Parking Charge Notice help

Kollossal

Hi

I am a university student living in private accommodation. We require a parking permit to park at the car park (UKCPS). My home address is the address linked to the car and I have received multiple parking notices , including some from debt collectors, which go back to December. No one is currently living at the home address and I only received the letters couple days ago. I do have a permit but it may have not been visible. The payments have gone up to 160 quid per notice and I have 3. I really can’t afford this and was wondering what I should do?

Thanks guys

Le_Kirk

Start by reading the Newbie Stickies at the top of the forum and you will find all the advice you need.

Kollossal

I feel like i!!!8217;m In a different situation? Because I!!!8217;ve accidentally ignored these letters to the point where I!!!8217;m receiving debt collector letters and that it was in a permit location. They have also got photos of my car without permit and the sign.

System

You are best to make at least one attempt to resolve the issue by showing them you are a permit holder.

You are showing the court (and not the parking company) that you have at least attempted to show they have no basis for a claim nor for the additional costs they attempt to add.

What do the signs actually say. Do they say "permit holders only" or "permit holders only while displaying a permit". These are actually very different rules.

Kollossal

So should I be sending a letter to UKCPS or debt collectors because this is past the !!!8216;28!!!8217;days for appeal? And is there any specifics I should add?

And it!!!8217;s permit holders when displaying a valid permit

Half_way

why do you need a permit?

Kollossal

My landlord gave me a permit and the sign in the car park says a valid permit is required?

Quentin

You are too late to appeal but still send ukps the letter advised in #4

Get a certificate of posting from the post office. Keep it with a copy of the letter

Never contact debt collectors!

Follow the advice in the Newbies FAQ on the debt collectors stage which you are now in

Kollossal

How likely is this going to court? I just suffer with a bit of anxiety and wondering if I should just pay it off

Quentin

You can see their current ratio of tickets issued to Court hearings on the bmpa website.

If no-one is at your registered address then give the PPC an alternative address to contact you.

Should they attempt court action then you could end up with a ccj against you without your knowledge that a claim was issued

They have 6 years to start legal proceedings

Coupon-mad

Kollossal wrote: »

How likely is this going to court? I just suffer with a bit of anxiety and wondering if I should just pay it off

You will know it is unlikely, from when you did the Google search the NEWBIES thread tells you to in post #2 of that sticky thread to find the BMPA stats about each PPC.