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Pcn - out of trading hours

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  • nigelbb
    nigelbb Posts: 3,819 Forumite
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    Tilt wrote: »
    Oh PLEASE! Scraping the bottom of the barrel springs to mind!

    First of all, if you wanted to regularly park on the car park, then I think any normal rational person would go see the store manager sometime when the store is open to get permission? Also, most stores I now have a telephone.
    Who said anything about parking regularly? As the stores are shut there is nobody to answer the telephone.
    Tilt wrote: »
    As for the "Under the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000" bit... I havn't come across many supermarket car parks that are "on open uncultivated land that is privately owned including moorland, heath, mountain".
    A vast car park on a retail park is the urban equivalent.
  • Tilt
    Tilt Posts: 3,599 Forumite
    nigelbb wrote: »
    Who said anything about parking regularly? As the stores are shut there is nobody to answer the telephone.

    A vast car park on a retail park is the urban equivalent.

    Then you try and go in/phone when it's open! Not rocket science is it?
    PLEASE NOTE
    My advice should be used as guidance only. You should always obtain face to face professional advice before taking any action.
  • Stroma
    Stroma Posts: 7,971 Forumite
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    Why not take this discussion to a thread for it ? This is not helping the OP at all !
    When posting a parking issue on MSE do not reveal any information that may enable PPCs to identify you. They DO monitor the forum.
    We don't need the following to help you.
    Name, Address, PCN Number, Exact Date Of Incident, Date On Invoice, Reg Number, Vehicle Picture, The Time You Entered & Left Car Park, Or The Amount of Time You Overstayed.
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  • Tilt
    Tilt Posts: 3,599 Forumite
    Nah, can't be bothered. Just trying to point out what I regard as reasonable from both sides. We don't know how often the OP parks there anyway. But if it was just a one off occasion, then I would concur in getting him off paying.
    PLEASE NOTE
    My advice should be used as guidance only. You should always obtain face to face professional advice before taking any action.
  • dippy149
    dippy149 Posts: 17 Forumite
    Twas a one off.
  • dippy149
    dippy149 Posts: 17 Forumite
    I have a plan - will let you know how I got on!
  • Guys_Dad
    Guys_Dad Posts: 11,025 Forumite
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    dippy149 wrote: »
    I have a plan - will let you know how I got on!

    Should have asked - were there any signs around and, if so, did they specify any charges that could be levied for contraventions?
  • dippy149
    dippy149 Posts: 17 Forumite
    There were but stupidly they weren't read so the assumption was made that out of hours was OK. Parking eye are new additions to the car park which was also not known about...the signs stipulate that the car park is free for one and a half hours and are for customers use only...
  • dippy149
    dippy149 Posts: 17 Forumite
    Know people who park there all the time as they reside opposite - they advised using this particular car park....on speaking to them they advised to ignore the notice as they have with no come backs
  • Coupon-mad
    Coupon-mad Posts: 156,052 Forumite
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    dippy149 wrote: »
    Know people who park there all the time as they reside opposite - they advised using this particular car park....on speaking to them they advised to ignore the notice as they have with no come backs



    We know - but that is OLD ADVICE. Parking Eye have changed their habits in recent months and now they have started to take ignorers to small claims court, MONTHS and even a year after going quiet. So we now have new advice and your local people won't know this. We know what we are doing so hang around and follow our advice.

    Our current advice is to send a challenge as already advised. Stroma even gave you the wording to copy.

    All you need to do is come back when you get your rejection letter and POPLA code - and DO NOT send the same short appeal at POPLA stage nor word it without help re the legal challenges to include then. When you send the short challenge to PE, spend the waiting time reading threads about POPLA appeals so you know what's in store.
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