VCS Parking Fines - Now Court Papers arrive URGENT ADVISE PLEASE

Received a response from Premier Estates, who I would imagine make money themselves out this this. I have not had any monthly updates, not did I ever write and agree to a Permit sheme. We do not live at this address, our Daughter does, she lets it from us. We often use a variety of Cars when visiting usually for maintenanc work needed.

Premier are the Management Company, the Lease is with Mainstay.


Good Afternoon Karen,

Unfortunately we are unable to assist you with cancelling parking tickets received under the parking management scheme at Life 3.

The scheme has been in place since 2015, with renewed parking permits issued to the properties each year.

The below was the notification of the introduction of the parking management scheme, sent to leaseholders in February 2015:

Parking Permits/Enforcement

As you are aware from previous Periodic Monthly Updates, we are in the process of introducing a Parking Permit/Enforcement System. The delay with this was due to a small number of allocated parking bays being registered incorrectly with Land Registry. This issue has now been resolved and we are in correspondence with the allocated contractor Vehicle Control Services Limited (VCS) to arrange for mobile patrols on the development.

In order to prevent unauthorised parking on the development, each vehicle will need to display a valid parking permit at all times in their vehicle. Any vehicle that does not display the parking permit will be issued with a fixed financial penalty. This will also apply to any vehicles not parked in their correct parking bays and applies to both underground and external parking bays. One parking permit per parking bay will be issued free of charge at a later date, once a date for the patrolling to commence has been confirmed.

In order to proceed please could you kindly email emma.senior@premierestateslimited.com to confirm the details of your vehicle:


Vehicle Make and Model
Vehicle Registration Number


The parking at Life 3 is allocated and one permit issued per bay. Should you wish for other vehicles to park there then it is your responsibility to either ensure the parking company are aware !!!8211; either directly or via us, or alternatively, allow the second vehicle to use the permit for the bay.



I have checked the previous correspondence regarding this and VCS have already advised that at the time of issue you made no attempt to either appeal or offer mitigating circumstances in order to have the tickets revoked, which resulted in them proceeding to the next stage !!!8211; court.



With reference to your advising that the parking space belongs to your property I would refer you back to your lease, specifically Schedule 3, clause 9:



!!!8220;Not to cause any obstruction in or on the said shared driveway drives or access roads and footpaths adjacent or leading to the building by leaving or parking or permitting to be left or parked any motorcycle bicycle perambulator or other vehicle belonging to or used by any of his friends servants or visitors and to observe all regulations made by the company from time to time relating to the parking of such vehicles!!!8221;



This includes the implementation of a parking management scheme.



I appreciate that this is not the answer you were hoping for however there is nothing more we can do to assist you in this matter.

Hello Neil. Appreciate your assistance. Defined within the Lease we have a Car Park Plan and ith it an associated and high-lighted parking space being the one we and the Tenants use.

The fobs they issue are not essential, yes people can let anyone in and even the VCS man himself by passes this at times, putting his hand through the metal gates, turning an operation switch to manual and pushing them open. We had to replace ours recently, at a charge of £45.