dreaded Smart Parking..!!

gillmumof2

Hi all,

I have been reading threads on here and some of them go back a long way (2011) - I received my original notice in February 2014 and have ignored as advised, I now have the DRP letter which I sent a response to saying deny any debt refer to Smart Parking - have another notice of intended court action and my other half is going mad - as they quote CCJ's etc... am I doing the right thing by ignoring or shall i do something else.... please help as I am getting confused and my OH wants to pay the £120.. .:(

tykesi

gillmumof2 wrote: »

Hi all,

I have been reading threads on here and some of them go back a long way (2011) - I received my original notice in February 2014 and have ignored as advised, I now have the DRP letter which I sent a response to saying deny any debt refer to Smart Parking - have another notice of intended court action and my other half is going mad - as they quote CCJ's etc... am I doing the right thing by ignoring or shall i do something else.... please help as I am getting confused and my OH wants to pay the £120.. .:(

Who advised you to do this in 2014?

waamo

and have ignored as advised

You obviously missed the sticky at the top which says

INFORMATION THREAD TO COVER 'FAQS' ABOUT PRIVATE PARKING TICKETS, APPEALS, ETC.

'IGNORE' IS NOT THE RIGHT ADVICE IN ENGLAND/WALES AND HASN'T BEEN SINCE EARLY 2013!

It can be found here

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

Have a good read of it.

ezerscrooge

Can you identify the driver to Smart PArking to reset the clock?

Hot_Bring

Firstly, unless you are in Scotland or NI, nobody, but nobody on here would have suggested ignoring this.

Was it a windscreen ticket or just one through the post ?

gillmumof2

I was reading old posts unfortunately....

It was one through the post - its addressed to my partner - but I was the one driving. Can I contact Smart Parking to reset the clock??

Hot_Bring

Yes, your partner can name you as the driver and give a serviceable address for them to contact you. Note, DRP can be stroppy gits so your partner will need to be firm and make a statement like :

"By providing the details of the driver the Registered Keeper has removed any liability for the charge as per POFA 2012. Therefore no further correspondence will be entered into by the Registered Keeper. Any correspondence received will be forwarded to both the BPA and DVLA as a formal complaint. Further more, the Registered Keeper will consider any more correspondence harassment and will consider legal action should this happen."

PS - make sure you read the DATES on posts

nigelbb

Hot_Bring wrote: »

Yes, your partner can name you as the driver and give a serviceable address for them to contact you.

I do wish people would stop using the phrase 'serviceable address' the correct term as stated in POFA 2012 is "address for service". This is in fact a general legal term that means an address that is given to deliver legal documents. If the document is delivered to that address it's considered delivered to the party. It doesn't have to be where the party lives just so long as they can be sure of receiving anything sent to that address.

The term 'serviceable address' is a neologism coined in the DfT document "Guidance on Section 56 and Schedule 4 of the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012: Recovery of Unpaid Parking Charges" and gets trotted out by PPCs when they reject foreign addresses. In that DfT document they also coined the term 'landholder' to mean the landowner or an agent authorised by the landowner to manage and enforce parking

gillmumof2

many thanks for your advice.

Hot_Bring

Both ( even if the address is the same )

gillmumof2

Ive written letter to DRP giving my details quoting your paragraph above and my works address - to take the stress away from my partner who is very mad at me..!