Private PCNs issued to people getting COVID19 vaccinations - policy responses from the Trade Bodies

Coupon-mad

So you say, but 5 per month to residents is not tolerable. Each person is getting an extortionate £100 charge from some scam firm, for parking at home.

There is absolutely no need to use paper permits for those people.

Why would a gate not work at a large estate with on street parking.  Of course it would.

AnotherForumite

Nope, not residents.... unwelcome fly parkers extracting the urine.
Now that the issue is mostly resolved, we operate on a call out basis only; all residents very content with our service.
Why should residents pay for a gate, both in financial terms and the associated inconvenience?

Coupon-mad

In a 100 household site, there is categorically no way an ex-clamper firm are not penalising the residents and their visitors. 

You are absolutely not only issuing PCNs to 'fly parkers'.  You are issuing PCNs when a Norris Cole phones up about another resident's car.

AnotherForumite

Coupon-mad said:

In a 100 household site, there is categorically no way an ex-clamper firm are not penalising the residents and their visitors. 

You are absolutely not only issuing PCNs to 'fly parkers'.  You are issuing PCNs when a Norris Cole phones up about another resident's car.

It does happen once in a while, in which case a £10 admin fee applies to cover our call out; and they are always thankful for the policy.

Coupon-mad

VCS or Excel then.  £10 admin fee is seen on those contracts.  But you do sound like a small-time operator so maybe not.

And no, residents and their visitors are not thankful for a policy that sees them receive a PCN that if they fail to appeal, sees them sued for an inflated sum of money.

You don't need a paper permit scheme for residents, it sets them up for a fall.

AnotherForumite

If that happens with other operators, more fool them for not engaging with the operator and appealing; no doubt as a result of reading forums such as this (often advising to ignore everything bar a LBC).

The residents on our sites get a letter with their permit advising them of the admin fee policy, so they always engage with us; they would be daft not too.

beamerguy

AnotherForumite said:

Coupon-mad said:

AnotherForumite said:

Actually I manage a residential estate adjacent to a hospital and we receive call outs from multiple residents complaining about NHS staff and patients parking and preventing them from parking at home; causing them to have to park away from their house and pay for parking i.e. we are not just talking about ‘Car Parks’ here. I accept that there should be concessions at the actual test/vaccination centres, but not everywhere.

Sounds like UKCPM to me.  If so, you are not a million miles away from me in West Sussex.  Enjoy your snooker table and chef while you can, or they will be one of those nailed to the wall by the new regulatory framework and appeals service.

That site you describe doesn't need a predatory PPC, it needs a gate or £40 bollard/post with a key.

Wouldn't work, the estate has 100+ properties and mostly on street parking.
BTW our service HAS worked and reduced the issue to a tolerable level for the residents. We used to issue 40+ PCNs a week there; now maybe 5 a month.

Big drop ?  are you looking for another job ?  
Just be careful of the other scam .... job sites

Coupon-mad

But they don't need to display a permit.  

Your comment about residents ''more fool them'' shows your true colours. I reckon I know who you are; you've given enough clues.  

You are setting residents up to fail and you know full well that only about 25% appeal, and less than 1% appeal further. 

Easy money, eh...whack it up to £160 and send some threatograms and kerchiiingg!   Residents are paying you.

beamerguy

This is turning into a joke thread ..... down to 5 tickets a month, not enough to pay a cleaner on minimum wages ... this OP must go job hunting whilst there are jobs to find

Snakes_Belly

"Why should residents pay for a gate, both in financial terms and the associated inconvenience?"

Spread among 100 properties the cost of a gated system would not be that much. The MC must have a sinking fund for purposes like this. Residents like a gated community especially ground level flats. It gives them more privacy and security. 

I own a flat with a parking space which at present has not appointed a PPC to manage the car park. There does not seem to be any issues with non-residents parking in the car park. The main gripe is that some of the residents (one in particular) use the visitor spaces thus giving themselves another space.  It impacts mainly on other residents with two cars or regular visitors and is something that the MC should sort out themselves. The moral to this is to not buy a property with one parking space if you need two spaces.

If the MC suggested bringing in a PPC I would strongly object especially after seeing some of the issues that residents have on this forum. The poster with the freehold parking spaces is a particularly dreadful example of how a PPC and their clingons have bullied and caused this person to have issues with their employer.