Car wash in a CEL car park

gorilla17

Hi guys,

I received a PCN back in April from CEL for allegedly not paying to park in a car park, when I was in fact just there to use the hand car wash service based in the car park. I have photographic evidence to prove that free parking is offered for users of the hand car wash.

I appealed the PCN, which was obviously rejected, so I'm now playing the ignoring game. The most recent letter I've received was from QDR Solicitors, on behalf of ZZPS, on behalf of CEL (!)

I am aware that there's no point in responding at this stage. However having read through this forum, it looks like CEL are quite likely to take this forward to County Court stage.

So my question is simply this - are there any copy and paste defences on here reflecting the specifics of my case - car was not actually parked, I was just using the car wash - or will I need to put something together based on other defences and adapt it to suit these specific circumstances?

I've searched for "car wash defence" and "hand car wash CEL" and haven't come up with anything, so if anyone's aware of any threads relating to this, I'd be most grateful if you could point me in the right direction.

Many thanks.

gorilla17

Attached a photo of the sign from the car park. There's no mention of who the land owner is. If there's no signage, is there any other way to find out?