PCN at my own flat

nas786_2

4consumerrights wrote: »

I would also write to your landlord explaining the situation and how distressing this is for you and state you feel you are being harassed and intimidated and that if he/she does not intervene personally to get this charge cancelled you will contact the Rent Officer at your local council. (There are a number of laws surrounding harassment of tenants). You could also add that if you are forced to pay this charge at a further stage any amounts would be deducted from the rent. Remember your contract is with the landlord and you are paying rent for the flat and associated parking space - the landlord employs the management company - who have then employed the UKCPS who probably do not have the landlords permission.

I tried the letting agents but they declined to intervene as they say they have nothing to do with the management of the buildings. Might contact the council and see what their views on this are though.

Yes I will send the excellent letter and am grateful for having the support of the experienced forum users. This is my first experience of an issue like this, so being a novice, I'm sorry if I've come across as panicky and anxious

4consumerrights

nas786 wrote: »

I tried the letting agents but they declined to intervene as they say they have nothing to do with the management of the buildings. Might contact the council and see what their views on this are though.

Yes I will send the excellent letter and am grateful for having the support of the experienced forum users. This is my first experience of an issue like this, so being a novice, I'm sorry if I've come across as panicky and anxious

The Letting Agent is yet just another intermediary between you and the landlord. Your original contract should have the name and address of the landlord - just use this and write directly.

nas786_2

Will do 4Consumerrights

Also, what are the official BPA guidelines for signs? Am I correct in thinking that one of them is that the main letters for the signs must be at least 5cm in height?

zzzLazyDaisy

You can check out the guidance contained in the BPA Code of Practice here

http://www.britishparking.co.uk/write/Documents/AOS/609_AOS_CoP_June_2013_update.pdf

However that point is not needed for the first appeal to the PPC, so please don't use it as an excuse to delay sending your appeal to the PPC.

Also once you have sent off your appeal, you need to be doing some reading about POPLA appeals. Go to the POPLA decisions thread at the top of this forum and read the most recent decisions. Then put any of the following keywords into the advanced search box at the top of this page:

POPLA; GPEOL; genuine; loss; contract; appeal

click on the parking forum (right hand side)

And start reading (choose threads that started within the past 3 or 4 months to ensure the advice is up to date).

Then prepare your first draft appeal to POPLA and post it here and the regulars will help you to finalise it. But they won't do it for you, so you really are going to have to start doing some research for yourself.

Daisy

nas786_2

Reading through all the guidelines now. Already starting to put together a POPLA appeal so it's ready to send off as soon as I get the code. Of course, will get it checked by the experienced posters on here first.

Think I'll be able to find some grounds for appeal and be able to put a good one together with the help of templates and you guys

kirkbyinfurnesslad_2

Have u sent of your letter to the parking company.. . Km if not why not......

You shouldn't need to ask endless questions about popla as there is more then enough stuff to show how to win.

nas786_2

Yes letter will be going off this week. I do not have a printer so have to wait till I'm in work. The letter states 28 days from the date (date being 5th Oct) but know the sooner they get it the better

kirkbyinfurnesslad_2

Good get it in the post on monday.

Sorted then!

Read https://www.parkingcowboys.co.uk/popla

Stroma

Get a proof of postage from the post office for free

nas786_2

Stroma wrote: »

Get a proof of postage from the post office for free

Not recorded delivery to actually prove that they received it? Surely in standard post they could just get my letter, bin it and then claim it never arrived?