charge for parking in space reserved for another outlet

Umkomaas

Flashpark are VCS (Vehicle Control Solutions) of London, but not the VCS (Vehicle Control Services) of Sheffield. Often mixed up.

One provides no service, the other no solution! 😄

fisherjim

Umkomaas said:

Flashpark are VCS (Vehicle Control Solutions) of London, but not the VCS (Vehicle Control Services) of Sheffield. Often mixed up.

One provides no service, the other no solution! 😄

Obviously more cash to be made in parking scams than Greek Food

troublemaker22

troublemaker22 said:

There may be other grounds but you have redacted the location and the time of reporting.  This can  all be fleshed out at the POPLA stage if you have by then posted a less eccentrically redacted copy.

This is what I wrote in my first post

Coupon-mad

I an still chuckling about the upside-down photo!  How unprofessional from an industry which is trying to convince the Government they are providing a service to the public.

troublemaker22

Umkomaas said:

One provides no service, the other no solution! 😄

Brilliant!

lopsyfa

This is similar to "driver left site" PCN and should be easier to appeal but as the OP has already appealed I am not sure what to do. The parking company needs to proof the driver of the vehicle or any of its passengers did not actually visit the retail outlet owning the parking space. So unless, they have a video of the driver/passengers covering the whole time they spent on the premises (highly unlikely), then they will fail to win this case in court if defended (very important as they can win by default if not defended).


 If I was in the OP's shoes, I will appeal along the following lines:
1. No evidence of the driver/passenger not visiting the retail outlet, just images of the car parked on site and the sign.

2. No clear definition of the boundary between the retail outlets on the same site.

3. No attempt by the Warden to advise in order to mitigate losses.

Even if there is no avenue to appeal, I will send this to the parking company and add that unless they can produce evidence (video recording of the driver and all passengers for the during of the parking), they will be better to drop the PCN now rather than risk losing later if they can't provide this evidence.

I had a similar case with UKPC last year and the appeal above got them to cancel the PCN. 

Best of luck.

Dabbed

Hi I just an update I sent a letter on Monday reaffirming my original letter and stating that this was my 2nd one sent & had not received a reply to the original one , only managed 1 letter but sent from a different location let’s see if this one manages to get there 

Dabbed

Hi All it’s now been over 2 weeks now since the pay by date on the parking charge. I have heard nothing as regards the 2 letter's I sent in or what they are doing next. So with that in mind 
how long do they have to reply or move to next stage
as they haven’t acknowledged my letters the next obvious thing would be to either drop it
 or threaten debt collection/ court action if the latter what options would I have 

KeithP

They have up to six years to bring a case to court.

Coupon-mad

Dabbed said:

Hi All it’s now been over 2 weeks now since the pay by date on the parking charge. I have heard nothing as regards the 2 letter's I sent in or what they are doing next. So with that in mind 
how long do they have to reply or move to next stage
as they haven’t acknowledged my letters the next obvious thing would be to either drop it
 or threaten debt collection/ court action if the latter what options would I have 

You'll understand each stage after reading the NEWBIES thread.

Post 2 deals with court stage.

Post 3 with the farce 'appeals' services.

Post 4 deals with ignoring DRA threatograms.