2019 Euro Car Parks Penalty

tomita.alo1

Hi all,

New here!

I have read several threads on this and as they are old now so thought to create one to check if Euro Car Parks are still a scammer and if I should ignore their letter.

I received a letter from Euro car parks with my number plate with timing and date - asking me to pay £50 or £85 if delayed.

I would like to know if I should pay for it?

Context: we went to the restaurant but parked our car in wrong car park (other restaurants) without realising the error we went to dine and got back home. However, today we received this penalty notice. I spoke to the restaurant and they said its your fault that you parked in the wrong car park and they cannot do anything.

any advise as what should I do?

thank you

Tom

Redx

you can either pay it or appeal it, but do not IGNORE it

see the NEWBIES FAQ sticky thread if you want to appeal it

the worst case scenario is they could take you to civil court within 6 years in England and Wales


ps:- I do not believe you when you said PENALTY notice


it will be a Parking Charge Notice (PCN) - which is an INVOICE

The_Deep

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 become so widespread that MPs agreed to enact a Bill to regulate these scammers. Hopefully, this will become law by Easter .

tomita.alo1

Yes RedX, you are correct it is PCN.

It seems like I made an error so there is no chance for me to appeal. I guess i will have to pay the fine.

thanks for your help and advice

Umkomaas

tomita.alo1 wrote: »

Yes RedX, you are correct it is PCN.

It seems like I made an error so there is no chance for me to appeal. I guess i will have to pay the fine.

thanks for your help and advice

You need to read further. This isn't a 'fine'.

Did you see the signs that distinguish one car park from the other? What exactly did the sign say in the car park you mistakenly used? Do you have photos of the signs? Was the car park pay & display, time-limited, permits only, customers only? Do the signs comply with the BPA Code of Practice?

On what date did the contravention take place? What is the issue date on the Notice to Keeper (NtK)? Is the NtK compliant with the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (Schedule 4)?

There's a set of questions that you need to consider as your starter for ten, before you even contemplate paying, not a fine, but a purely speculative invoice.

KeithP

tomita.alo1 wrote: »

I have read several threads on this and as they are old now so thought to create one to check if Euro Car Parks are still a scammer...

Yes Tom, Euro Car Parks are still a scammer.

beamerguy

tomita.alo1 wrote: »

I have read several threads on this and as they are old now so thought to create one to check if Euro Car Parks are still a scammer and if I should ignore their letter.

Once a scammer, always a scammer, all part of the infamous BPA

As said, it's the signs that matter, how a motorist sees them especially in the dark
Go and take a video and pictures

ShakeItOff

Noo!! You DO NOT need to pay. Unless you're giving away free money for bits of paper stuck to your car (in which case, can I have some free money!? )

But in all seriousness, go check out Post #1 of the NEWBIES thread. There is even a template appeal, all written out for you, so minimal work on your part.

What can you expect next? Well, depending on the outcome of your appeal to Euro Par Carks, you get the chance to go to POPLA and appeal to them.

Coupon-mad

It seems like I made an error so there is no chance for me to appeal. I guess i will have to pay the fine.

Such statements are unofficially banned here!

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/75456433#Comment_75456433

There is NO FINE.

ECP sue no-one, and I have ignored their letters myself more than once!

BrockLesnar

Hi new here!

I have checked the newbies and can’t seem to find a resolve and the stickies thing has vanished. So I ignored first few letters (I never received a ticket, just a letter). This has now been escalated to Debt Recovery Plus.

So I have missed appealing to popla, any advice on what to do next?

Redx

Ignore , like the newbies thread post #4 tells you , that thread is the sticky thread

Meanwhile , complain to the landowner or retailer direct , as the Newbies thread tells everyone to do