Help With Flashpark PCN Please

Apollo18

Could anyone please help me with a PCN from FlashPark (Vehicle Control Solutions Ltd)?

Apollo18

This is the back page:

 

Coupon-mad

Welcome!  Not sure what further help you need.

What are you thinking of doing differently than the standard 'Plan A then plan B' advice in the NEWBIES PLEASE READ THESE FAQS FIRST thread?

Apollo18

An annual parking permit was displayed but had expired before a renewal was obtained. 

Apollo18

I own a house on a cul-de-sac with many other houses. The communal land, including the road, is owned collectively by all the house owners and is managed by a company of which all house owners own an equal share. 

A few years back the directors of the company (fellow house owners) proposed contracting a parking enforcement company to prevent non-residents from parking (it’s close to the centre so people would come and park while they went off to work). 

The directors produced and distributed parking permits to residents annually (although, as far as I am aware, there was no formal agreement to the use of permits). 

They are using FlashPark to issue PCNs. A director takes a photo of an offending car, forwards it FlashPark who then issue a PCN to the registered keeper. 

Half_way

Why is a permit required at all? 

Apollo18

Half_way said:

Why is a permit required at all? 

I don't believe there is a requirement, it just makes it easier to identify which cars belong to residents and which ones don't. 

There is nothing in the company's Memorandom and Articles of Association regarding parking permits or parking enforcement.

Coupon-mad

OK, I'd get them kicked out in the longer term (you do not need a parking firm there at all) but whoever signed that contract can tell Flashpark to cancel PCNs.

Have you read the NEWBIES thread and know what to do first?

Apollo18

One of the directors contacted me about a few weeks ago to ask if I wanted him to put the new permits through the letterbox of if I wanted to collect them in person (a couple of years ago the tenant at the time denied receiving the permits when they were put through the letterbox). I said I would collect them, although I was not aware there was an expiry date. 

I knocked on his door on two occasions but there was no answer. A few weeks later he emailed me to say the car already had one ticket and had been ticketed again that day for not having a valid permit. He also said he was going to be away until later the following week so could not issue me with a permit until then and to ask the tenant to move the car or it could be ticketed again. 

I emailed the director asking that he cancels the tickets as he was aware the tenant is entitled to park there as a resident and he was aware the new permits were not yet in our possession. I also mentioned that the enforcement was meant to deter non-residents not penalise residents. 

The director refused to cancel the ticket saying I should have been aware of the expiry of the permit and ensured I had collected it in time. 

As there is no formal agreement for residents to use permits then are the PCNs valid?

Apollo18

Coupon-mad said:

OK, I'd get them kicked out in the longer term (you do not need a parking firm there at all) but whoever signed that contract can tell Flashpark to cancel PCNs.

The director of company set up to manage the communal areas refused my request to cancel the PCNs unfortunately.

Coupon-mad

You need to get tougher; get other residents on board and and get this ex-clamper removed.  You don't need nor did you ever agree to a permit scheme.