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Parking Charge Help!!

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  • Le_Kirk
    Le_Kirk Posts: 26,329 Forumite
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    SOME IDEAS ON DETERMINING WHO OWNS THE LAND

    1. Google searches
    2. If a retail park, check on any signage which lists the on-site outlets
    3. Ask retailers on the site if there is a managing agent
    4. Ask retailers on the site to whom do they pay rent
    5. Contact the local authority and ask who pays the non-domestic/business rate for the car park (some councils have a spreadsheet on their website)
    6. Contact the local Valuation Office and ask if they know. They often have a website which might provide the information
    7. Contact The Land Registry and for around £7 they should be able to provide definitive detail
    8. If you haven't already done so, give us the name of the car park/site/location, we may have seen other cases there.
      Posted by @Umkomaas
      https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/78322090/#Comment_78322090
      Posted by @Di67
      Here is my dog with a bone process:
      General method I used to identify and contact the landowner
      I started by Googling every business operating from the site, the building name itself, and any obvious managing agents or tenants. Wherever a phone number or email address existed, I made contact. When that stalled, I searched the business name on Companies House to identify the registered company and, crucially, the named directors. Companies house will give you the name of the solicitors who make the filings, I was cheeky and sent an email to the solicitor (FAO your client and Director of XYX Company). I also searched those individuals on Google, LinkedIn, Facebook and Instagram. LinkedIn was the most useful, although it didn't provide direct contact details, it did provide information on other companies associated with the person I was trying to reach. From there, I visited the websites of those other companies, which is where I eventually found a working email address for the person I needed - so I emailed this address as well as via the solicitor. In short, Companies House gives you information on the company, the names of any directors and their business solicitor, pop the name into LinkedIn which will give you more lines of enquiry, and one of those lines will lead you to a contact.
  • Coupon-mad
    Coupon-mad Posts: 161,478 Forumite
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    Yes, of course you ignore the tedious £170 threatograms already shown in pictures in post 4 of the NEWBIES thread. We don't want to know about those.

    Which parking firm?

    Please show the IAS decision in full in my IAS DECISIONS thread - thanks - and add a link to this thread plus state which PPC on your post there. Not here.

    PRIVATE 'PCN'? DON'T PAY BUT DON'T IGNORE IT (except N.Ireland).
    CLICK at the top or bottom of any page where it says:
    Home»Motoring»Parking Tickets Fines & Parking - read the NEWBIES THREAD
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