Re Smart Parking Ltd

johnlodge423

Just received 2 parking charges from Smart Parking - Anyone know who they are? I know who the big boys are but I have never heard of these people.
They are not members of the BPA but are accredited to the IPC. Presumably the IPC has a code of conduct.
The site has a set of signs which are on the small side which could be considered too small.
The signs carry a list of tariffs based on time parked but there is no payment method available on site which seems odd.
Any suggestions to get me started on an appeal would be welcome.

Umkomaas

Smart Parking are one of the largest private parking firms in the country. Appeals to PPCs are almost always unsuccessful. Appeals to the IAS (the second stage appeals service for IPC member Smart) uphold only 4% in favour of the motorist. So with that landscape, ignoring anything further is likely to get you just as far as going through the charade of the two-stage appeals process. 

If you read the NEWBIES FAQ Announcement, first post, that will give you a starting point to understand private parking tickets. 

The one action you could take at this stage is to raise a complaint with the landowner and see if they can help to get the tickets cancelled - they often do. Plan A!

Come back if further down the road escalates - but I don't mean any debt collector stage (the NEWBIES FAQ Announcement, fourth post, deals with this). 

Do some reading of the above to fill in any gaps in your knowledge/understanding of the system. Confidence will help enormously. Key point - you don't pay an unregulated private parking company a penny, unless ordered to do so by a Judge. That's your legal position.