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    • Hi, we are looking to get some opinions on weather or not to bother fighting this PCN. This comes from a very big retail park parking where there are restaurants, hotel, amongst other businesses. The parking is free but I suppose there must be a time limit on it that I am not aware of. We were in the area for around 4 hours. Makes us wonder how they deal with people staying in the hotel as the ANPR is on what appears to be a publicly maintained street (where london buses run) which leads to the different parking areas including the hotel.  1 Date of the infringement 26/05/2024 2 Date on the NTK  31/05/2024 3 Date received 07/06/2024 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? Entry and exit photos however, based on the photographs we are almost sure the photos are taken on public street. This is the location I believe photos are taken from.  https://maps.app.goo.gl/eii8zSmFFhVZDRpbA 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? UKPA. UK Parking Administration LTD 8. Where exactly [carpark name and town] The Colonnades, Croydon, CR0 4RQ For either option, does it say which appeals body they operate under. British Parking Association (BPA) Thanks in advance for any assistance.  UKPA PCN The Collonades-redacted.pdf
    • Thank you for posting their WS. If we start with the actual WS made by the director one would have doubts that they had even read PoFA let alone understood it. Point 10  we only have the word of the director that the contract has been extended. I should have had the corroboration of the Client. Point 12 The Judge HHJ Simkiss was not the usual Judge on motoring cases and his decisions on the necessity of contracts did not align with PoFA. In Schedule 4 [1[ it is quite clearly spelt out- “relevant contract” means a contract (including a contract arising only when the vehicle was parked on the relevant land) between the driver and a person who is—(a)the owner or occupier of the land; or (b authorised, under or  by virtue of arrangements made by the owner or occupier of the land, to enter into a contract with the driver requiring the payment of parking charges in respect of the parking of the vehicle on the land; And the laughable piece of paper from the land owners cannot be described as a contract. I respectfully ask that the case be dismissed as there is no contract. WE do not even know what the parking regulations are which is really basic. It is respectfully asked that without a valid contract the case cannot continue. One would imagine that were there a valid contract it would have been produced.  So the contract that Bank has with the motorist must come from the landowner. Bank on their own cannot impose their own contract. How could a director of a parking company sign a Statement of Truth which included Point 11. Point 14. There is no offer of a contract at the entrance to the car park. Doubtful if it is even an offer to treat. The entrance sign sign does not comply with the IPC Code of Conduct nor is there any indication that ANPR cameras are in force. A major fault and breach of GDPR. Despite the lack of being offered a contract at the entrance [and how anyone could see what was offered by way of a contract in the car park is impossible owing to none of the signs in the WS being at all legible] payment was made for the car to park. A young person in the car made the payment. But before they did that, they helped an elderly lady to make her payment as she was having difficulty. After arranging payment for the lady the young lad made his payment right behind. Unfortunately he entered the old lady's number again rather than paying .for the car he was in. This can be confirmed by looking at the Allow List print out on page 25. The defendant's car arrived at 12.49 and at 12.51 and 12.52  there are two payments for the same vrm. This was also remarked on by the IPC adjudicator when the PCN was appealed.  So it is quite disgraceful that Bank have continued to pursue the Defendant knowing that it was a question of  entering the wrong vrm.  Point 21 The Defendant is not obliged to name the driver, they are only invited to do so under S9[2][e]. Also it is unreasonable to assume that the keeper is the driver. The Courts do not do that for good reason. The keeper in this case does not have a driving licence. Point 22. The Defendant DID make a further appeal which though it was also turned down their reply was very telling and should have led to the charge being dropped were the company not greedy and willing to pursue the Defendant regardless of the evidence they had in their own hands. Point 23 [111] it's a bit rich asking the Defendant to act justly and at proportionate cost while acting completely unjustly themselves and then adding an unlawful 70% on to the invoice. This  is despite PoFA S4[5] (5)The maximum sum which may be recovered from the keeper by virtue of the right conferred by this paragraph is the amount specified in the notice to keeper under paragraph 9[2][d].  Point 23 [1v] the Director can deny all he wants but the PCN does not comply with PoFA. S9 [2][a] states  (2)The notice must— (a)specify the vehicle, the relevant land on which it was parked and the period of parking to which the notice relates; The PCN only quotes the ANPR arrival and departure times which obviously includes a fair amount of driving between the two cameras. Plus the driver and passengers are a mixture of disabled and aged persons who require more time than just a young fit single driver to exit the car and later re enter. So the ANPR times cannot be the same as the required parking period as stipulated in the ACT. Moreover in S9[2][f]  (ii)the creditor does not know both the name of the driver and a current address for service for the driver, the creditor will (if all the applicable conditions under this Schedule are met) have the right to recover from the keeper so much of that amount as remains unpaid; You will note that in the PCN the words in parentheses are not included but at the start of Section 9 the word "must" is included. As there are two faults in the PCN it follows that Bank cannot pursue the keeper . And as the driver does not have a driving licence their case must fail on that alone. And that is not even taking into consideration that the payment was made. Point 23 [v] your company is wrong a payment was made. very difficult to prove a cash payment two weeks later when the PCN arrives. However the evidence was in your print out for anyone to see had they actually done due diligence prior to writing to the DVLA. Indeed as the Defendant had paid there was no reasonable cause to have applied for the keeper details. Point 24 the Defendant did not breach the contract. The PCN claimed the Defendant failed to make a payment when they had made a payment.   I haven't finished yet but that is something to start with
    • You don't appeal to anyone. You haven't' received a demand from a statutory body like the council, the police or the courts. It's just a dodgy cowboy company trying it on. You simply don't pay.  In the vast majority of these cases the company deforest the Amazon with threats about how they are going to divert a drone from Ukraine and make it land on your home - but in the end they do nothing.
    • honestly you sound like you work the claimant yes affixed dont appeal to anyone no cant be “argued either way”  
    • Because of the tsunami of cases we are having for this scam site, over the weekend I had a look at MET cases we have here stretching back to June 2014.  Yes, ten years. MET have not once had the guts to put a case in front of a judge. In about 5% of cases they have issued court papers in the hope that the motorist will be terrified of going to court and will give in.  However, when the motorist defended, it was MET who bottled it.  Every time.
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She was not the driver but the letter accompanying the PCN says "since this is a civil matter it is decided in law that the registered keeper is vicariously responsible". There was a sign warning of cctv surveillance for parking offences. Having never dealt with a private company before, we wondered if this ticket is enforceable?

