pcn from rude unprofessional civil enforcement officer

hoa_le

hi, anybody know of the chances of getting a pcn overturned on the grounds of it not being served correctly (attached to vehicle) and the civil enforcement officer being rude and unprofessional? I read somewhere that they needed to conduct themselves in a courteous and professional manner at all times while on duty, I was encroaching on a disabled bay, I don't have a blue badge but our son is diagnosed medically as autistic.
thank you for help.

Ralph-y

hi, and welcome to the forum ........

there will be plenty for you to read up on ...

go to the newbies thread

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/4816822/newbies-private-parking-ticket-old-or-new-read-these-faqs-first-thankyou





amongst other things that you will learn is that PPC's are all scammers ... or at least thats what our MP's think




''Rip-offs from car park Cowboys must stop''; unfair treatment; signage deliberately confusing to ensure a PCN is issued; ''years of abuse by rogue parking companies''; bloodsuckers; ''the current system of regulation is hopeless, like putting Dracula in charge of the blood-bank''; extortionate fines; rogue operators; ''sense of injustice''; unfair charges and notices; wilfully misleading; signage is a deliberate act to deceive or mislead; ''confusing signs are often deliberate, to trap innocent drivers''; unreasonable; a curse; harassing; operating in a disgusting way; appeals service is no guarantee of a fair hearing; loathed; outrageous scam; dodgy practice; outrageous abuse; unscrupulous practices; ''the British Parking Association is as much use as a multi-storey car park in the Gobi desert''; and finally, by way of unanimous conclusion: ''we need to crack down on these rogue companies. They are an absolute disgrace to this country. Ordinary motorists and ordinary residents should not have to put up with this''.




with forum help you will win this .....


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Fruitcake

hoa_le wrote: »

hi, anybody know of the chances of getting a pcn overturned on the grounds of it not being served correctly (attached to vehicle) and the civil enforcement officer being rude and unprofessional? I read somewhere that they needed to conduct themselves in a courteous and professional manner at all times while on duty, I was encroaching on a disabled bay, I don't have a blue badge but our son is diagnosed medically as autistic.
thank you for help.

As above, please read the sticky thread for NEWBIES and then send the ready made appeal template in blue you will find there. Send it unaltered from the keeper.

Please also elaborate on your point about it not being served properly.

KeithP

hoa_le wrote: »

hi, anybody know of the chances of getting a pcn overturned on the grounds of it not being served correctly (attached to vehicle) and the civil enforcement officer being rude and unprofessional? I read somewhere that they needed to conduct themselves in a courteous and professional manner at all times while on duty, I was encroaching on a disabled bay, I don't have a blue badge but our son is diagnosed medically as autistic.
thank you for help.

It looks to me that this might be a council issued Penalty Charge Notice - 'civil enforcement officer' being the clue.

If so, the best support can be found on Pepipoo forums.

Be aware that you will be unable to signup at Pepipoo with a hotmail email address.

Coupon-mad

Council PCNs do not have to be served to the vehicle, they can be handed to to person who appears to be the driver. And you will not get it cancelled by alleging the CEO was rude, because it will be his word against yours.

Should have driven away, if you could. With a Council PCN (as opposed to a private one which is completely different and a scam) always drive away, if the PCN is not served.

And to find out how to properly appeal it, do as KeithP says and get thee to pepipoo!

The_Deep

Is this Council or private OP? Please enlighten us.

hoa_le

thanks for your advice, this is the point i was trying to find out, as the council pcn was not served to the vehicle or handed to the driver, my wife drove off whilst the officer was preparing it, we received it through the post, any further insight on this please?

KeithP

hoa_le wrote: »

...any further insight on this please?

What more do you want?

You have already been advised that the best place for the resolution of issues with council tickets is Pepipoo.

Coupon-mad

hoa_le wrote: »

thanks for your advice, this is the point i was trying to find out, as the council pcn was not served to the vehicle or handed to the driver, my wife drove off whilst the officer was preparing it, we received it through the post, any further insight on this please?

Yes, on pepipoo. Loads of advice & insight there about Council PCNs.

But the answer is yes, in a Special Enforcement area a Council can send a PCN by post when someone has driven away. That doesn't mean every Council can, but some can, and obviously this one believes they can and has such a template postal PCN.

So I suspect they are one who can.

MUCH more knowledge awaits you when you register & post on pepipoo.

hoa_le

hi thanks for your advice, this is a council pcn that was issued through the post, we drove off in the middle of the issuing process, it was not served to our car or handed to the driver, it was a disabled bay and we read there were no grace period to our surprise, although this was a northern Ireland info site, thanks for any further info

Umkomaas

Have you posted on PePiPoo yet? Time is of the essence with this stuff.