Premier Inn Letter

Quentin

ITGuy90 wrote: »

There's nowhere else to park unfortunately.
This could affect a lot of people's ability to get into work.

ITGuy90 wrote: »

It's also never full the car park....

Your excuses are irrelevant if you are parking on private land!

comeandgo

Premier inn are now asking their residents to pay for parking. They take your vehicle reg number when you check in so they know who has paid and the cars that do not belong to their customers. This is being rolled out uk.

pogofish

It might also be worth making enquiries at the local planning office.

If this is the only place to park for the entire buisness park, it could be that there is a stipulation/condition to this effect in the planning permission, effectively making it the "official" car park for the whole place.

It would be far from the first time we have seen an operator/PPC trying to ignore/overrule/neglect something like this for their own gain.

Similarly, there may be other parking restrictions eg time periods enshrined in the planning condirtions and they may be at odds with whatever the operator/PPC tries to impose.

Lastly, if signs are going-up "at the weekend," you should check that they have actually got planning permission, which as a recent application, should be easily verifiable online. Again, you would be surprised at just how often PPCs neglect this rather essential step!

beamerguy

comeandgo wrote: »

Premier inn are now asking their residents to pay for parking. They take your vehicle reg number when you check in so they know who has paid and the cars that do not belong to their customers. This is being rolled out uk.

Good luck to them, plenty of hotels don't so it is a hotel group I will avoid. Maybe they need to pay for those super duper beds they advertise.

Bye Bye Premier Inn

Redx

ITGuy90 wrote: »

1) What are the implications of this?

2) It is a public car park.

3) Not clearly marked with any signs (the Premier Inn section only says "free parking. wifi").

1) up to £100 per visit charges (invoices) by PCN from either a PPC or the owner

2) no its not, its a private car park owned by a landowner (not the council) - in this case it appears to be a private car park owned by Premier Inn

3) maybe at the moment, but once those signs go up its either comply with the rules and restrictions or face the consequences, which could include a day in the small claims court and multiple charges if it happens more than once

prevention is bteer than cure, and you cannot expect Premier Inn to provide parking for all the other businesses , which is probably one reason this is happening

so you have had free parking thus far, accept it for the free gift it was and move on , because free parking is becoming a thing of the past, everyone sees the money signs and profit in these modern times

and study post #14 closely

pappa_golf

beamerguy wrote: »

Good luck to them, plenty of hotels don't so it is a hotel group I will avoid. Maybe they need to pay for those super duper beds they advertise.

Bye Bye Premier Inn

however , if they choose a "decent" parking Co , and are up front with people who "use" the hotel , then I see no problem stopping people from adjoining companies using there land.


why should I pay £14.95 for that mystical hotel room , arrive and find the car park blocked during working hours and get a ticket for parking on double yellow lines .

ITGuy90

pogofish wrote: »

It might also be worth making enquiries at the local planning office.

If this is the only place to park for the entire buisness park, it could be that there is a stipulation/condition to this effect in the planning permission, effectively making it the "official" car park for the whole place.

It would be far from the first time we have seen an operator/PPC trying to ignore/overrule/neglect something like this for their own gain.

Similarly, there may be other parking restrictions eg time periods enshrined in the planning condirtions and they may be at odds with whatever the operator/PPC tries to impose.

Lastly, if signs are going-up "at the weekend," you should check that they have actually got planning permission, which as a recent application, should be easily verifiable online. Again, you would be surprised at just how often PPCs neglect this rather essential step!

Thanks I didn't know that they'd need permission to put things on their own land.
I did a search and it came up empty for them.

POPPYOSCAR

beamerguy wrote: »

Good luck to them, plenty of hotels don't so it is a hotel group I will avoid. Maybe they need to pay for those super duper beds they advertise.

Bye Bye Premier Inn

So you would not stay there just because they charge for parking?




I would look at the overall cost of the stay before making that decision.

beamerguy

pappa_golf wrote: »

however , if they choose a "decent" parking Co , and are up front with people who "use" the hotel , then I see no problem stopping people from adjoining companies using there land.


why should I pay £14.95 for that mystical hotel room , arrive and find the car park blocked during working hours and get a ticket for parking on double yellow lines .

I have never seen a decent parking company, who is this, be worth letting all the supermarkets etc know

£14.95 for a room ?

pappa_golf

yes the "mystical" room that Lennie whatnot advertises on the TV
"rooms from £14.99"


a simple act of asking the customer to enter his VRN alongside his signature when arriving , and the system set to remember the number of days they are on site for , could work


you cannot get your key till you sign in