Parking Charge Notice - Merry Hill

sarahg1969

Horace wrote: »

I have had lots of experience with parking tickets and have won every single one of them.

Horace, I'd be really interested in the details of the tickets you've won.

Were these private parking invoices? Which companies? How did you defeat them? Were they withdrawn on "appeal", or did you defeat the claims in Court?

Neil_B

Horace wrote: »

Unfortunately, Westfield have started to charge for parking on the Merry Hill site because of a government directive. They charge according to government guidelines too - our greedy government seems to think that £60 is fair.

Wow this place is incredible!

Do pardon me if i doubt you Sir. Got some detail about that 'govt guideline' ?

Skint_Catt

I was watching the wardens in Merry Hill this last Saturday taking photos of cars parked on double yellows/not in marked spaces. I know it was busy (the car parks anyway - the shops were deserted!) but it doesn't mean you can flout normal parking rules. Its long overdue - we couldn't follow the arrows in the correct direction to get out of the carpark once we were in it because people had just abandoned their cars on the ends of rows. It was utter chaos because of some unthoughtful people.

I've never seen any indication that Westfield are starting to charge for parking (I've emailed them to find out from the horses mouth). And the MFI carpark is now shut as both buildings up that end are empty so instead of utilising the space coming up to Xmas they just shut the gate! :rolleyes: (I've emailed them about this too!)

minnie123

Skint_Catt wrote: »

I was watching the wardens in Merry Hill this last Saturday taking photos of cars parked on double yellows/not in marked spaces. I know it was busy (the car parks anyway - the shops were deserted!) but it doesn't mean you can flout normal parking rules. Its long overdue - we couldn't follow the arrows in the correct direction to get out of the carpark once we were in it because people had just abandoned their cars on the ends of rows. It was utter chaos because of some unthoughtful people.

I've never seen any indication that Westfield are starting to charge for parking. And the MFI carpark is now shut as both buildings up that end are empty so instead of utilising the space coming up to Xmas they just shut the gate! :rolleyes:

I wonder why they have shut it that is silly, I remember once last year me and my boyfriend drove to merry hill drove around the place for half hour looking for a space and then gave up and drove all the way home. Since they built those flats there seems to be less spaces - It must be a nightmare if you live their!! I am doing all the rest of my shopping online now.

Skint_Catt

If you live there you can walk :rotfl:

I go as little as possible, but it is useful! I've done most online, but there are still things you need to 'see' before you buy. If I could get a bus or train I would to avoid the circling in the carpark which pushes my blood pressure up but there isn't a direct one, so I'll just have to get there extra early

Though I've honestly never seen the shops sooo deserted even on a normal Saturday in summer!

hewhoisnotintheknow

is there really no spaces withing a 10 -15 minute walk?

minnie123

hewhoisnotintheknow wrote: »

is there really no spaces withing a 10 -15 minute walk?

Not unless you park illegally on the side of a road or outside someones house. It's kind or hard to explain if you haven't been there - people do call it Merry Hell!! I did catch the train to cradley heath then got a bus from there to merry hill once but ever since some weirdo started rubbing himself up against me on a train I kind of don't like public transport .

Skint_Catt

Merry Hill is in an 'estate' and so you would have to park way out and walk across some VERY busy roads to get in. It's quite sprawling, so no you can't just park 'round the corner' and walk in - I'm guessing everyone would do it otherwise! :rotfl:

Skint_Catt

My response from Merry Hill;

"Merry Hill do not charge for parking although there is a company UKPC parking control who operate at the centre and issue tickets for incorrect parking.

· Disabled bays – Where a blue badge is not being displayed.
· Parent bays – Where it is seen that no children arrived in the vehicle.
· Clear obstruction to car park entrances, exits, or free flow.
· Vehicles parked completely on pavements.
· Parking on footpaths leaving insufficient room for a wheelchair to pass.

With regards to the MFI car park Merry Hill have no jurisdiction over this land as it is not owned by them.

Regards"

minnie123

Skint_Catt wrote: »

My response from Merry Hill;

"Merry Hill do not charge for parking although there is a company UKPC parking control who operate at the centre and issue tickets for incorrect parking.

· Disabled bays – Where a blue badge is not being displayed.
· Parent bays – Where it is seen that no children arrived in the vehicle.
· Clear obstruction to car park entrances, exits, or free flow.
· Vehicles parked completely on pavements.
· Parking on footpaths leaving insufficient room for a wheelchair to pass.

With regards to the MFI car park Merry Hill have no jurisdiction over this land as it is not owned by them.

Regards"

So I would have been better off parking half on a pavement probably blocking other cars instead of in a proper disabled bay when there were loads free - seems a bit silly to me. I think they need to make a rule that if all parent child spaces are used then you can utilise a disabled bay. Because no matter how busy merry hill gets the disabled bays never seem to all get used up. In fact someone once told me if there is no parent child bays that you can use a disabled bay but they must have been misinformed

Also I don't think they should be parent bays but baby bays because as soon as my little ones moves into a front facing car seat at about 12 months I won't need extra space because I won't have to pull the whole baby seat in and out, just him.

Maybe they need to make the whole thing more official and you get a badge to display that expires when your child reaches one. Do some research as to how many baby bays are needed in comparison to disabled bays and change some of the spaces. Now that is common sense to me!!