Corporation Street Retail Park, Preston

An_Oatcake

I recently received a windscreen PCN from Care Parking at the Corporation Street Retail Park, Preston. It was issued for abusing patron parking: the driver was seen leaving the site.

I’ve noticed on other threads by those caught out in similar circumstances at this location that it is stated in the planning permission that customers are permitted to park here and shop onsite and elsewhere. I have looked through the online planning documents for the application to turn the site into a retail park (06/1995/0012) and cannot seem to find any such provision. All I can find under Planning Policy Guidance relating to the siting adjacent to the town centre is:

Fewer additional trips are likely to be generated because customers can combine their visit with a trip into the town centre for shopping or other purposes.

Having looked at a number of other threads, it seems that a parking ticket company is not likely to be successful with a ‘leaving site’ claim anyway. However it would have been good to have documentation to prove that the ability for shoppers to park and shop here and offsite was indeed one of the reasons for the retail park being sited where it is.

I have checked with the Council and been told that any such conditions re parking would be mentioned in the decision notice, which they do not seem to be. I should be most grateful to hear if anyone knows any differently.

twhitehousescat

Fewer additional trips are likely to be generated because customers can combine their visit with a trip into the town centre for shopping or other purposes.

the reason for that statement was that permission was granted to Aldi back in 1999 on proviso that people could park there , shop then do errands at local shops

the origional planning consent is no longer held on record

use the above at POPLa , euro car parks were first to manage this site , with foot patrol , and accepted this , Parking eye came next but with ANPR , care seem to take on lame jobs that others dont want , ie metrolink (bylaws), and I still suspect Aldi will not have court cases on land they own , no one else will touch the carpark!

reword the above embelish it , care know it exists but hope punters do not , use it to your advantage , they will back down

Coupon-mad

Send the Council a FOI using 'whatdotheyknow' and ask for every document about this location - including but not necessarily limited to Planning consent - which mentions or clarifies whether shoppers can use the site for local shopping.

Tell them:

All I can find under Planning Policy Guidance relating to the siting adjacent to the town centre is:

''Fewer additional trips are likely to be generated because customers can combine their visit with a trip into the town centre for shopping or other purposes''.

...and ask for anything ELSE.