hi lamma - thanks for the info just so im clear, why will i need this info? - is it likely to help if things get messy in the future? thanks again!

thanks very much for the info.....thats a relief just out of interest, if UKPC did attempt to take me to court to recover the money, would they have a leg to stand on?! thanks again!!

Hi I am newly registered so this is my first post........go easy on me! Im in a spot of bother and im a bit confused what to do. Basically, I have just returned from being on holiday to find 3(!!) UKPC parking tickets on my car to the cost of £170 EACH........so £520 total, or half the cost if I pay within 14 days!!! I am yet to receive the letter from UKPC but expect it to arrive next week. The car was parked outside a friends house in north london for a week as he didnt think there were any parking restrictions in his area. The car was parked on a road (directly outside the friends house) with no yellow lines or anything, within a large residential estate, which you have to enter through a large gate. On further examination on my return from holiday there is a UKPC notice explaining that a permit is required to park ....but it clearly wasnt very obvious, as I didnt see it when entering the estate. I had not left my carkeys with the friend, and therefore there was no way he could move the car when I received the first ticket. He did however leave a note on the car explaining that the car was parked with the permission of the houseowner and that it was not possible to move the car as I was out of the country until a few days later. However this did not help as I received 2 further tickets within the following couple of days. Initially, my plan was to ring them and to agree to pay the first fine but appeal the following 2, as to me it appears that they are simply profiteering.......if i had been within the country then obviously i would have moved the car before receiving the 2nd two fines. But now having seen this site i am not sure what to do........i can see a lot of advice saying that not responding to the UKPC is the best option, but alot of this is in response to people parking on 'private' land like carparks etc - Is this still the same case for me on a residential estate? Any advice would be hugely appreciated as if I have to pay the fines it would have doubled the price of my holiday! Thanks so much. S.