UKPC Parking Ticket at Work

kiss_me_now9

I work in a hospital that has designated parking areas for staff and patients. Staff parking is by permit. On one side of the two levels for staff we're allowed to double park in front of the cars as long as we have our permit displayed, have our contact details in our car, move our car ASAP if we're asked to do so and the car is moved by 4pm.

Now, the obvious trouble is that sometimes, in a hospital especially, you get busy and moving your car is the lowest of the priorities! This week we have been slammed with work so I forgot to move my car yesterday (ended up leaving work over half an hour late...) The person I parked in front of left after me so was not obstructed in any way.

I'll wait to appeal my ticket as £60 that they're asking for is nowhere near proportionate to any loss by the landowner. Actually, the landowner here has lost *no* money - both cars had permits, both owners were working in the hospital. My issue is that I don't know how to word this. I pay monthly out of my salary for the right to park and come into work; if I couldn't park and decided to go back home then they would be losing out! But then I'd lose my job as well :rotfl:

FWIW we've discussed this with the Chief of Staff, with senior HR and management teams, and the resounding conclusion from all of them is "Well just move your car on time." I suspect this may be because they all have their own designated parking spaces unlike us commoners

bazster

This sounds very similar to this University case:

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5303844

If you have a contract with the hospital whereby you are permitted by them to park in return for payment to them then UKPC doesn't have a leg to stand on: UKPC has offered you nothing, you've paid them nothing, so you have no contract with them.

Read the Newbies thread, learn how to appeal, and if it seems applicable to your circumstances enhance the appeal to say that you cannot possibly have a contract with UKPC because you already have a contract with the hospital which gives you permission to park in return for payment.

Is all this complicated nonsense about double parking, moving by 4 p.m. and so forth written down anywhere? Could it possibly be construed as a contract you've agreed to?

kiss_me_now9

bazster wrote: »

This sounds very similar to this University case:

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5303844

If you have a contract with the hospital whereby you are permitted by them to park in return for payment to them then UKPC doesn't have a leg to stand on: UKPC has offered you nothing, you've paid them nothing, so you have no contract with them.

Read the Newbies thread, learn how to appeal, and if it seems applicable to your circumstances enhance the appeal to say that you cannot possibly have a contract with UKPC because you already have a contract with the hospital which gives you permission to park in return for payment.

Is all this complicated nonsense about double parking, moving by 4 p.m. and so forth written down anywhere? Could it possibly be construed as a contract you've agreed to?

Thank you, I'll read that and the stickies in full later

Yes, it's 'sign posted' on a few pillars around the parking area. It's not massively clear and if you're a new starter then you tend to miss it... I imagine it would be contractual as we're all aware that this is in place. It's horrible to be honest to have a hard day at work and come out to a parking ticket because you were doing your job - I'm not clinical but can you imagine nursing staff losing a patient and then coming out to that?! Horrendous really.

When we had a parking review at the start of the year the resounding issue was this double parking and UKPC coming in to police us - and still the upper levels of management carry on with it.

bazster

And who has put up those notices? The hospital or UKPC? And do they say anything about charges for not complying?