles may need to use the car park for access or whatever

Quentin

traceye wrote: »

I am writing to appeal to say there was no where else to park, it wasnt obstructive and I had paid my ticket (it wasnt my fault there wasnt adeuqate parking facilities).

Don't do this.

Just ignore the "ticket" and any further correspondence you get.

See pepipoo for definitive advice.

Altarf

ste_eck wrote: »

Its not a fine, its a 'parking charge', totally diferent.

Not necessarily at a railway station car park.

Quentin wrote: »

Just ignore the "ticket" and any further correspondence you get.

Not very smart advice as at railway station car parks the tickets may be issued under railway bylaws (even if the car park is run by a non-railway company) and therefore the tickets can be real fines. You need to find out the facts before giving such general advice.

See the Transport Act 2000 and for a pdf of the bylaws - http://www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/rail/legislation/regs/railwaysbyelaws

CHR15

What a ridiculous thread. "It's not my fault I parked there, it's the car parks fault for not having a space for me"!!!

I wouldn't be at all surprised if someone can get off parking in a hatched area, I am against the fines as much as most people but !!!!!!!! wimmen!!

alby33rk

Hi Everybody,
I was wondering if you can help me. I recently parked in a Ncp car park which was attachd to a supermarket. I believed they would have a free 1 or 2 hours. Unfortunately they didnt and insisted I pay the parking charge of £6. I disputed this as it was not clear on entering the car park. They said I could fill in a Non payment form which gave me 7 days to take the dispute to their head office. In the end I was so busy that I just paid it. 1 week later I have received a parking fine for 'Non Payment'. I have been in touch with their customer services and head office but they are insisting the fine still stands. I keep stressing that I have paid them within the allotted time but they say it still stands. I feel Like i'm hitting my head against a brick wall and just want to let tell them we can take it court as I know I have paid and have prrof of payment. Can anyone advice me what to do how I go about this.

Thanks
Alex K

societys_child

There are many more recent threads than this (2008) but the general consensus seems to be to ignore all the begging letters (unless you actually get a genuine court summons) which is very unlikely.