SMART Parking near Bury Market

ashpan

Help! Just got home from my first visit to Bury Market (which is fab by the way!) and realised we didnt pay for a ticket.  It was pouring with rain and i was distracted and then just forgot when i got back to the car
Cant even remember the name of the road the car park was located on.
Should i just call them monday and offer to pay as i cant afford a fine!
Thanks

Umkomaas

Who are you going to call?

ashpan

Umkomaas said:

Who are you going to call?

I think the land is owned by bury council, maybe i could appeal to them?

KeithP

ashpan said:

Umkomaas said:

Who are you going to call?

I think the land is owned by bury council, maybe i could appeal to them?

If the land is owned by Bury Council then it is unlikely that you will receive a Parking Charge Notice from Smart Parking.

Suggest you wait an see if you ever get a PCN from Smart. Smart are easily beaten especially if they don't know who was driving, and for that latter reason, do not ring anyone.

If you do get a PCN from Smart, then the first thing to do is read the first post of the NEWBIES thread where you will find an already written for you template appeal.

D_P_Dance

Read what Pete Wishart MP said recently in the House of commons about Smart Parking.and complain to your own MP.

"I am sick and tired of receiving emails from people complaining about the behaviour of parking companies, telling me that they will never again visit Perth city centre because of the negative experience they had when they had the misfortune to end up in a car park operated by one of these companies. I have received more complaints about one car park in the city of Perth than about any other issue. That car park is operated by the lone ranger of the parking cowboys: the hated and appalling Smart Parking—I see that many other Members are unfortunate enough to have Smart Parking operating in their constituencies. It has reached the stage where one member of my staff now spends a good part of each day just helping my constituents and visitors to my constituency to navigate the appeals process.
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The BPA does not have the ability to regulate these companies and has shown no sign whatsoever that it is trying to get on top of some of the sharper practices. The BPA gives a veneer of legitimacy to some of the more outlandish rogue operators by including them in their membership, allowing them to continue to operate. The Bill will oblige operators such as Smart Parking to amend their practices.

KeithP

Exactly which car park did you use?

ashpan

KeithP said:

Exactly which car park did you use?

I think it was The Market Car park, i dont know the area but it was close to the market

Fruitcake

I suggest you determine exactly which car park it was using online maps etcetera.

If it is infested managed by Smart Parking, then it is not (should not) be council owned.

KeithP

I don't know the area either, but fortunately Google does. 

This is the entrance to the Market car park...



The entrance to the market is to the right past those blue posts and under a subway under a main road.

Is that the car park you used?

If that's the car park you used then it is nothing to do with Smart Parking.
The car park shown above is Bury Council run.

ashpan

Thankyou so much for the photo, i dont think its that one, it did have an overhead structure like the one in the photo and i think there was a TK Maxx nearby and an underpass, plus there was a small fairground over the road,  but that one doesnt look familiar

ashpan

I think this is what might have happened, hence the confusion 
https://www.burytimes.co.uk/news/19641242.frustration-council-car-parking-charges-bury/