Private parking nightmare... Help..?

jvj

Hello. Help! I started attending counselling 7 weeks ago. There is an always empty car park in the church next door so I started parking there at £1 per hour.

Today (28/3) I received a Parking Charge Notice from Premier Park from 28 February, Issued 5 March. I paid for an hour. I apparently entered (as recorded on what I thought was a security camera) at 08.48 and exited at 09.54. I received a notice for £ 100 /£ 60 if paid within 14 days. I was shocked as all this time I thought I was just parking, getting my ticket, all within good time. I have parked for years and never had this issue.

I understood, or thought I understood there would at least some sort of grace period (10 minutes is now allowed in Southampton) while you got your ticket, etc. My bigger concern however at this point is that I have now been doing this for weeks so am worried that I will now get many other similar tickets. Had I realised or received ticket notification earlier about this issue and awareness of absolutely no grace period up to the time of getting my ticket (or from reading on-line a charge for even entering!) I would definitely not have entered or chose another parking area. I have no idea what to do at this stage of my nightmare! Any advice?

eddy1

Hi


you will find all the information you need to respond to this parking charge in the newbies section and associated sections on homepage


read this through and you will be in a better position to understand what you are about to get in to


all the information is there for you, once you are familiar with this then being your defence and post to receive advice support to fine tune


good luck eddy

Fruitcake

That is excellent advice from eddy so please start reading.


Do not pay, do not ignore, do not reveal who was driving. Get reading then appeal. Come back to this thread if you need more help.

jvj

Ok, going to start reading now.. thank you for the suggestions thus far

The_Deep

One ticket or 100, it makes not a blind bit of difference. Do you think that the law allows private parking companies to charge that sort of money for a short over-stay in a private car park, have you nor been reading Mr Pickles's statement about these conmen?.

There is no nightmare material here, you can look at it as an annoyance and, by jumping through a few hoops, cost them a small amount of money, or you can play them at their own game, and dare them to take you to court, where, by jumping through a lot mire hoops you can can them a couple of hundred quid for their cheek.

Read what Pieman said.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2738190/I-ll-help-residents-rid-yellow-lines-roads-promises-Pickles-crackdown-zealous-parking-policies.html