Highview parking charge

vegansaver

Good evening a friend has received a Highview Parking charge letter in the post. They never received the Charge on the 3/11 as stated in the letter and this is the first letter they have received.

Friend is not the driver but the owner, the driver insists they paid for parking, as they frequently use this shopping centre. However, they have paid cash and didn't keep the ticket as it was back in September. 



I have advised that the owner complains to the Shopping centre and I believe the next step is to appeal as the owner using the blue template.

Based on the letter above, would this be correct?

I dispute your 'parking charge', as the keeper of the vehicle. I deny any liability or contractual agreement and I will be making a complaint about your predatory conduct to your client landowner.

There will be no admissions as to who was driving and no assumptions can be drawn. Since your PCN is a vague template, I require an explanation of the allegation and your evidence. You must include a close up actual photograph of the sign you contend was at the location on the material date as well as your images of the vehicle.

If the allegation concerns a PDT machine, the data supplied in response to this appeal must include the record of payments made - showing partial VRNs - and an explanation of the reason for the PCN, because your Notice does not explain it.

If the allegation involves an alleged overstay of minutes, your evidence must include the actual grace period agreed by the landowner.

As your Parking Charge Notice does not comply with the requirements of the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (Schedule 4), you are, in law, unable to hold the registered keeper of the vehicle liable for the parking charge; I suggest therefore that you contact the driver. As there is no legal requirement placed on the registered keeper to identify the driver, I will not be doing so.

Thanks in advance. 

Coupon-mad

Yep, perfect!  Keeper is not liable by that PCN.

vegansaver

Thank you Coupon-mad as always

Just a little update, after a complaint to the shopping centre, my friend has just received an email back and they have cancelled the PCN.  They have said there were problems with the machines that day. 

So thanks to this fantastic forum and advice, my friend would have paid due to the anxiety and fear that if she didn't she'd have debt recovery after her. 

Coupon-mad

vegansaver said:

Thank you Coupon-mad as always

Just a little update, after a complaint to the shopping centre, my friend has just received an email back and they have cancelled the PCN.  They have said there were problems with the machines that day. 

So thanks to this fantastic forum and advice, my friend would have paid due to the anxiety and fear that if she didn't she'd have debt recovery after her. 

Great news!

And we sincerely hope that you are au fait with the need to respond to the final Government Public Consultation?

Looks unlikely to be published before Xmas, but keep your eyes peeled in early 2023.

We all need to ram the nail in the coffin of the false £70 'DRA fee' add-on, that actually funds the court claim and toxic CCJ culture, as well as the DRA gaslighting of people.  Your friend would have paid under duress, had that happened.

Cannot be right in this Country.

Please come back here when it opens, and you can make sure you don't miss the Consultation:

If you are not a regular reader, to be alerted you'll need to bookmark the thread by MSE_JC at the top of the forum and enable (on your profile) email alerts for bookmarked threads.

Then join us when the Consultation opens.

YOU AND YOUR FRIEND PLEASE, SEPARATE RESPONSES TO THE GOVERNMENT.

vegansaver

Thank you, since my successful fighting of a parking ticket on this forum, I have stayed and continue to read and learn. So i'll be joining when the consultation opens and also encouraging my friend to do so.  

Coupon-mad

Really glad to have more people chip in to help other posters!  As you'll know, very often all the newbies need is encouragement to try PLAN A, landowner complaint, or a simple link or a signpost to the NEWBIES thread.

Fruitcake

Well done on getting this problem resolved for your friend. It's good to know posters have stuck around after being helped in the past and using their knowledge to help others.

vegansaver

Thanks all. I agree totally, I wouldn't have had a clue without the help of the Forum and it's always good to give something back when possible.