Parking Fine

BritishLion

Hi all,

Following on from my first failed appeal I have since received a letter from Controlaccount PLC chasing the money. The letter is dated the same as the day I sent my second appeal in.

The charge is now £145!? (for a £6.20 ticket!) a they state they have firm instructions to start legal proceedings and that I have 14 days to pay. As it takes ECP 35 days to respond to appeal I will not hear from them before the 14 days is up so should I contact the wannabe bailiffs to tell them it is under appeal or ignore?

Thanks,

BL

zzzLazyDaisy

what happened to the follow up that you posted on 9th Sept?

BritishLion

What follow up was that?

Folkiedave

I think Daisy is referring to the letter you sent on September 9th and which you sent to ECP and which crossed with the Control Account Letter.

The letter you need to send to Control Accounts is in this thread:

Euro Car Parks LBC

Copy it to Euro Car parks as suggested in that thread.

Search her name zzLazy Daisy - who deserves a gold pig from all of us - and in another thread she tells you what to do if you get an actual Letter Before Action.

I can't post threads here - new poster.

BritishLion

Thanks guys! I have just drafted this to send to ECP with CA cc'd in. I have not read the suggested threads but I will do now. In the meantime, can anyone give a yay or nay to the following...


Dear Euro Car Parks,
Controlaccount REF: xxxxxx
PCN Number: xxxxx
Vehicle Registration: xxxxxx

Today as registered keeper of the above vehicle, I have received a letter from Controlaccount PCL. The letter clearly explains that they have been instructed to act on your behalf to recover the debt of £145 within 14 days, or they will commence legal proceedings and take out county court judgement against the registered keeper.

This letter comes as a great surprise as the PCN is currently in dispute and following your failure to supply a POPLA code after appeal (contrary to the BPA code of practice), a second appeal has been lodged and a response is not expected for 35 days from the date of the second appeal.

The registered keeper does not understand how the recovery of the debt for an unlawful parking charge can be passed to a debt recovery organisation whilst it is in dispute and is therefore not due for payment.

At this stage, to prevent any further complaints to the British Parking Association the PCN should be dropped and Controlaccount instructed not to send any further correspondence to the registered keeper.


Thanks,

BL

BritishLion

I have in fact already seen that proposed letter. The reason I have not followed that is my letter from Controlaccount is not yet taking court action, just threatening at the moment!

BritishLion

And as for the follow up, I've not heard back yet!

zzzLazyDaisy

BritishLion wrote: »

Hi all,

Following on from my first failed appeal I have since received a letter from Controlaccount PLC chasing the money. The letter is dated the same as the day I sent my second appeal in.

The charge is now £145!? (for a £6.20 ticket!) a they state they have firm instructions to start legal proceedings and that I have 14 days to pay. As it takes ECP 35 days to respond to appeal I will not hear from them before the 14 days is up so should I contact the wannabe bailiffs to tell them it is under appeal or ignore?

Thanks,

BL

scroll down to post 6 on this thread

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/4771053

Is that the same as the letter you have received - particularly is it headed 'letter before claim'? If so, do not mess about. Send my letter which you will find in the post above, to the PPC with a copy to control account for their information.

If it is not that letter, you can continue to ignore for now, but be alert for a 'letter before claim' coming through the letter box.

Just as importantly - send a (separate) formal complaint following up your letter of 9th sept, telling them that you expect a reply from them by return either upholding your appeal and cancelling the charge, or giving you a verification code so you can appeal to POPLA and in the meantime they should comply with their obligations under the BPA code of conduct and instruct their agents control managment to cease and desist all attempts to collect money from you while appeal proceedings are ongoing, failing which you will make a formal complaint to Steve Clarke at the BPA about their conduct.

D

BritishLion

Thanks Daisy! No its just an 'introduction' letter at this stage.

Should I send my drafted letter to ECP or just ignore completely?

zzzLazyDaisy

ignore the debt collectors and get onto the PPC and chase them for a POPLA code!