A query on a private parking ticket

Scarlet956

Hi all,

I have scoured the forum and have either missed the information or it doesn't answer my query.

I received a P4 parking ticket at my residence for not parking in my bay which was occupied by a contractor van when I arrived. I appealed and unsurprisingly got denied. I've read through the sticky and have a basis for an appeal. but my query is on a technical point. The contravention reason is truncated at both ends on the ticket box and is not a complete sentence. Is it necessary for the contravention to be complete?

Thank you in advance.

onlyfoolsandparking

I don't think 'Technical' point would make any difference when dealing with parking scammers although nothing is 100% with them, they are a Law unto themselves.


Others will know better than me but what is the exact wording on the contravention?


Plenty of information on here regarding residential parking, whilst your at this early stage, keep reading and learning more about the game your now in, its a defining education

Browntoa

Ignore the technicality , stick to the template letters

Loadsofchildren123

are you the leasehold owner or a tenant?

Scarlet956

I'm a tenant

Scarlet956

The line says:

eParked outside of the markings of a bay or spac

thats it in its entirety.

gardner1

To be honest I wouldn't waste my time with it........total scammers,others will disagree and tell you to read sticky/use template/appeal etc
It's a bunch of cowboys trying it on just give them two fingers and move on

Loadsofchildren123

do you know who the contractor was working for?

The_Deep

I am afraid gardner 1 is misinformed. These companies can trash your credit rating if ignored. Watch the video

This is an entirely unregulated industry which is scamming the public with inflated claims for minor breaches of contracts for alleged parking offences, aided and abetted by a handful of low-rent solicitors.

Parking Eye, CPM, Smart, and another company have already been named and shamed in the house as have Gladstones Solicitors, and BW Legal, (these two law firms take hundreds of these cases to court each week, hospital car parks and residential complex tickets have been especially mentioned. They lose most of them, and have been reported to the regulatory authority by an
M.P. for unprofessional conduct

The problem has become so widespread that MPs have agreed to enact a Bill to regulate these scammers. Watch the video of the Second Reading in the House of Commons recently

http://parliamentlive.tv/event/index/2f0384f2-eba5-4fff-ab07-cf24b6a22918?in=12:49:41

and complain in the most robust terms to your MP. With a fair wind they will be out of business by Christmas.

Scarlet956

Loadsofchildren123 wrote: »

do you know who the contractor was working for?

Sorry, at work and misread the question in a rush. The van was plain white so I do not know which company it was, but its not an uncommon occurrence here.

Loadsofchildren123

Is there a residents' committee/management company?


If so, you should write to them and ask to see the terms of the parking contract. There may be a clause in it which says that they can request pcns given to genuine residents are cancelled. The trouble is that you couldn't park in your space, but you then obviously parked elsewhere, where you were not entitled to park.


There may be technical arguments available to you, but it may be simpler and quicker to get the MC/MA to help you. Merciless Killer had a recent thread where he found there was a clause in the contract which meant the MC could insist on the cancellation of the PCN.


The technical argument you've suggested won't work. You need to find something else.