Nottingham Forest Park & Ride NET Clamp £140 fine

Kaipa88

So I've been using The Forest Park And Ride carpark for years now to park my car and then walk into the city centre with no issues. Today I came back to my car to find it was clamped with a notice from NET stating I had to pay £140.00 for it to be released. I called the number attached and the guy said if I pay now over the phone he can send someone out within minutes to remove the clamp. I didn't have my card with me so he asked if I have Apple Pay which I had so I assumed I would have to pay the guy unclamping me. A guy turned up 5 min later, unclamped me and drove off - no mention of payment. Question is have I got away with it? What are the chances of them chasing me now since they don't have any other details other than my reg plate? Even if they do send me a letter can I ignore it? Having since googled this carpark I see they've only recently started clamping down on people parking for free. Seriously £140.00 is an absolute disgrace! Any advice appreciated 

Fruitcake

Who are what is NET? If the site is council owned and run, then you would be better going over to our friends on the FTLA site as they are the council and police motoring experts. Get photos of the site and signage to assist with this.

If the site is privately owned then clamping is illegal, and we will need more information in order to assist you.

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Gr1pr

I seem to remember that it's covered by bylaws,  so not subject to Pofa2012,  but it was a different clamping company name,  not NET , more like CPS Midlands or whatever,  so check previous cases on here for information and advice 

I assume that NET is an acronym or initialism,  like Nottingham E (  ??  )  Transport or Transit 

Kaipa88

NET is the tram system in Nottingham 

Gr1pr

And administered by CPS Midlands,  like I mentioned earlier , so read previous cases

See the Wikipedia article too

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nottingham_Express_Transit

Kaipa88

I’ve checked but couldn’t find one relating to my specific situation as I didn’t actually pay the fine on the spot. I just need to check if I will eventually need to pay if I receive letters from CPS Midlands or can I ignore them 

Gr1pr

I cannot really answer the questions you asked,  especially regarding whether you got away with it, time will tell, crystal balls cannot help here 

But 

We can give you background information as to previous cases and why it happens etc, like this case below,  which yours reminded me of

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/81287353#Comment_81287353?utm_source=community-search&utm_medium=organic-search&utm_term=nottingham+NET+CPS+Midlands

And

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6505355/clamping-on-railway-land-net-tram-nottingham?utm_source=community-search&utm_medium=organic-search&utm_term=nottingham+NET

And this newspaper article last year 

https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/nottingham-news/pensioners-night-hell-after-nottingham-9511621

ChirpyChicken

Do nothing!
If you get anything in the post let us know
I recently helped someone see off a court claim against this lot.

Kaipa88

I guess all I’m interested in is if I can ignore the letters or not. I don’t want to ignore I find out they will actually persue and take to court 

ChirpyChicken

Right yes you ignore any letters from them
Why would you be worried when ive advised the above
If you get a court claim this firm is easily dealt with
Who cares is they pursue when they are easily handled....

tacpot12

ChirpyChicken said:

Do nothing!
If you get anything in the post let us know
I recently helped someone see off a court claim against this lot.

What I would advise doing at this point is making notes about how the contravention occured (while it is fresh in your mind), and take photos of any signage that might be relevant to your defence if you need to make one (in case it changes between now and any claim).