Parking ticket in my own space at my own house!!

Casjenkins

I live in a gated community where our management company has decided to hire UKPC to hand out parking fines. I parked in my own allocated space but did not display my permit, I haven't paid and have now received a letter. Help! Should I write a letter saying I shan't be paying because it is my own parking space as stated in my lease or do I just ignore and wait for them to threaten to take me to court? Any help would be greatly appreciated as a few of us living here have had the same misfortune! Thank you!

kirkbyinfurnesslad_2

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/4816822

Read and follow that

Casjenkins

But surely I have no grounds as I didn't adhere to their rules, however the parking space is mine so why should I have to pay it and will that stand up as a defence?

DUTR

Casjenkins wrote: »

I live in a gated community where our management company has decided to hire UKPC to hand out parking fines. I parked in my own allocated space but did not display my permit, I haven't paid and have now received a letter. Help! Should I write a letter saying I shan't be paying because it is my own parking space as stated in my lease or do I just ignore and wait for them to threaten to take me to court? Any help would be greatly appreciated as a few of us living here have had the same misfortune! Thank you!

I'm certain the T&Cs suggest that the permit must be displayed, that is where you won't win the case.

Stroma

Casjenkins wrote: »

But surely I have no grounds as I didn't adhere to their rules, however the parking space is mine so why should I have to pay it and will that stand up as a defence?

Don't worry about their made up rules, appeal if england or wales on mitigating circumstances, also put in that the charge they are asking for is not a genuine pre-estimate of loss, they don't have the authority to issue invoices where the vehicle was parked, and that their signage is not compliant with the bpa code of practice.

Once they reject come back here for help on on the popla stage of the appeal. And by the way the appeal is on nothing that happened on the day in question, but legal points around their whole scam

Stroma

DUTR wrote: »

I'm certain the T&Cs suggest that the permit must be displayed, that is where you won't win the case.

Well its a good job we don't use their T&Cs as part of any defence, we just take apart their whole scam legally, and raise issues that they cannot answer!

4consumerrights

But surely I have no grounds as I didn't adhere to their rules, however the parking space is mine so why should I have to pay it and will that stand up as a defence?

CasJenkins - you have every right to challenge UKPC's parking charge - In addition to KIFL's advice read thread they provided, read this following thread for someone else in your position:

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/4818110

If you rent your flat - you also have the opportunity to complain to your landlord and local rent officer at the council - there are other threads regarding this - will try and find link for you later.

ILW

Could just display your permit, not that difficult. Or just put up with your space being taken by strangers all the time.

DUTR

Stroma wrote: »

Well its a good job we don't use their T&Cs as part of any defence, we just take apart their whole scam legally, and raise issues that they cannot answer!

I don't know, I'm not faced with the scenario, but the logic with the permits to be displayed stand to reason, the residents near a local polytechnic (ok university) have permits to park on the streets nearby, visitors do not, well they do if they can loan a permit, it is the display of the permit that evades any penalty, ok around here it's the council, but in the case of the OP, if some 'stranger ' had parked in his allocated space without a permit, the tune maybe different

Stroma

DUTR wrote: »

I don't know, I'm not faced with the scenario, but the logic with the permits to be displayed stand to reason, the residents near a local polytechnic (ok university) have permits to park on the streets nearby, visitors do not, well they do if they can loan a permit, it is the display of the permit that evades any penalty, ok around here it's the council, but in the case of the OP, if some 'stranger ' had parked in his allocated space without a permit, the tune maybe different

Did you happen to not see that the vehicles are parked in a gated community? So people who have a key or code can only park there. It doesn't give them rights over a leaseholder of a property, they do not have accept these companies on their land, they can opt out!

Stroma

ILW wrote: »

Could just display your permit, not that difficult. Or just put up with your space being taken by strangers all the time.

Back trolling again I see, do you offer anything constructive at all?