Parking Eye penalty charge

NorwichMCN

Hi,

I've been reading the valuable information posted on the subject of parking charges but none seem to quite fit my son's experience so I am hoping you will be kind enough to advise if it it worth following the outlined process to appeal.

My son and two friends parked their cars at Whitlingham Country Park car park down by the river and spent time there without purchasing a ticket.

They have all received NTK letters with a parking charge amount due of £100 or £60 if paid within 14 days.

Given he failed to purchase a ticket and that the NTK letter shows photographic evidence of arrival and departure time do you feel it is reasonable to appeal on the grounds that the parking charge being asked for is unreasonably high?

Thanks for any help

Stroma

They each need to appeal to parking eye if this is England or Wales, or if not the registered keeper. Appeal as the registered keeper don't admit who was driving. If they reject they must give a popla code to appeal to them.

Finally read the sticky threads in the parking forum so you educate yourself on this scam




Dear Parking Eye

As the registered keeper of (reg) I'm in receipt of your parking invoice xxxxxx dated xxxxxx. I wish to invoke your appeals process as all liability to you company is denied on the following

1) this charge is not a genuine pre-estimate of loss
2) your signage does not comply with the BPA Code of Practice
3) you do not have the authority or permission to issue invoices at this location

If you reject this appeal please forward a popla verification code so an appeal can be made there, I will be asking for a full breakdown on the above, as you know all appeals are upheld on the points raised.

Please issue your cancellation within 35 days of this letter

Faithfully

Redx

NorwichMCN wrote: »

My son and two friends parked their cars at Whitlingham Country Park car park down by the river and spent time there without purchasing a ticket.

They have all received NTK letters with a parking charge amount due of £100 or £60 if paid within 14 days.

Given he failed to purchase a ticket and that the NTK letter shows photographic evidence of arrival and departure time do you feel it is reasonable to appeal on the grounds that the parking charge being asked for is unreasonably high?

of course its too high, the punishment does not fit the crime

read this as it explains it very well

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/4835943

the OFT would feel that £12 each is more "appropriate"

NorwichMCN

Thank you both for your quick and helpful advice I will ensure that he uses the template you kindly provided.

Stroma

Ask his friends to come here for the advice as well, we can help get all them cancelled

nigelbb

Whitlingham Country Park is one of the very few pay & display car parks in the country where it is possible to 'top up' before departing so there is really no excuse for not paying. It's managed in a partnership between Whitlingham Charitable Trust and the Broads Authority. Payment for car parking helps support Whitlingham Charitable Trust in maintaining the Country Park and in providing Rangers to help look after it.

PE only get any money by levying their outrageous charges. As the price for parking all day is only £5 and even an Annual Permit is only £30 then the £100/£60 demanded by PE is a ludicrous & unwarranted penalty. How can the loss sustained by PE be 2-3 times the price of a car parking there all year?

Big_Bad_Dad

NorwichMCN wrote: »

it is reasonable to appeal on the grounds that the parking charge being asked for is unreasonably high?

Thanks for any help

Yes it is! But expect a rejection, they know very well their demands are penal and set as high as they can possibly go to dodge the radar.

But POPLA however accept not a genuine pre-estimate of loss as a reasonable ground to cancel the Parking Eye charge. And such they will, at Parking Eye's expense!

Have fun!!!

Coupon-mad

Stroma wrote: »

Ask his friends to come here for the advice as well, we can help get all them cancelled

Yes, make sure they ALL come here and read the 'Newbies read this first!' sticky thread at the top of the forum and simply adapt one of the dozens of first appeals linked there. And that they send an online appeal in time, then a POPLA appeal based on the 'How to win at POPLA' link in that thread. NOT an appeal about 'what happened'!

Tell them that ParkingEye sue people who ignore them so if they ere thinking of doing that, think again. But NOT TO PAY because we win every appeal at POPLA against every PPC, have done since Easter - and ParkingEye are easily beaten. It's simply a two-stage appeal that must be done in time. Game over for ParkingEye.

Big_Bad_Dad

Coupon-mad wrote: »

. Game over for ParkingEye.

Makes me want to cry. Just when they thought they had it in the bag!

Big_Bad_Dad

But if you fancy a good laugh, just write to Parking Eye and ask for a detailed explanation as to how the following matter is so relevant to their position (because they will cite it sooner or later):

Lordsvale Finance -v- Bank of Zambia 1996


What next? The trial of Harold Shipman?

Coupon-mad

Big_Bad_Dad wrote: »

But if you fancy a good laugh, just write to Parking Eye and ask for a detailed explanation as to how the following matter is so relevant to their position (because they will cite it sooner or later):

Lordsvale Finance -v- Bank of Zambia 1996

What next? The trial of Harold Shipman?

Funnily enough I once used that legal case (not the Shipman case!) in a POPLA appeal for someone, which shows that you can easily use the words of that Judge about 'penalties' to argue the other way! PE do pick 'em, what with adducing NCP v Mayhook and irrelevant CPS cases, and this one which has the potential to shoot them in the foot, they are pathetic. And of course this POPLA appeal would have won, as we know these arguments always do:

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/4695227

Plenty of other legal cases on that link (post #2) that I am sure you are already familiar with, Big Bad Dad!