Robert Jenrick speaks about Parking Cowboys

exongrad

lots of reading to do at
 https://www.gov.uk/government/news/crackdown-on-private-car-parking-firms-will-eliminate-unfair-fines

Snakes_Belly

Looks like fallen off permits and disabled badges will be dismissed. 

twhitehousescat

D_P_Dance said:

Given that PE is a part of Capita, who are apparently in financial trouble, I wonder if they will get out of the scam parking business.  They may well be facing unpleasantness wrt TV licences for the over 75s. 

keep up at the back!
they got out of parking several yrs ago
https://www.racfoundation.org/media-centre/biggest-private-parking-firm-soars-in-value

Castle

C_L_S_Henderson said:

lots of reading to do at
 https://www.gov.uk/government/news/crackdown-on-private-car-parking-firms-will-eliminate-unfair-fines

And yet the Government still refers to them as "Offences" and "Fines"!

beamerguy

So, it seems this is where the public can comment
https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=EGg0v32c3kOociSi7zmVqAVPfAOtwRxLhHRwQ610oElUMzhQSVo0WUQ4SERVSEZaUU9DTUhFQ1VMUy4u

Coupon-mad

Umkomaas said:

Drivers who park wrongly in disabled spaces or ambulance bays would face an increased fine of £120. 

That could be a nice little earner for them. I wonder how it will square with the Equality Act 2010 and Blue Badge conundrum?

Don't forget there is more to the draft CoP including (I think) an alternative tiered model.  I saw it last night in another newspaper and two tiered models were mentioned, one of which was akin to Local Authority level 2 tier charges.

Things like a proposal for £100 charges or more are what people making comments need to address; the MHCLG are listening I am sure.  Also, the discount period should be 21 days (not 14) because 21 days is what you get from a postal PCN (reg 10) on street, to allow the keeper who may not see the notice straight away, time to pay at the discount if they wish = £25 on street.

As some 80% or more of private PCNs are issued by post, the 21 days discount should be offered.

Oh, and the Charter should say that people who later show their valid Blue Badge, pay £0.

Snakes_Belly

We should ask for as much as possible as the Government will be in a people pleasing mood at the moment. They know that this will be popular with the electorate. 

Snakes_Belly

In the Beavis case the judgement was given by Supreme Court judges who are on a salary of £226k+ per year. £100.00 is a drop in the ocean to them. Probably a bottle of claret.  £100.00 is a lot to a person on a minimum wage zero hours contract. It could be the difference as to whether they eat or not.  

DoaM

beamerguy said:

So, it seems this is where the public can comment
https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=EGg0v32c3kOociSi7zmVqAVPfAOtwRxLhHRwQ610oElUMzhQSVo0WUQ4SERVSEZaUU9DTUhFQ1VMUy4u

And this looks to be the link to the consultation letter and the CoP itself. Looks like a login is required to access them:
https://standardsdevelopment.bsigroup.com/projects/2020-00193#/section

And there also looks to be a government consultation link regarding enforcing the CoP:
https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/parking-code-enforcement-framework

Edit: given the importance of these I've started a new thread on this.

Le_Kirk

And this looks to be the link to the consultation letter and the CoP itself. Looks like a login is required to access them:

Simple enough to register and log in.  Done in under two minutes.