Parking stories in the News/media

Whatever2023

Half_way said:

People need to start hitting the landowners over the actions of their agents, and hitting them hard.

 The only exception would be if its a charity or small one person independent, but the big corporates should be hit as hard as possible for taking on an unregulated parking company

Operators are rarely the agent of a landowner, hence why the operator is identified as the creditor on signs etc.

Half_way

Operator of what?

by landowner, i mean the entity that contracted the un regulated parking company/allowed them to infest the land

Coupon-mad

Nellymoser said:

“I’m not paying the Parking Charge Notice because the company falsely advertised payment methods.” says Mrs Swift

https://www.thestar.co.uk/business/consumer/excel-parking-driver-charged-ps100-for-leaving-broomhill-rooftop-car-park-after-pay-machine-stolen-4789024

On finding Excel's pay machine had been removed at the Broomhill Rooftop site Mrs Swift made several attempts to pay by phone but all failed. Other motorists were experiencing the same problem.

She said “After approximately 15 minutes of trying to pay, I decided to leave.”

Her appeal was rejected by both Excel and the IAS as she didn't pay within 10mins.

A Morrisons store is on-site and urged customers who have a problem to approach them. A spokesperson said: “If a customer believes they may have an issue with their ticket, we would advise them to speak with our customer service team when parking."

Is this a winning point at court..the company falsley advertised payment methods?

New signs were added stating pay by phone only but the main original signs remain with instructions on how to pay at the meter and online still visible.

Good old David Walsh at the Sheffield Star!

Thorndorise

Whatever2023 said:

Half_way said:

People need to start hitting the landowners over the actions of their agents, and hitting them hard.

 The only exception would be if its a charity or small one person independent, but the big corporates should be hit as hard as possible for taking on an unregulated parking company

Operators are rarely the agent of a landowner, hence why the operator is identified as the creditor on signs etc.

Parking operators are virtually always an agent of the landowner, by the fact they are contracted to manage the parking...creditor or not has nothing to do with them being an agent.

Nellymoser

It's a cracker 

https://www.belfastlive.co.uk/news/parking-fines-reviewed-after-technical-30023127

TECHNOLOGY BLAMED AGAIN 

Customers have received £100 PCN after parking at the EUROSPAR in Crumlin with many claiming the parking system did not detect them leaving and returning later that day.

The DOUBLE DIPPING scenario.

Henderson Retail who operate the store churned out the frequently used it's a 'technical issue' with Smart Parking cameras at the store. 

Seems more likely to be a code breach by Smart Parking who skipped the manual quality control check on images generated by their cameras before requesting DVLA data and posting out PCNs.

When contacted by Belfast Live, Smart Parking declined to issue a statement and investigate unless Belfastlive provided the reg numbers of all of the vehicles impacted by the apparent technical glitch.

Jenni_D

And registered keepers in NI can simply ignore postal PCNs anyway. 😎

Nellymoser

Smart Parking fails to manage parking at organised school sports event in Eton. 

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4gd7770zlwo.amp

Although the day parking had been paid in advance hundreds of parents received a PCN. 

One parent's appeal was rejected and he's received a second payment demand letter. He says "it appears Smart Parking Ltd had ignored the agreement between the schools and the club."

Schools said to ignore the PCNs but having heard nothing from Smart Parking or the athletics club parents feel they remain "in the dark".

After this ***** up the schools may look to book another venue for next year childrens sports event.

Whatever2023

Thorndorise said:

Whatever2023 said:

Half_way said:

People need to start hitting the landowners over the actions of their agents, and hitting them hard.

 The only exception would be if its a charity or small one person independent, but the big corporates should be hit as hard as possible for taking on an unregulated parking company

Operators are rarely the agent of a landowner, hence why the operator is identified as the creditor on signs etc.

Parking operators are virtually always an agent of the landowner, by the fact they are contracted to manage the parking...creditor or not has nothing to do with them being an agent.

Nope. If the Operator knows what they are doing, the agreement will be permission to operate on the land (not on the landowners behalf); a ‘Concession’ if you like. Keeps things clean for all concerned and eliminates scope for ‘Plan A’.

Fruitcake

Changes at Bristol Airport mean that part of the main road through the site will be closed for some time, and motorists will be diverted by a new perimeter road instead. This new road is without the area where VCS were previously contracted to operate by Bristol Airport Limited, (who are not the landowner).

We know that the previous contract between the landowner's sub-contractor and VCS expired last year, so it will be interesting to see if the VCS scamera van operates along the new road, whether new signs have been erected, whether advertising consent has been obtained if there are any new signs, and if a new contract for this new road exists.

New road layout greets visitors to Bristol Airport (msn.com)

I am currently unable to get to the airport to have a look, and the local council have closed of a layby on a nearby public road where it was possible to park and then walk up to the airport back entrance, making it harder to visit on foot to get photos without driving onto the site. 

Nellymoser

Whatever2023 said:

Thorndorise said:

Whatever2023 said:

Half_way said:

People need to start hitting the landowners over the actions of their agents, and hitting them hard.

 The only exception would be if its a charity or small one person independent, but the big corporates should be hit as hard as possible for taking on an unregulated parking company

Operators are rarely the agent of a landowner, hence why the operator is identified as the creditor on signs etc.

Parking operators are virtually always an agent of the landowner, by the fact they are contracted to manage the parking...creditor or not has nothing to do with them being an agent.

Nope. If the Operator knows what they are doing, the agreement will be permission to operate on the land (not on the landowners behalf); a ‘Concession’ if you like. Keeps things clean for all concerned and eliminates scope for ‘Plan A’.

I'm fairly new to this topic and find myself easily confused so please spell out exactly what you mean by 'a Concession' and are you saying the information below from the BPA is untrue? 

Reply from British Parking Association

19 Sept 2024

Thanks for your review.

The BPA does not operate or manage parking or issue tickets but our members do. They are employed by the landowner to manage parking.

Reply from British Parking Association

31 Mar 2023

Thanks for your review.

The landowner sets the rules and the parking operator carries out their wishes.