Retail park Car parking ticket

eeeeen

Hi thanks in advance for any advice
Parked on a retail park on August bank holiday Sunday. It was very busy no spaces and I had a disabled person with me in the car(blue badge holder) All the disabled spots where taken so I parked on the retail park (part of the shop I was using) in an area that did have a sign up saying you can't park here. I thought because it was so busy and a Sunday,it was close to the shop entrance not impeding anything or anyone and to be honest is part of the car park apart from the wall thought it would be ok. Got a ticket that says not parked correctly within the markings of bay or space. Any advice on the appeal letter please.

Guys_Dad

1. Date of contravention (definitely late bank holiday Monday?)
2. Did you get a windscreen ticket
3. Have you had a letter to keeper through post
4. Date of that letter
5. Who is Parking Company
6. Don't suppose you have wording of the notice or why it was there in that spot?

Information needed to see if they were compliant first of all. Appeal points will be supplied.

Stroma

A few questions

1) are you the registered keeper?
2) are you over 18?
3) what is the name of the parking company?
4) do you or your vehicle live in Scotland or NI ?

Thanks

eeeeen

Guys_Dad wrote: »

1. Date of contravention (definitely late bank holiday Monday?)
2. Did you get a windscreen ticket
3. Have you had a letter to keeper through post
4. Date of that letter
5. Who is Parking Company
6. Don't suppose you have wording of the notice or why it was there in that spot?

Information needed to see if they were compliant first of all. Appeal points will be supplied.

1--25/8/13
2-yes
3--no
4--not applicable yet
5--UPC
6--no I haven't don't understand why it's there tbh as it is on the store side no delivery bays as they are round the back
Thànks guys dad

Yes I am registered keeper
Yes over 18
UPC
Don't live in Scotland
Thanks stroma

Stroma

UPC ? Could you give us the full name of this company ? Thanks

eeeeen

Sorry spell check ukpc

Stroma

Okay so they are in the bpa aos, so the advice is to wait until the notice to keeper arrives that must be with you between days 29-56 after parking. Then you can challenge the ticket, if rejected go to popla to get this cancelled.

Be aware though there are other options to this including to pay and to ignore, the first we don't advise as it helps fund this scam, though it ends it now, and if that is your inclination then pay it before it goes up.

The other advice is to ignore the whole thing unless a letter before claim or small claim arrives, that has its own risks as the parking company has up to 6 years to make a claim. Though to date this company hasn't made any claims, they have been sued at least once though.

Let us know which path you wish to take

eeeeen

Thanks storma
First of all what is bpa aos stage.?
Will go down the challenge route then popla

Coupon-mad

BPA = British Parking Association

AOS = Approved Operator Scheme

Challenge it just like we say on almost every thread...have you not read many yet, not being funny but reading other threads here is the best way to inform yourself!

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/63033637#Comment_63033637

HTH and now click as per my signature and read the threads on page one of the forum (except court claim or Scotland ones because they have nowt to do with your appeal case).

eeeeen

Hi coupon man thanks for the reply I have seen the threads but for my case not much on it really I wasn't ovperked on the lines nor did I overstay, so just wondered how to word my letter,

Coupon-mad

You aren't sending a letter yet though, as you appear to have only had a windscreen ticket at the moment? We don't advise replying to those for various sound reasons.

As Stroma said, the advice is to wait until the Notice to Keeper arrives, which must be with you between days 29-56 after parking.

So you have over a month to read other threads - and the link I already gave you - and to realise that your grounds for appeal are the same as everyone else with a Blue Badge (doesn't matter about the allegation, the appeal is similar in that they can't ticket cars showing Blue badges, as per the BPA Code of Practice, and that the amount of the charge is not an estimate of any true loss suffered by the PPC nor the retailer). But save it until the first letter arrives - sometimes you never get a letter anyway, as I have found twice myself with another PPC.

Also if you followed the link I gave surely you have by now planned to assertively complain to the Store Manager, showing your blue badge, and will likely get it cancelled that way instead?