Legion Group PCN

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My wife parked in a disabled bay this evening outside a nursery school which was closed as all other spaces within safe walking distance of her health club were taken. She does not have a blue badge and received a PCN from Legion Group for parking in a disabled bay. She saw a parking attendant issuing PCNs to other cars and asked him why she was given one for parking in a closed nursery when there was nowhere else to park within safe walking distance for a female on her own, of course he wasn't interested.

While I know the advice is to ignore the PCN and any further letters does the parking in a disabled bay make any difference?

Sirdan

As I understand it if this is a Private parking Company PCN i.e. Parking Charge Notice issued on private land then you should just ignore it and all the follow up threatening letters. The Blue badge scheme does not apply to private land.

Tilt

If we are talking about a private car park then disabled spaces have no legal meaning. I am assuming that this is a private parking co so you have been issued with a Parking Charge Notice which is an invoice and as such requires the identity of the person it is issued to to be valid. If this is the case it can be ignored as it is not possible to bring a civil case unless the 'respondent' can be identified and you have no obligation to provide any details to a private company.

horshamdingle

Good advice from the previous 2 posters.

Ignore any "parking charge notices" from private companies.

Only the Police and Councils can issue Penalty Charge Notices

Flyboy152

But then she knew she should not have parked there, don't you think she should bare some of the responsibility for herself? It was not her land she was parking on, it was someone else's.

Sirdan

Flyboy152 wrote: »

But then she knew she should not have parked there, don't you think she should bare some of the responsibility for herself? It was not her land she was parking on, it was someone else's.

Totally agree. She should pay the landowner any loss and damages incurred (almost certainly nil).

What she should NOT do is line the pockets of some private company who have issued an invoice for a totally made up amount.

Flyboy152

Sirdan wrote: »

Totally agree. She should pay the landowner any loss and damages incurred (almost certainly nil).

What she should NOT do is line the pockets of some private company who have issued an invoice for a totally made up amount.

If she parked on your drive way, would you just say thank you?

Inactive

Flyboy152 wrote: »

But then she knew she should not have parked there, don't you think she should bare some of the responsibility for herself? It was not her land she was parking on, it was someone else's.

I agree with that, I wouldn't be happy if somebody parked on my driveway.

Sirdan

Flyboy152 wrote: »

If she parked on your drive way, would you just say thank you?

No I would seek advice from the local Constabulary with a view to pursuing a matter of tresspass. What I would not do is issue them with an invoice for any amount of my choosing and expect them to pay it.

If you parked on my drive and I invoiced you for £1000 because I had a notice up that said that was the charge , would you pay it ???

Flyboy152

If the OP had told us that she parked on a piece of wasteland, there was no signs saying that she shouldn't park there and the parking attendant was intimidating and/or aggressive, then I would say ignore the notice and s0d them. But she deliberately parked on private land, where she knew shouldn't and in a disabled bay to boot. I say that she should 'fess up (I believe is the term ) and pay the charge, if anything to show that she is an honourable person who takes responsibility for her actions.

Flyboy152

Sirdan wrote: »

No I would seek advice from the local Constabulary with a view to pursuing a matter of tresspass. What I would not do is issue them with an invoice for any amount of my choosing and expect them to pay it.

If you parked on my drive and I invoiced you for £1000 because I had a notice up that said that was the charge , would you pay it ???

But she wasn't issued an invoice for a thousand pounds, was she? As a business owner, I am fed up with people parking on my land when they feel like it. The police don't give a fig about it, so I am forced to provide deterrents, such as charging people for the use of my property. I went to the office on the Saturday before Christmas to see a client. Neither myself nor my client could park in any of the eight spaces I own. What do you think should have been the best course of action for me? What would you have done?