The private land is actually two parallel roads with another at right angles. The properties are a mix of residential and businesses. There are two ANPR cameras and it is quite possible that the one on the corner overlooked my car. However, an operator would have had to take a close up picture of the number plate as there was a car directly behind mine. I had a permit on display on my windscreen and the number plate changed in ink from the previous employee's to mine Private Land - signs.pdf

That's good to know. I will take picture of notice board & ANPR cameras in morning. Landowners are about 30 houses in the parking scheme.

At old building, we had to move three cars off work driveway to allow ambulance to take work colleague to a&e. NPE Parking operator pounced and was about to slap tickets on moved cars. No, no notice stuck on my vehicle. The roads have private parking enforcement.

For PCN's received through the post [ANPR camera capture] please answer the following questions. 1 Date of the infringement 20.08.20 2 Date on the NTK [this must have been received within 14 days from the 'offence' date] 26.08.20 [scan up BOTHSIDES as ONE PDF- follow the upload guide] 3 Date received 27.08.20 4 Does the NTK mention schedule 4 of The Protections of Freedoms Act 2012? [Y/N?] Yes 5 Is there any photographic evidence of the event? Yes 6 Have you appealed? [Y/N?] post up your appeal] No Have you had a response? [Y/N?] post it up n/a 7 Who is the parking company? National Parking Enforcement Ltd 8. Where exactly [carpark name and town] Lonsdale Gardens and Clanricarde Road, Tunbridge Wells, TN1 1NU For either option, does it say which appeals body they operate under. IAS I would appreciate advice please. My office relocated in July due to downsizing and I was given a parking permit (secondhand) to park in the road. I promptly sent a copy of the amended permit to my HR department for them to notify the parking company, displayed the permit on my car at all times, and forgot about it ... I received a PCN for an infringement 10 days ago. My work have told me to appeal before they will agree to pay it. In good faith, I had expected my HR department to transfer the permit to my vehicle. HR have not yet investigated as to why this was not transferred as the person is on annual leave currently. Possibly my email could have been caught in junk mail as there was an attachment with a picture from my mobile phone. I failed to ask for proof of the transfer to my vehicle, which in hindsight I should have. I have not yet appealed as advised in the topic by silverfox1961. I have also noted that I should not give them my email address. Do I have grounds for an appeal? Thank you for any assistance. NumptyNooNoo PCN - 20.08.20.pdf

No idea. Scary. Will have to get the full story from her. Taking her to benefits advice office this week as she can't take time off work & lose job. Also if tenancy ends with debts to pay off we don't want our address given to creditors so they will have to have her mum's.

Well, she has to face up to debts as they aren't going away. She just needs a plan even it it means giving up flat, bunking in with friends, paying it off asap & learning the hard way what it's like living in the adult world which circumstances have forced her into prematurely. Oh the joys of being a private tenant & the lack of affordable housing to match national minimum wage. Current plan if action: Give notice to LL, getting deposit back as not protected whilst casually mentioning 3 x penalty if it goes to court, ring creditors & come to agreement. What she would have spend on rent/c Tax/ bills to pay off £2k debts. Have allowance for food & cannot go over. Review situation in 2019 & start over. Seek help as soon as bills are overdue, not 9 months down the line.

Penalties for Council Tax arrears - Bailiffs, Court fines, custodial (albeit last resort though I have read of pensioners being banged up in prison) Utility Arrears - E.ON letter 20 July threatening Warrant to enter premises with police & locksmith & install prepayment meter - She needs template letter & proper budget to make voluntary arrangement for both of the above. Need to sort out pronto. So going back to the Commercial Tenancy Agreement, even though this is a residential self contained flat, this refers to Housing Act 1988, amended 1996 so it is outdated as further legislation passed since then. Arrangements to quit tenancy at end of tenancy are not included so are we to assume wording is irrelevant even though this is not a standard Shorthold Tenancy Agreement? I just want to know if there is a get out clause if the signed agreement is invalid. If not will she have to get replacement tenant for LL approval before she can leave? Also if LL cannot produce retrospective proof of protected deposit (which she won't be able to) what are the chances of: a) getting approvlal for replacement tenant? b) return of deposit if no rent arrears c) suing LL through small claims court for 3 x deposit

Point well made. Thanks. Sorry, forgot to add on gas/elec/water/tv licence/mobile £172 + £20 baccy. However, I need to find out what she spent her money on if not paid elec/ ctax. She clearly has head in the sand about priority debts. Trouble is debts soon become unmanageable. Will get her to run over her spending properly as she's in denial as she having panic attacks thinking only option is prison. I'm also in shock it's got so bad so quick. Shame, she's a nice kid & trying to survive by working not claiming. Remaining issues - 1. Can the Commercial Tenancy Agreement replace an AST? It seems to provide for generic covenants in LL Lease rather than standard tenancy conditions. If so, her options are only to find replacement tenant or to give notice in 3 months. 2. Also need to serve LL letters re lack of Deposit Protection 3. Gas Safety check not provided

