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Parking control management charged in my own assigned space
Robbb
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Hi guys, looking for some advice here. I recently moved into a new flat with gated underground parking and an assigned space run by parking control management. I was given a beeper for the gate but having no idea about permits I've been slapped with 2 60 pound fines for parking in my own space within my first fortnight here. I now have a permit.
Ive appealed through their website (obviously ignored) and I've used one of the letter templates posted here but they seemed to ignore most of the questions and refuse to tell me who hired them and who the landowner is, claiming this is confidential. I gather that appealing through IPC is a waste of time? Any advice to help my case? Cheers guys
Ive appealed through their website (obviously ignored) and I've used one of the letter templates posted here but they seemed to ignore most of the questions and refuse to tell me who hired them and who the landowner is, claiming this is confidential. I gather that appealing through IPC is a waste of time? Any advice to help my case? Cheers guys
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That question is very important here, when you moved in you would have been given details about the parking space and any associated restrictions, these are usually along the lines of taxed/serviceable/roadworthy and so on.
You state the space is assigned, who assigned it, is it part of the property?
Are you a tennant or a leaseholder/owner?
Who is the management company?
But again the question is: What does your lease say about parking?
"The BPA has surely become one of the most socially dangerous organisations in the UK"
But further check for a catch all section giving unspecified or unrestricted powers to the management company or landowner to introduce any measures for the running of the site.
These two sections (parking and catch all) need to be read in conjunction and may I ask the regulars to remember to include looking for both sections of leases to help OPs.
A private car parking company that makes its income from issuing tickets, in effect running a private business out of someones assigned space is anything but reasonable.
"The BPA has surely become one of the most socially dangerous organisations in the UK"
"The BPA has surely become one of the most socially dangerous organisations in the UK"
It difficult to claim that PPCs behave in a reasonable manner when it can be so easily proven that they do not.
As far as saying only the parking clause , peaceful enjoyment etc count shows a nativity when it comes the English Legal system and courts, not to mention the ADR appeal services. If you don't agree that court decisions and legal points can be, shall we say, perverse at times, immerse yourself in the various Beavis transcripts.
I will happily reappraise my opinion when someone can point me to a couple of legal cases where a tenant has won on a "not displaying a permit in my own space" in court. Until then, I will continue to advise such threads to read and post both sets of clauses.