Thread: parking fine

Hi guys hope you can shed some light on this. My wife gained a parking ticket from a private contractor

My wife today parked in a street. This street is part of a complex run of streets that provide parking bays for the residents of the town houses.
Now there are 2 red signs on the way into the street speaking of contactual agreements and such.

1. She did not park in a bay but on a the road
2. They have ticked unathorised parking, no displayed permit, obstructive parking.
3. They have not recorded the time of the offense.
4. I am the registered keeper not her.
5. There are no yellow lines or signs along the street and only 3 signs are visable 2 on the entrance and 1 right down at the bottom of the street.

Ive read the sticky about not responding till they do but im worried that this will end up in court or something and lots of hassles

What do you think please ?

The name of the company is Norhtern parking solutions.

Well its like this i dont want to pay em obviously but im not sure if i fight them am going to get canned for loads more ?

First of all, this is not a fine, but an unenforceable invoice.
A PPC has no power to issue a fine, only the courts issue fines.
A PPC has no power to demand information from you as to who, what, why and when.
The advice is;
Do not pay,
Do not contact
Do not post anything in any forum which will help identify any personal details from your post.
From now on remember that;

Careless talk can cost ££££'s

thanks I would not ever give any details about myself or my car or the address. But thanks for the reminder of that.
So ignore.
When they write follow the templates as a guide.

Has anyone actually ended up in court for this in these forumns ?

Originally Posted by denon

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So ignore.
When they write follow the templates as a guide.

Your first line is right - ignore.

Your second line should be amended to read; "when they write, ignore them some more"

The use of the term 'street' and lack of info as to who the issuing entity is would worry me until it is known. There may be private parking bays that are enforced by contractors, but if the council has not given up its claim to the highway (street), then it may NOT be a private parking ticket. DO NOT IGNORE until you have discovered what it is you have.

'Council' tickets can (and are) also issued by private contractors - I believe in Edinburgh their tickets are (or were) issued by NCP, so before a cursory glance commits a ticket to the bin, it is often worthwhile doing a bit more research.

I'm unaware of PPC tickets having any point in a 'street' especially one designated as part of the public highway.

Update:

The first 6 m of the estate are adopted by the council after this it is private land.
The signs are at the entrance to the streets and are actually located adjacent to the adopted road and not in the estate.

Trading standars have said that they have put the signs up and the only way it will be resolved is by a jude in court.

Thanks

well im going to do what you guys said and ignore em. If i feel like replying use the templates and see where it goes.

Street name signs can be put at the entrance to any road, private or already adopted - On private roads this is normally done anyway by the developer wether the road is going to be adopted by the Council or not. In other words the presence of street name signs doesn't denote wether a road is adopted or private .
Take the advice on here as I did, Do not pay, ignore anything they send you and tell your wife to spend the money on something nice instead.

i mean entering into a contract warning signs not street signs

Originally Posted by denon

i mean entering into a contract warning signs not street signs

Sorry, got the wrong end of the stick.

Anyway, still don't pay. Check with trading standard on the connection with them & the PPC. I worked for a local Authority & most of the time they go ahead with schemes without looking into the legal aspect & then get tripped up later on.