Premier Park Ltd PCN

jasetheace

Hi
I received a PCN from Premier Park and lodged an appeal using the template from the Newbies thread.

This is the response I received back from Premier Park :-

Re: Parking Charge Notice xxxxxxx

We write to acknowledge receipt of your recent online appeal, on behalf of the driver, appealing against the issuing of a Parking Charge Notice (PCN) to the vehicle.

We note your comments and must refer you to the Protection of Freedoms Act (PoFA) 2012, Schedule 4 - Recovery of unpaid Parking Charges. This is available to view online at:
(I am unable to post link)

We must therefore request that the details of the driver of the vehicle at the time of the contravention are supplied; this must include their full name and serviceable UK postal address. If you are unwilling or unable to provide these details the registered keeper of this vehicle will remain liable for this PCN. This information should be provided by 25th February 2019. Please note, Premier Park Limited will not reply to any correspondence until after the above date, if the requested information is not provided.

If we do not receive this information by the date given, the registered keeper of the vehicle at the date of event will be held liable.

If you would like to view our photographic evidence, please visit

Please respond by return or by filling in the Transfer of Liability form on the reverse of the PCN and posting it to Premier Park, PO Box 624, Exeter, EX1 9JG.


Yours Sincerely,

The Appeals Team
Premier Park Ltd

I would appreciate some guidance as to how I should respond to the above.

Thanks

Fruitcake

Ignore it. They want the driver's details but you know not to give them that information because you have read the NEWBIES thread.

Wait for your PoPLA code then create a draft appeal and post it here before submitting it. If it hasn't arrived by about day 40 then complain to the BPA and DVLA.

In any case, complain to your MP about this unregulated scam.

What happened when you complained to the landowner?

The_Deep

The whole industry is a scam, relying on threats of court, and the public's ignorance of the Law, A bill is currently before parliament which will regulate the scammers, many of whom are ex-clampers.

This is an entirely unregulated industry which is scamming the public with inflated claims for minor breaches of alleged contracts for alleged parking offences, aided and abetted by a handful of low-rent solicitors. Is has been suggested by an MP that some of these companies may have connections to organised crime.

Parking Eye, CPM, Smart, (especially Smart}, and others have already been named and shamed in the House of Commons 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.

Sir Greg Knight's Private Members Bill to curb the excesses, and perhaps close down, some of these companies passed its Second Reading in the Lords this month, and, with a fair wind, will l become Law later this year..

All five readings are available to watch on the internet, (some 7-8 hours), and published in Hansard. MPs have an extremely low opinion of the industry. Many are complaining that they are becoming overwhelmed by complaints from members of the public. Add to their burden, complain in the most robust terms about the scammers.

Umkomaas

this must include their full name and serviceable UK postal address.

The Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (Schedule 4) does not say this. This is what it says:

current address for service” means—

(a)in the case of the keeper, an address which is either—
(i)an address at which documents relating to civil proceedings could properly be served on the person concerned under Civil Procedure Rules; or
(ii)the keeper’s registered address (if there is one); or

(b)in the case of the driver, an address at which the driver for the time being resides or can conveniently be contacted;

No mention of the UK anywhere. Misleading, and they know it! Much more attention to detail is necessary when trying to quote legislation to advantage.

jasetheace

Thanks for all of the responses. So far no response from the landowner.

Umkomaas

jasetheace wrote: »

Thanks for all of the responses. So far no response from the landowner.

Whaaat? Even after you've given them 3 hours to do so?