As lamma has said not one iota is enforceable.

 

There has been no decision in law that makes the keeper vicariously responsible. (They Wish!). What they are doing is misquoting the Road Traffic Act and the Traffic Management Act which makes the RK responsible for the any fines/penalties.

 

Now get this. You don't have a fine or Penalty Charge Notice. A private company cannot issue these. A court or otherwise statute authorised body can issue a fine and a council can issue a Penalty Charge Notice.

 

Arse T (and others) issue Parking Charge Notices and call them PCNs to try to fool people that they are valid. What they are in effect are invoices for an alleged breach of contract. What's more as it is a civil case they have to prove the case - they have to prove that a contract exists. They are writing to you as the RK not as the driver.

 

Have a read of the Private Parking Charges guide in the stickies section of the forum and also the template letters. The choice to respond or ignore is yours. You will be probably bombarded with bumf whatever you do.

 

In your situation I'd send a letter denying the debt and then ignore anything other than court papers.

 

BTW these guys usually don't take people to court and on the rare occassions they have, they've failed to show when faced with a properly mounted defense. (There are loads of people on these boards who will help in the extremely unlikely event that this ever comes to court.)

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Thanks for the info. What a great job you guys are doing. My wife and I were tempted to pay it, even though it felt like we were being mugged. Now we've seen the support out there we're determined to fight it. I'll post updates as and when anything further happens.

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Hi,

Can someone help me?

I parked in a church car park which was signed to say 'no parking without a permit'. I was popping to post something in the church on a bank holiday monday and there were no other cars in this car park. My parnter was driving my car not me, but i was in the passanger seat. I was gone about 3 mins and returned to a fine on my car. I looked everywhere for the parkng attendant, but they must have vanished within seconds!

