disabled parking in car park

Atherlon_2

i went to a car park in telford , parked in disabled bay , i have a blue badge that i displayed on dash board , i then went to parking machine but above it was this sign 
https://ibb.co/fQrb2YT
it reads BLUE BADGE HOLDERS - FREE PARKING

so i looked on machine but nothing about disabled parking , just cash and card payments

https://ibb.co/KhdT2RR

so i took it as if i display my blue bagde then parking is free but a few week later i got a parking fine saying i hadnt paid for parking and they wanted £35 if payed straight away or i could appeal to POPLA which i did with photographic proof but they haver come back saying i should have paid and parking fine stands 

what can i do now as ive just had a letter of the parking company saying ive run out of appeals and i have to pay now

Redx

Which parking company ?

Post a picture of the parking company sign on here , so we can check what it says , I suspect that you would have to have obtained a ticket and pushed a button  , or more likely you have read the council sign but parked in a private area

D_P_Dance

Was this a Council car park? 

It is likely that you needed to display a (free) ticket.    If that is the case, imo you should pay the £35.   

KeithP

From that sign you have shown us:



...it looks like a council run car park.

It which case, why were PoPLA involved?

It think the last point in Redx's post probably covers it...

...you have read the council sign but parked in a private area

D_P_Dance

If this was from a private company have you read the stickies/

Atherlon_2

where do i find those please

KeithP

Here is a link to  the NEWBIES FAQ sticky thread - https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/4816822/newbies-private-parking-ticket-old-or-new-read-these-faqs-first-thankyou 

Please answer the questions you are being asked.

Coupon-mad

They CANNOT have offered POPLA, and the NEWBIES thread is not what you need for a Council PCN.  

Show us the PCN itself, and the rejection letter.  There is no way it offered POPLA unless there are 2 car parks next to each other, one Council and one private and your PCN is from the 'wrong' side?

If it a Council one then you WILL win at adjudication as you were offered free parking.

Redx

I still believe that the OP or driver read the council signs featured above but parked in a private car park and hasn't told us who the parking company was. There is one near me that is one third council , one third SIP Parking and one third Cel for KFC , a very confusing system

Atherlon_2

Redx said:

I still believe that the OP or driver read the council signs featured above but parked in a private car park and hasn't told us who the parking company was. There is one near me that is one third council , one third SIP Parking and one third Cel for KFC , a very confusing system

i parked within 10 feet off that sign/parking machine and there were no fences or bounders between , i will scan in the rejection letter i received in awhile 

Redx

I am sure you did and am not questioning your version of what happened, there are many car parks that are co located and sometimes the nearest machine is the wrong one , quite a few are reported in Milton Keynes for example , and one in Hyde , cheshire is similar, where depending where you park the wrong machine could be the closest, as could the signs

sometimes boundaries are blurred or non-existent, it happens

my point is that the pictures you provided are council signs , yet your parking notice is not council, its a private company, nothing to do with the council

you havent even told us which parking company issued the pcn yet