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Parking Charge Notice from a company called parking eye

nicoladthomas
nicoladthomas Posts: 9 Forumite
in Parking tickets, fines & parking
I have received a parking charge notice from a company called parking eye for parking in a retail park for 4 hours. Apparently you are only allowed to park there for 2 hours. I was un-aware of this and not noticed any of the signs.

I spend most of my time in b&q talking about a new kitchen and made small purchases (paint and screws about £ 30 not got the receipt) visited pc world and made a small purchase in Argos. Once i finished shopping my daughter and i got a burger from the resident burger bar on site and eat this in the car. Is there any way i could appeal against this charge or is it just easier to pay the charge?
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Comments

  • Hovite_2
    Hovite_2 Posts: 749 Forumite
    Did you get this on your windscreen or in the post ?

    And no, you shouldn't pay it.
  • greatgimpo
    greatgimpo Posts: 1,256 Forumite
    With the amount of coverage on this forum, I suggest you do a little research on the subject by reading previous replies.
  • nicoladthomas
    nicoladthomas Posts: 9 Forumite
    It came via the post with a photo of my car entering and leaving the car park
  • Hovite_2
    Hovite_2 Posts: 749 Forumite
    nicoladthomas wrote: »
    It came via the post with a photo of my car entering and leaving the car park

    OK. They've already spent £2.50 trying to track you down which is good.

    Now what you need to do is put in a soft appeal to Parking Eye. You should respond something like :

    Dear Parking Eye,

    Regards PCN ref xxxxxxx - the registered keeper does not accept you have the authority to issue the PCN. Please either cancel the PCN or provide a POPLA code.

    Yours,

    Print Name ( don't sign it )

    Then wait for their response and come back here when you hear from them.
  • bod1467
    bod1467 Posts: 15,214 Forumite
    Hovite wrote: »
    Print Name ( don't sign it )

    Just curious - why not sign?
  • Hovite_2
    Hovite_2 Posts: 749 Forumite
    bod1467 wrote: »
    Just curious - why not sign?

    Because it's not beyond possibility that given PPCs don't really care about the law, that a signature could be used to produce a false document.
  • bod1467
    bod1467 Posts: 15,214 Forumite
    Good point. :)
  • Stroma
    Stroma Posts: 7,971 Forumite
    Uniform Washer
    And only make this challenge if in England or Wales . Also make a complaint to the retailers in question, and whoever owns the retail park, check on google. Are you or anyone in the vehicle considered disabled under the Equality Act? Finally did you get the Notice to Keeper within 14 days of the parking incident ?
    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.
    :beer: Anti Enforcement Hobbyist Member :beer:
  • Umkomaas
    Umkomaas Posts: 43,890 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Boltonians - please start a new thread as any advice given here on your case might get mixed with advice given to the OP (and vice versa) and could result in (possibly expensive) confusion.

    Help will be readily available once you've reposted - just copy and paste your above post.
    Please note, we are not a legal advice forum. I personally don't get involved in critiquing court case Defences/Witness Statements, so unable to help on that front. Please don't ask. .

    I provide only my personal opinion, it is not a legal opinion, it is simply a personal one. I am not a lawyer.

    Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day; show him how to catch fish, and you feed him for a lifetime.

    #Private Parking Firms - Killing the High Street
  • nicoladthomas
    nicoladthomas Posts: 9 Forumite
    Thank you for all the replies.

    Don't i need to give more info when appealing to parking eye as wont they ask what my ground for appeal is?

    Thanks

    Nic
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