Council removed our road worthy/legal car from our car park.

nickismee

Neil_B wrote: »

Ah - so now they are quoting the Refuse and Amenities Act i mentioned and not the newer one????

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Yes, this has confussed me. The council and recovery company state one act and the police state another. Looks like i need to read up on this other act now.

Idiophreak

Mark_Hewitt wrote: »

I think it's worth contacting the papers now really. At the moment they are just ignoring you by the looks of it. It's amazing what a prod from a media organisation can do to focus their attention.

Yeah, I'd be doing this too.

It'll probably get things resolved quicker and will make you feel like you've had your pound of flesh, but without the hassle of going to court.

mymatebob

What about trying the theft angle again?
Go back to the police and say your car has been nicked and you have documentary evidence of who stole it.

Wonder how they would react?

Mandark

nickismee wrote: »

Yes, this has confussed me. The council and recovery company state one act and the police state another. Looks like i need to read up on this other act now.

It's a classic Council screw up and for that reason you will get off this and get an apology. Whichever officer decided your car was junk to be cleared up would struggle to defend their actions in court, especially as you've been quoted two acts.

The Council's solicitors would go nuts! A car temporarily parked over a weekend with tax and MOT does not an abandoned car make? It's obvious that the council officer gave too much weight to the boarded up window.

Idiophreak

Mandark wrote: »

The Council's solicitors would go nuts! A car temporarily parked over a weekend with tax and MOT does not an abandoned car make? It's obvious that the council officer gave too much weight to the boarded up window.

The "boarded up" window is quite a crucial turn of phrase, too...The bit of the act OP quoted referred to "broken windows" - there's a substantial difference in my mind between a broken window and a boarded up one

McKneff

Am i wrong in thinking that an abandoned car was supposed to have a 7 day notice of removal on it.

Orford

This may help:
http://www.defra.gov.uk/environment/localenv/legislation/cnea/vehicles.pdf

nickismee

Many thanks for the link, but i downladed that ealier.. thats where the quotes came from earlier in the thread.. 8-)

lesley1960

tinkerbell84 wrote: »

Because the mileage hasn't increased for several weeks/months?

If you don't need a permit to park there, and the public have free access to it, how would they know that a car parked there wasn't abandoned by a non-resident??

Do you honestly think the council has been periodically checking the car park and writing down everyones mileage reading?

Its not rocket science for them to check who owns a vehicle

Reggie_Rebel

Ah, so this is how Northants Police are going to make up the shortfall in cash following their announcement that they are bining mobile camera's.