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Admin63

Before Christmas I parked in Dunnes Stores car park in Coleraine Northern Ireland. I was slightly over my ticket time by about 30mins. There was a Parking Charge notice on my windscreen. I had my handicapped daughter’s blue badge on display and she was with me. I read through various threads here and they said to ignore it. Which I did 😊. But now I have received a letter from Debt Recovery Plus for £130 saying if I don’t pay by 21Jan they “will recommend to our client that they take legal action against you”. Do I have to pay up?

Redx

Ignore it , DRP are powerless and there is no POFA in Northern Ireland

Admin63

So you think I can safely ignore the debt collection letter? Many thanks for your help. Much appreciated.👍

Redx

I cannot say it's safe , but unless a court claim arrives through your door , it's ok to ignore

Coupon-mad

Admin63 wrote: »

So you think I can safely ignore the debt collection letter? Many thanks for your help. Much appreciated.

This is already clear in the NEWBIES FAQS thread, in the section about Northern Ireland and the entire post #4 about ignoring debt letters, with pictures linked.

If you are on a phone, stop using a small screen. View the whole forum properly.

Admin63

Thank you. I am having trouble finding #4 on the newbies thread, sorry. I will happily ignore the debt collection letter and if you think I don’t need to do anything then I won’t.

Fruitcake

The sticky thread for NEWBIES is just underneath where you clicked on the button, and asks you to read it first before posting.

Post 4 of the NEWBIES explains why it is safe to ignore debt collcetors.

Post 1 of the NEWBIES explains why a PCN should be ignored in NI, but not in other parts of the UK. A vehicle keeper cannot be held liable in NI, only the driver.
The best way to ensure the PPC never finds out the identity of the driver is to ignore the PPC completely unless they try court in NI, which is very unlikely.

What happened when you complained to the landowner, especially as a breach of the Equality Act 2010 may have occurred. I don't know about NI, but in England and Wales the blue badge scheme does not apply on private land, but the EA 2010 does.

Have you complained yet to your MP about this unregulated scam?

Coupon-mad

Admin63 wrote: »

Thank you. I am having trouble finding #4 on the newbies thread, sorry. I will happily ignore the debt collection letter and if you think I don’t need to do anything then I won’t.

All posts have a number = e.g. this is #8 on this thread.

If you can't see the post numbers top right of every post, get on a laptop.