Parking stories in the News/media

1505grandad

ANPR in Council car parks?  -  this sounds like a plan (wonder who benefits)

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/cars/news/blue-badge-holders-to-no-longer-park-for-free-under-new-council-plans/ar-AA1q6uPf?ocid=U148DHP&pc=U148&cvid=66ac74b82b6c4971a5e1eb2a25769469&ei=75

"It added: “The project will enable an assessment of whether the more widespread introduction of ANPR across other council’s car parks should be considered. This may be achieved by using a third party to deliver and manage the project on our behalf.”"

Nellymoser

Can Councils use ANPR cameras in their car parks? I thought they could only be used in private car parks. 

Coupon-mad

Nellymoser said:

Can Councils use ANPR cameras in their car parks? I thought they could only be used in private car parks. 

They can, but ONLY as long as it isn't to issue PCNs by post.

So, there are some Council PDT car parks which have ANPR to help inform drivers what time they arrived or to calculate the fee on leaving.  That is all it can do.  Any PCNs will have to be issued on foot.

Someone needs to tell this Council (and the opposition!) what they are considering is illegal, if the ANPR causes postal PCNs (even if a private firm does it).

Anyone fancy tipping off Councillors Lee Athwal and Mark Hood who were not happy about the lack of consultation?  They'll be interested to learn it's illegal. 

Umkomaas

Two crackers via Contestor. 

1. UKCPM - stuffed for £2,154

https://www.contestorlegal.co.uk/blog-3/exeter-court-delivers-a-powerful-blow-to-uk-car-park-management-represented-by-gladstone-solicitors-and-ordered-to-pay-215410

2. Terry Szmidt (Capital Car Park Control) - now £3,600 down.

https://www.contestorlegal.co.uk/blog-3/default-judgment-overturned-capital-car-park-control-ordered-to-pay-costs-of-3600

Ouch, Ouch. 😄

Coupon-mad

The second one was on appeal to His Honour Judge Dubbridge, so it's persuasive on other parking CCJ set aside cases where a claim form wasn't received AND was poorly pleaded.

I hope there will be a transcript obtained about it.  Will try to find out.

Half_way

Something fishy going off in Cornwall?

https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/cornwall-council-warned-plan-offload-9530431

Cornwall Council warned about plan to offload car parks to 'unpleasant' companies

So far it has already transferred two of its 231 - to companies that it entirely owns itself

A bid by Cornwall Council to offload what could be as many as 50 of its car parks has received warnings from a number of councillors. Members are concerned about them being managed by "unpleasant" enforcement companies.

The decentralisation of a number of council-owned car parks is part of a plan to make £2 million of savings by getting rid of as many as 2,000 of the local authority's assets. The various assets would either be devolved to town and parish councils, sold or leased to companies to run.

Senior council officer Phil Mason told an economic scrutiny meeting today (Wednesday, September 4) there was no final agreed list of car parks which could be passed to new owners, although two have already been transferred. Towan Headland car park in Newquay is now owned by the council's wholly-owned arm's length company Treveth and managed by enforcement company Initial Parking, while New Polzeath car park is now owned by another council company, Cormac.

https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/cornwall-council-warned-plan-offload-9530431

Coupon-mad

Still not 'relevant land' then?  Parking places owned of provided by a Local Authority (subsidiary).

nigelbb

Coupon-mad said:

Nellymoser said:

Can Councils use ANPR cameras in their car parks? I thought they could only be used in private car parks. 

They can, but ONLY as long as it isn't to issue PCNs by post.

So, there are some Council PDT car parks which have ANPR to help inform drivers what time they arrived or to calculate the fee on leaving.  That is all it can do.  Any PCNs will have to be issued on foot.

Someone needs to tell this Council (and the opposition!) what they are considering is illegal, if the ANPR causes postal PCNs (even if a private firm does it).

Anyone fancy tipping off Councillors Lee Athwal and Mark Hood who were not happy about the lack of consultation?  They'll be interested to learn it's illegal. 

High Wycombe Council wasted £680,000 on ANPR cameras for their car parks before they were forced to remove the cameras after their access to DVLA data was removed.

https://wycombetoday.com/2017-01-22-car-parks-in-wycombe-to-return-to-pay-and-display-as-anpr-technology-is-ditched/

Coupon-mad

Someone needs to send that info to Tonbridge/Malling Councillors sharpish before they flush public money down the toilet.

Castle

Coupon-mad said:

Someone needs to send that info to Tonbridge/Malling Councillors sharpish before they flush public money down the toilet.

And the local paper.