Confused since the rules have changed

raj.mail

I have had fake parking charges before the rules changed from MET parking.

I came on to this site, got some clear simple advice and Ignored all of the letters MET sent me to my house, never contacted anyone, never replied to any letters and have not heard from MET in a long time. So all is good.

RECENTLY a friend got a ticket or rather a "invoice" and I have been looking around the forum, but I am not sure if she needs to respond to the ticket or not.

She parked on some private property behind some shops. Not a car park as such, just a place shop owners can park. There is a sign saying "Private Property, trespassers will be prosecuted". She did not notice this sign.

She came back to her car to find a PCN from "Parking Ticketing Limited" on her windscreen. This company is on the BPA website.

I am right in thinking that she can still ignore this "invoice"?

She may then receive a letter from Parking Ticketing Limited to her house asking her to pay.

If she receives this letter she can appeal with Parking Ticketing Limited.

If Parking Ticketing Limited do not accept her appeal, then she needs to request a POPLA code and appeal to them.

If POPLA also do not accept her appeal, she can continue to ignore the letters sent from Parking Ticketing Limited.

Please correct me if I am wrong on anything above.

kirkbyinfurnesslad_2

You are right that she can continue to ignore if popla decline her

Tell her to come here and she wont loose at popla

raj.mail

kirkbyinfurnesslad thank you for your reply.

If that is the case, can she just ignore any letters she may get. As in not appeal anything, just ignore it all?

Because there is no charge to use the parking space, if it was ever to get to court, they would have a hard time explaining why they want £100 from a free "car park"

hang3r

From what I've read on this forum many choose to appeal since it's pretty simple, can be done from the comfort of your home and you have plenty of people here to advise you on what exactly to write. Whilst going to court (if it even comes to that) compared to that is a bit of a pain. So in the end, it's really your decision.

Guys_Dad

Yes, she should do an appeal to get a POPLA code. POPLA is less expensive, easier and has a higher success rate than court and is all done by letter/email.

I would wait till the NTK arrives and then do an initial appeal saying that the signage fails to comply significantly with the BPA COP requirements. There were no signs at the entrance and the other signs failed to contain all of the required information as legislated by POFA 2012.

Either cancel the charge, or send the POPLA code and be prepared to be humiliated.

get some pictures as well before they change the signs.