PCN in work car park

TravellingJake

Hi everyone! Any help on the below would be appreciated!

Our place of work has a number of parking spaces included in our lease. Unfortunately, we have more cars than spaces and sometimes colleagues (including myself) "double" park i.e. park next to a bay but where there isnt a bay.

The company that ultimately owns the land has started to issue PCNs to cars "double" parked and we're wondering what to do. There's lots of advice for dealing with PCN in retail car parks etc, but what about when it's your place of work and will be an ongoing issue as parking is so limited?

Half_way

Who ultimatly owns the land? You said

The company that ultimately owns the land has started to issue PCNs

What do you mean by this? are these tickets being issued by a parking company that belongs to a so called accredited Trade association, or is it something the company/landlord is doing off their own initiative?
Who is issuing the tickets, and who is demanding payment? is it a parking company, or something else? are you having money deducted from your wages?

Coupon-mad

TravellingJake wrote: »

Hi everyone! Any help on the below would be appreciated!

Our place of work has a number of parking spaces included in our lease. Unfortunately, we have more cars than spaces and sometimes colleagues (including myself) "double" park i.e. park next to a bay but where there isnt a bay.

The company that ultimately owns the land has started to issue PCNs to cars "double" parked and we're wondering what to do. There's lots of advice for dealing with PCN in retail car parks etc, but what about when it's your place of work and will be an ongoing issue as parking is so limited?

Ask your employers to copy for you, the section of the business lease about access/rights of way/right to pass and re-pass or rights to park. This will be vital if this nasty PPC is a firm who try to sue you. The lessee company (your company) may have rights that are being disregarded and you need to know exactly where you all stand.

TravellingJake

The PCNs are being issued by a third party employed by the land owner (a university).

We've repeatably asked our SMT to get involved and resolve the matter, but they've so far declined.

Half_way

What is this third party company? this is important as the advice will be different depending upon what entity is issuing tickets, you have nothing to worry about in disclosing this information.
Also University's sometimes think they are a law unto themselves with regards to issues such as parking , what university was/is it and do you have a copy of their parking policy/sustainable transport policy (or whatever load of boll ocks name they call it)

twhitehousescat

cambridge and UKPC?

Coupon-mad

TravellingJake wrote: »

The PCNs are being issued by a third party employed by the land owner (a university).

We've repeatably asked our SMT to get involved and resolve the matter, but they've so far declined.

Yes but what prior rights of way, access, right to pass and re-pass with vehicles, or even 'rights to park' does your business have in their actual lease? Someone needs to help you employees by digging out the lease and reading it, before you are all sued.

It could be the Uni are doing something that disregards your rights under the business lease.