Vehicle Control Services Limited - Defence advice

dan0292

I had read the The private parkin sector single Code of Practice V1 dated June 2024, however reading the correct one sent above, they are in line with each other for both consideration and grace periods.
sector single Code of Practice Version 1 140824 (cdn-website.com)

I have updated paragraph 3 to the below with some more detail and to clarify the 14 minutes 50 seconds was defendants time on the land rather than parking.

3. The defendant acknowledges that they parked their vehicle at the date stated in the Particulars of Claim to use the shopping facilities at Southgate Retail Park.  The PCN states an arrival and leaving time, which suggests the defendant was ‘on the private land’ for 14 minutes and 50 seconds over the claimed permitted parking period of 150 minutes.

It is worth noting that Southgate Retail Park is a busy car park which is often at capacity and requires waiting time to find a space and park up.

In line with Code of Practice V9 Schedule 7 B.1, by the International Parking Community to which Vehicle Control Services are a member of, on controlled land where public parking is invited, there should be 5 minutes ‘consideration time’ to find a space, park and to read and agree to the terms and conditions laid out on their signage, and also a 10-minute grace period where Parking Charge Notices cannot be issued. 

This PCN would fall within this time, and therefore no PCN should ever have been issued.

Coupon-mad

I don't agree that's what the useless joint CoP says. The PPC industry used to say you can add a consideration period to a grace period but they stopped saying that a few years ago.

And the CoP you quoted doesn't even come in until October anyway. Irrelevant trash.

However the proper, temporarily withdrawn (but on its way...) STATUTORY Code of Practice issued by the DLUHC does say what you are suggesting so you should quote the incoming statutory CoP instead.