UKPS parking ticket.

Kshah786

Hi guys.
So my father is a taxi driver and he got a ticket from ukps. He took a disabled child and her carer to McDonald's but rather then go into McDonald's he turned into the Waterside Inn carparl and was there for a few minutes oblivious to the appropriate and signs. He then appealed to ukps stating he was taking a disabled passenger to McDonald's. He even had a receipt from McDonald's.  Anyways his appeal has been rejected and here is there reply below. What is my next step for him now.

Dear ******** *****

FULL & FINAL RESPONSE WITHOUT PREJUDICE:

Thank you for your recent communication concerning the above Parking Charge. Our Appeals Manager has personally reviewed this case and has carefully considered the appeal by reviewing the various factors involved. Their view, however, is that the Parking Charge is neither unreasonable nor unjust and so we will not be waiving this parking charge.

This is private land that the landowner has designated for permit holders and customers of The Waterside Inn only. There is no parking allowed without the prior permission of the landowner. If the Inn is closed, then parking is only allowed with advanced direct permission or authorisation from the landowner. Any driver of a vehicle that parks on this private land has a consideration period of five minutes to read the site terms and conditions to make an informed decision as to whether or not to remain on the land. Should the driver of the vehicle decide to remain on the land, then the driver automatically accepts the terms and conditions. The consideration period is not a period of free parking. With this in mind, our CCTV operative provided the following account of the contravention:

'Vehicle arrived on site from the direction of the Drive Thru and immediately stopped in the entrance to the access road to drop off a passenger. The passenger walked off towards McDonalds and the vehicle turned around and parked across two bays in front of the tree line. At no point did any occupant attempt to read the signage located across the site, therefore the driver of the vehicle automatically accepted the site terms and conditions. Non staff/client of the Waterside Inn - No permit registered to the VRM - unauthorised parking session. CCTV footage will fully support the contravention.'

Therefore, the driver of the vehicle was in direct contravention of the site terms and conditions. The signs are clear and have been audited and approved by the trade governing body, the IPC.

The contract that UKPS Limited has with the owner or occupier of the land (which authorises UKPS Limited to enter into a contract with the driver requiring the payment of Parking Charges in respect of parking of the vehicle on the land) contains a confidentially clause and as such we are not in a position to provide the contract to you.

As a member of the Approved Operator Scheme, UKPS Limited are audited by the IPC to ensure that we have all relevant contracts in place. UKPS Limited will provide the court with a copy of this in full if they require it, or can provide a written statement to this effect from those party to the contract. We are also more than happy to provide confirmation to the independent assessors that we are authorised to manage parking at this site. We can confirm that parking management at this site has been contracted to UKPS Limited.

All of our signage is fully compliant with the guidelines set out within the IPC Code of Practice and we reject the notion that it is in any way unclear or ambiguous.

The highest court in the UK, the Supreme Court, has unambiguously confirmed that parking charges issued on private land are fully enforceable. In the case of ParkingEye v Beavis (2015) UKSC 67 their Lordships stated that private parking charges were enforceable because they served a legitimate interest and were in the interests of the public generally. The case confirmed that the amount of the charge does not have to reflect any loss that might have been caused by breach of the terms and conditions of parking.

The Supreme Court decision is binding law on all other courts throughout the UK.

Another Court decision: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-39478203

Please be advised that all photographic evidence can be viewed by typing: pay.theukps.com in to your top address browser.

We appreciate that this is not the outcome you will have hoped for. Unless you have any additional information that you have not already brought to our attention, this decision is final.

If you are not happy with our decision, you can contact the IAS (www.theias.org) standard Appeals service within 21 days of this appeal being declined.

If you choose to do nothing, after 56 days from the incident date, the parking charge will be passed to our debt recovery agent, at which point you will be liable to pay an additional charge of £60, in accordance with our terms and conditions of parking and further charges will be claimed if Court action is taken against you. Any unpaid Court Judgement may adversely affect your credit rating.

PLEASE DO NOT IGNORE THIS LETTER. UKPS LIMITED REGULARLY TAKES MOTORISTS TO COURT WHO IGNORE THEIR PARKING CHARGES.

Payment Methods:

1) Bank Transfer

Account UKPS LTD

Account No: 25006760

Sort Code: 30-99-15

2) Cheque / Postal Order

UKPS Ltd

Central Office

The Hangars

Harbury Lane

Leamington Spa

CV33 9SA

3) PayPal/Stripe (Please see the Parking Charge Notice to keeper for details)

Kind Regards

UKPS Ltd Appeals Team

UKPS Ltd

Central Office

The Hangars

Harbury Lane

Leamington Spa

Warwickshire

CV33 9SA

Email: info@theukps.com

Coupon-mad

Complain to the WaterSide Inn and explain what he was doing, and that it was a fare for a disabled child.

noseyparking

I have had a similar issue with this ‘car park’… pointless complaining to Waterside Inn since the pub has been shut for a number of years…. Complaining to McDonald’s probably would be better since their signage confuses matters. Contesting with IAS pointless too…

Coupon-mad

noseyparking said:

I have had a similar issue with this ‘car park’… pointless complaining to Waterside Inn since the pub has been shut for a number of years…. Complaining to McDonald’s probably would be better since their signage confuses matters. Contesting with IAS pointless too…

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