Parking Ticket

LadyMolestrangler

I parked in Wilko car park Castleford and as i drive 2 cars put the wrong reg number in, but i always keep my parking tickets for a few weeks as i distrust these parking eyes, i have sent a copy of the parking ticket i purchased 3 minutes after entering car park, this is my first appeal, anyone else had this problem.

Fruitcake

Eight and a half million people received parking charge notices last year, many of them for entering an incorrect VRM, so yes other people have had the same problem as you.

We will need a lot more information if you want us to help you, such as the name of the PPC, whether you have appealed yet, and if so, did you blab about the driver's identity, what happened when you complained to the landowner and/or store manager, and whether or not you have read the sticky thread for NEWBIES that asks people to read it first.

D_P_Dance

Many judges  regard these claims as trivial, read this.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_minimis#:~:text=De minimis is a Latin,refuses to consider trifling matters.

Nine times out of ten these tickets are scams, so consider complaining to your MP., it can cause the scammer extra costs, and in some cases, cancellation. 

Parliament is well aware of the MO of these private parking companies, many of whom are former clampers, and on 15th March 2019 a Bill was enacted to curb the excesses of these shysters. Codes of Practice are being drawn up, an independent appeals service will be set up later this year,

Just as the clampers were finally closed down, so hopefully will many of these companies, persistent offenders denied access to the DVLA database and unable to operate.

Hopefully life will become impossible for the worst of these scammers, but until this is done you should still complain to your MP, citing the new legislation.

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2019/8/contents/of these Private Parking Companies.

Redx

Read the newbies FAQ sticky thread near the top of the forum

Follow plan A , which should have been done first , but do it anyway !!

Name the parking company below

Redx

Read the newbies FAQ sticky thread near the top of the forum

Follow plan A , which should have been done first , but do it anyway !!

Name the parking company below

Coupon-mad

Please now make a real difference - A TASK FOR SEPTEMBER.

The Government is (this month only) consulting about a new statutory code of practice (CoP) and framework to rein in the rogue parking firms.  Read and comment on the draft CoP proposal and the enforcement framework consultation, and get everyone you know to do the same.

You will need to register to comment on the CoP and enter an occupation even if you are retired or a homemaker, but otherwise it is easy to navigate, and comment upon each section/subsection individually. You can save comments to edit later and or submit comments once you are happy with them.

https://standardsdevelopment.bsigroup.com/projects/2020-00193#/section

You do not need to register to comment on the enforcement framework which can be found here. It has a link on page 5 to make comments.

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/913272/Code_Enforcement_Framework_consultation.pdf

At the very least, we say the parking charge level should be £50/£25 or higher level £70/£35, as per Council PCNs in E&W.  

And we say the added fake 'debt recovery' costs are just double counting the cost of letters, and MUST GO because that is unfair and illegal.

Please be heard.  You can bet the hundreds of PPCs will be commenting.

No apologies for repeating this vital 'call for action' to consumers, on every thread this month!