Help needed with ticket on the development I live

iMichelle

Hi, Please can someone help.

I am a freeholder in a new development where each household has their own allocated parking bays. After receiving complaints about the parking bays being abused by others rather than the owner (I know this as I was also one of the people making complaints), the developer sent a letter informing us that they had instructed the management company to instruct a private company to patrol the development and to issue parking fines for unauthorised parking along X road including footpaths and where double yellow lines are present, in order to ensure that allocated parking is retained to maximum benefits for the residents.

Because all visitor bays were occupied, we parked a car on a backyard on Y road where no double yellow lines within this development (Y road was not completed at the time when the developer informing us about regulation on X road) last month and got a ticket. The reason is that the car is not parked within the bays.

Regrettably, I had not read the post on the forum before made an appeal to the parking patrol company. Now, the appeal has been rejected for the reason that there are sufficient signs in the development that no parking outside designated bays. But I still think this does not align with the information provided by the developer.

I have three options now: pay discounted fee, appeal to POPLA, ignore it.

Before I making a decision, can anyone kindly advise:

1. Does the parking control company have any ground to send me an invoice as I am also one of the owners of this private land, although the exact location where the car parked is a piece of communal ground (and probably is still owned by the developer)?

2. As far as I understand, the parking control company has a contract with the management company rather than the developer, but the management company refused to step in. Since I have already made an appeal to the parking control company, is it still worth to complain to the developer?

Many thanks for your help and any advice for the next step.

safarmuk

2. As far as I understand, the parking control company has a contract with the management company rather than the developer, but the management company refused to step in.

The Management Company can step in at any point if they have engaged the PPC and have the desire to do so in my opinion.

Since I have already made an appeal to the parking control company, is it still worth to complain to the developer?

Yes, because:

The developer sent a letter informing us that they had instructed the management company to instruct a private company to patrol the development and to issue parking fines for unauthorised parking along X road including footpaths and where double yellow lines are present, in order to ensure that allocated parking is retained to maximum benefits for the residents.

You are an owner of a property and not unauthorized, you would hope that the PPC were not brought in to give PCNs to the residents (although I fully expect they will).

Coupon-mad

iMichelle wrote: »

Hi, Please can someone help.

I am a freeholder in a new development where each household has their own allocated parking bays. After receiving complaints about the parking bays being abused by others rather than the owner (I know this as I was also one of the people making complaints), the developer sent a letter informing us that they had instructed the management company to instruct a private company to patrol the development and to issue parking fines for unauthorised parking along X road including footpaths and where double yellow lines are present, in order to ensure that allocated parking is retained to maximum benefits for the residents.

Because all visitor bays were occupied, we parked a car on a backyard on Y road where no double yellow lines within this development (Y road was not completed at the time when the developer informing us about regulation on X road) last month and got a ticket. The reason is that the car is not parked within the bays.

Regrettably, I had not read the post on the forum before made an appeal to the parking patrol company. Now, the appeal has been rejected for the reason that there are sufficient signs in the development that no parking outside designated bays. But I still think this does not align with the information provided by the developer.

I have three options now: pay discounted fee, appeal to POPLA, ignore it.

Before I making a decision, can anyone kindly advise:

1. Does the parking control company have any ground to send me an invoice as I am also one of the owners of this private land, although the exact location where the car parked is a piece of communal ground (and probably is still owned by the developer)?

2. As far as I understand, the parking control company has a contract with the management company rather than the developer, but the management company refused to step in. Since I have already made an appeal to the parking control company, is it still worth to complain to the developer?

Many thanks for your help and any advice for the next step.

Appeal to POPLA.

And read this:

http://parking-prankster.blogspot.co.uk/2016/11/residential-parking.html

POPLA is explained with templates, in post #3 of the NEWBIES thread.

Umkomaas

I know this as I was also one of the people making complaints

As the saying goes ........ 'be careful what you wish for'!

You need to start making more complains, but in the opposite direction!

Half_way

dear management company, after careful consideration neither myself, or any visitors to my property will be taking part in any permit scheme, if you require the limits to be returned please arrange a suitable date to collect them, or provide a stamped addressed envelope.