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Leek council are getting involved with Aldi/PE complaints

alanjuk
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An Aldi/PE story has been rumbling on over the past few week in our local paper.
The council have got involved and are asking people who feel they have been wrongly charged to get in touch.
The story is HERE

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  • beamerguy
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    alanjuk wrote: »
    An Aldi/PE story has been rumbling on over the past few week in our local paper.
    The council have got involved and are asking people who feel they have been wrongly charged to get in touch.
    The story is HERE

    Thanks for posting that, if only more councils got involved ?

    As far as the Aldi comment ...... the spokesperson is a pleb
  • The_Deep
    The_Deep Posts: 16,830 Forumite
    This is what Trading Standards Officers are supposed to be doing.
    You never know how far you can go until you go too far.
  • Umkomaas
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    The Section 106 agreement states: "The car park will be controlled and managed to provide short-stay car parking for shoppers but will be managed in such a way as to allow customers to visit other shops, cafes, restaurants or public facilities located within Leek town centre. The maximum length of stay will be two hours."
    Which makes the requirement to enter VRM details in-store totally incompatible with the council's planning permission.
    Please note, we are not a legal advice forum. I personally don't get involved in critiquing court case Defences/Witness Statements, so unable to help on that front. Please don't ask. .

    I provide only my personal opinion, it is not a legal opinion, it is simply a personal one. I am not a lawyer.

    Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day; show him how to catch fish, and you feed him for a lifetime.

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  • fisherjim
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    Umkomaas wrote: »
    Which makes the requirement to enter VRM details in-store totally incompatible with the council's planning permission.

    But of course Aldi think they know best:

    An Aldi spokesman said: "The rules are clear and well-advertised therefore customers should not be in any doubt as to how the car park operates."
  • Coupon-mad
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    Umkomaas wrote: »
    Which makes the requirement to enter VRM details in-store totally incompatible with the council's planning permission.
    Yes, have the Council not noticed? :eek:
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