P4parking Scotland - Getting worried

BrownTrout

Just stop
Forget calling anyone
Come back here if you get a claim form from the sheriffs court

Umkomaas

P4P are a joke. They have never instigated court proceedings in England/Wales, where it would be infinitely easier than them trying to issue north of the border.

You may well get a letter(s) from 'Gladstones', but this will be Debt Recovery Plus using Gladstones letterheads to panic people into paying.

The giveaway is the name of the organisation to which payment is to be sent. Just ignore anything which requires payment to DRP.

pogofish

Thebaker wrote: »

I was offered to apply to POPLA. Which I did.
But it's only just dawned on me after I got this solicitors letter that I hadn't heard back from them and they aren't open on weekends to call.

They cannot offer you POPLA in Scotland because POFA2012 only applies in England and Wales.

You should be considering taking that "offer" to Trading Standards to see if they will pick-up an action against P4P. PPCs were warned about misleading people with this one in Scotland some years ago and should make the difference quite clear on their paperwork..!

pogofish

oldernonethewiser wrote: »

Is this a residential street in Edinburgh managed by a Private Parking Company?

Most are looked after by the local council.

There are plenty of privately managed residential streets on redeveloped brownfield land in Edinburgh TBH.

oldernonethewiser

pogofish wrote: »

There are plenty of privately managed residential streets on redeveloped brownfield land in Edinburgh TBH.

That's disappointing to learn.

KeithP

pogofish wrote: »

They cannot offer you POPLA in Scotland because POFA2012 only applies in England and Wales.

Pogofish, that is no longer the case.

From PoPLA'a FAQs:

Can I appeal to POPLA if I have received a Parking Charge Notice for alleged improper parking in Scotland or Northern Ireland?

POPLA can consider appeals against Parking Charge Notices issued in Scotland and Northern Ireland from 1 May 2019. Only the driver can be liable for a Parking Charge Notice issued in Scotland or Northern Ireland. We will only be able to consider an appeal from the driver who received the Parking Charge Notice or someone acting on their behalf.

As they will only accept a PoPLA appeal from the driver in Scotland, it clearly is not recommended that a keeper in Scotland uses the PoPLA appeal process.

pogofish

My understanding is that POPLA in Scotland/NI is an entirely voluntary stage, effectively unregulated by POFA - so it is no more than another level of kangaroo court whose only real purpose is to wheedle-out the driver's identity in a way that would allow a PPC to bring an action in a Scottish court.

Not communicating the driver's identity and indeed not communicating any details to the PPC would still be of paramount importance.

I'd also be interested to know if any Scottish "appeal" involves the POPLA (Scotland) company that was reported here as having been registered a few years back?

So I'd still be interested in seeing what Trading Standards make of it - esp if the cross-border differences are not made clear by the PPC.