One year commencing 01 November 2017 There is no clause about giving notice, break lease or protecting deposit. Also LL witnessed tenant signature rather than independent witness. Is Tenancy Agreement ligitimate? The deposit has not been placed in a DPS. LL son has put in his own water meter as main meter in shop premises. I am extremely concerned as they told her they will charge £3 per litre at the end of the tenancy. Hopefully this is a misunderstanding. Also e.on are now charging £55 per visit to collect £600 debt for gas/electricity. Council tax has not been paid either so could be £800 debt - she has not admitted to council recovery letters as yet but very likely. Net pay £1100 pm, rent £450pcm, ctax £953pa (after single person discount), weekly bus pass £15pw (to get to work), food £250 pm?, medical/dentist/ extras £50pm, she is minus £120 minimum per month. I'm looking on national debtline for a plan. Only option I can see is to vacate tenancy asap, I'll give her free lodgings for few months until debts paid. Long term solution? No idea. She cannot go back to her family under any circumstances. 1. Can she leave tenancy? 2. Claim against LL for deposit not protected? 3. No written agreement about LL charging her for water. 3. Voluntary arrangement for debts.

Can anyone give advise please for young first time tenant, a family friend, who rents residential flat above shop. 1. AST not signed but Commercial Lease. 2. Deposit not protected. 3. No Gas Safety Certificate. 18 year old girl was forced to leave family home. She is a carer in nursing home & not on benefits as landlord refuses housing benefit tenants. Discovered today she has built up debt with utilities & council tax with debt collectors now chasing. She has paid rent though I looked at her tenancy agreement today which I think is illegal. The landlord let's out ground floor to a business but her flat is self contained with own entrance. Can she get out of tenancy? I will let her stay with me for few months rent free so she can sort out debts.

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We're both single, so I need to be more clear about that in my letter. I'm old fashioned and as we're going to be buying a house together, I mention marriage as we would both be paying off the mortgage and would be linked financially. If I said that though they would say as I am planning a long-term future, presumably they would say we are in a relationship. Would they then backdate the relationship to when I let him redirect mail in November, or would it be reasonable to argue that from April we decided to be a couple. Socially, we have days out and do food shopping. About the rent I'm getting, half the rent is 350 plus bills and food. The room is furnished, meals and laundry are provided. It might just be easier to say that we've been a couple since April when the house was sold and we decided to buy a place together. Seeing as I was closing the tax credits claim anyway then it may be ok. He was renting his own flat until November but if they backdate tax credits, could they go back to then. In which case, I would be accept paying back tax credits from then just to get them off my back. Would they also apply a penalty? Am confused and worried.

Concentrix letter arrived one day after my tax credits review and because of this I can’t finalise my tax credits for 2014/15. Seems to be the common denominator, claiming there may be another adult living here. I am 55 years old, divorced, with my 20 year old disabled son for whom I stopped claiming child tax credits last August. I hadn’t worked for several years due to being his sole carer, so I retrained, started temping and after a couple of months was offered full-time permanent work. HMRC awarded a nominal amount of working tax credits of £25 pw but I had managed to come off all other benefits . I told HMRC that I would rather not claim as my full year income would take me out of WTC but they said it would be straight forward to adjust the income change. My renewal this month would have been to close my tax credits claim. My dear friend’s father was in a nursing home with terminal cancer, so he moved out of his rented flat in November to keep an eye on his family home while it was being sold BUT I made the mistake of saying he could use this address for a redirection. He also had the use of one of my rooms for the working week and paid me a share of the rent as I was struggling financially and couldn’t find somewhere cheaper to move into. His father died in January and the house was sold in April. Since April my friend has been flat sharing with me and will shortly be moving into his own place, which he wants to own jointly with me as he has no dependents. I now have to provide bank statements, credit card and store card statements, utility bills, all of which are in my name as we have no joint accounts or commitments. As to whether we were living together as a married couple, I feel that I was correct in claiming as a single person. His driving licence and banks have been changed to this address although this was temporary until his father’s affairs were sorted out. We are good companions and he supports me with numerous visits to hospitals for my disabled son and I helped him through his bereavement. Financially it makes sense to move in together and we can get a 10 year joint mortgage which will be cheaper than renting for eternity. However, I don’t know if it would be wise to consider getting married, as one day in the future I may have to depend on state benefits again. What should I explain to Concentrix? Should we maintain our singledom? Any wisdom would be welcome as I feel so ill with worry and wish I hadn’t bothered doing the right thing to get back into work.