Parking restrictions

chris0147

Hi all,

I need your advice regarding to parking matters. I have received a letter from the management committee as they said in the letter I am only allowed to park 15 mins where I live. If I park my car in a private land more than 15 mins I would get the tickets.

It haven't say anything in the tenancy agreement about the parking restrictions. I guess there is no contract with the parking company. And also it say in the letter that they are allowed to remove my car if I don't move it. I know it's illegal to tow a car as the Law have banned the private firm to tow or clamp in 2012. The committee don't have the powers to remove my car as they dont own the land and they are not the Law firm. I guess that I should ignore them, but I am not too sure. Can someone please advice me whether if I should ignore it or not?

Here is the picture:

Quentin

You look to have misunderstood the letter

It's visitors who can only park 15 mins, then must move, not residents

chris0147

Quentin wrote: »

You look to have misunderstood the letter

It's visitors who can only park 15 mins, then must move, not residents

No I don't. You misunderstood what I said. I live in a flat with my mate so they are going to give me visitors permit. They wont give me residents permit as I have to be on the tenancy so I guess I should ignore them?

KeithP

As Quentin said:

Quentin

chris0147 wrote: »

No I don't. You misunderstood what I said. I live in a flat with my mate so they are going to give me visitors permit. They wont give me residents permit as I have to be on the tenancy so I guess I should ignore them?

Well if you do and get tickets come back here and read the newbies FAQ thread for advice on how to appeal.

Coupon-mad

Does your mate also park a car there? If not, use his permit.

I would email them back and ask for the copy of the consensus obtained from all leaseholders (not just those who rocked up at an AGM) which must have been at least 75% in agreement according to the Landlord & Tenant Act:

https://www.tanfieldchambers.co.uk/resources/articles/variation-of-leases-under-the-landlord-and-tenant-act-1987

''if there are less than 9 leases all or all but one of the parties must consent and if there are more than 8 leases, 75% of the parties must consent and not more than 10% must not object to the proposed variation. As most variations have winners and losers, this degree of consensus is hard to achieve''.

Umkomaas

Advisers - check previous threads about similar (probably the same) issues. Tread gently.

bergkamp

Umkomaas wrote: »

Advisers - check previous threads about similar (probably the same) issues. Tread gently.

Don't tread at all IMO:wall:

The_Deep

I live in a flat with my mate so they are going to give me visitors permit.

But you are not a visitor. Parking in a visitor's space for even one minute is therefore trespass. It such abuse of parking which encourage management companies to appoint these scammers in the first place.

NeilCr

The_Deep wrote: »

I live in a flat with my mate so they are going to give me visitors permit.

But you are not a visitor. Parking in a visitor's space for even one minute is therefore trespass. It such abuse of parking which encourage management companies to appoint these scammers in the first place.

Yes.

I am a director of a management company for the estate I live on. We have very restricted parking and the vast majority of residents comply with them. A while ago we had one person who would park wherever they chose. This included partly blocking an entrance which is used by the waste disposal lorries and (most importantly) emergency vehicles. This is on a private road

We tried everything to stop him but he ignored the lot. None of us wanted to employ a parking company but we were getting close to it when he left. It's been fine since.

I read this forum with interest. I fully understand all the concerns and complaints about parking companies but I also have sympathy with mancos like mine who may end up with them because of selfish parking

From my experience it is other residents who start pushing for action..

FWIW when we were discussing this we were clear that, as a manco, we wanted to be able to overturn tickets and, indeed, would probably have done so in most cases.

But - one person can cause problems for many

The_Slithy_Tove

NeilCr wrote: »

We tried everything to stop him but he ignored the lot. None of us wanted to employ a parking company but we were getting close to it when he left.

If it's one clearly identifiable individual, they surely better to go for that one person than treating everyone as the offender (which employing a PPC would have done). Better to "get legal" with that one person, clearly indicating how he is breaching the terms of the lease and risking forfeiture (the nuclear option).