The fine is for £118 which im not paying. Can they legally do this? Especially on a bank holiday when i thought all parking restrictions are not applied? Im not paying this firstly cause it was a bank holiday, secondly because of the sneaky way they were watching me, thirdly because £118 is obsene! And forthly because i was actually visiting the church?

Can you please help to advise me?

thanks alot

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Hi,

Can someone help me?

I parked in a church car park which was signed to say 'no parking without a permit'. I was popping to post something in the church on a bank holiday monday and there were no other cars in this car park. My parnter was driving my car not me, but i was in the passanger seat. I was gone about 3 mins and returned to a fine on my car. I looked everywhere for the parkng attendant, but they must have vanished within seconds!

The fine is for £118 which im not paying. Can they legally do this? Especially on a bank holiday when i thought all parking restrictions are not applied? Im not paying this firstly cause it was a bank holiday, secondly because of the sneaky way they were watching me, thirdly because £118 is obsene! And forthly because i was actually visiting the church?

Can you please help to advise me?

thanks alot

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a church car park - thats a first !

as long as its not a council ticket you and your money are quite safe.

I, and a suspect quite a few others, would love to see pictures of everything they stuck on your car. both sides of the invoice, a picture of the sticky envelope. everything. suitably washed of your personal details.

 

I smell a lot of potential illegality in this invoice.

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I've just received another letter giving me 14 days notice and to pay £117.50 for the parking charge and £80.00 for the associated costs, totalling, £197.50!!! This letter is from RCS - Revenue Collection Services. They are demanding this otherwise they will take us to court.

 

I still believe its a [problem] but it was my parents car and they are concerned, what do we do?

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Thanks and have kept the last 3 letters they have sent us. Its interesting this letter was from RCS who are trading under AS Securi-T! Checked on companies House and they exist under AS Securi-T!!

 

Still cant belive they are getting away with this!!!!

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Revenue Collection Services.

 

This crowd really are beyond the pale!

 

Their in-house "debt collection agency" used to be called Inland Recovery but now that the Inland Revenue has been incorporated into HM Revenue and Customs, AS Securi-T have changed the name, presumably to avoid confusion :confused:.

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Hi All,

 

I've been reading this thread with interest for a while and thought I would share my experience of A S Securi-t LTD.

 

My wife received a letter in August after they obtained our details from the DVLA for a parking offence outside a row of shops in North Birmingham. The car was left unattended for no more than 5 minutes when she popped into a newsagent (3 shops along) to buy a drink.

 

We have ignored 2 letters from A S Securi-t demanding £176.25 and now have a letter from RCS (Ryan Carter) with an extra £80.00 added. The letter states:

"Unless the payment shown is received in full within 14 days of the date of this letter, representatives of RCS will be instructed to attend your premises to discuss the matter in persons and/or legal proceedings for the recovery thereof may be commenced without any further notice to you".

 

Has anyone been visited by them?

 

Thanks for all the advice so far!

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Hi,

I have also been issued a parking fine from AS Secuti-T in Bristol. I parked on an empty carpark next to Staples just off the M32. I am a quality inspector and was attending a building site opposite. the streets are always understandably choccer-block with parked vehicles, and there is no easy accesible car-park (although ironically we are working on a new car park).

 

The ticket states that i have violated regulations 1 & 8

1 being unauthorised and illegally parked, and

8 being did not use car park providers premises and went elsewhere at the time of issue of the ticket.

 

The issuer obviously observed me leave the carpark, and then slapped the ticket on the screen. Although the ticket says i was on Staples carpark, i was actually parked at the opposite end of a shared carpark. The other unit on the site is closed down (i think it used to be a tile centre).

 

Yes there are signs up concerning parking but i did not think they would apply if the store is empty. Now i am being asked to pay £70.50 for parking on an unused carpark for 40 minutes. Is this legal?:mad:

 

Thanks for any advice

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AS Securi-T are well known here - look at the size of this thread.

 

Easiest and best thing to do is do nothing.

 

Ignore them, do not engage, let them send their dross to you.

 

After a couple of letters from AS you will get letters from Revenue Collection Services, a pretend debt collection agency - actually AS Securi-T using different stationery. Make sure that you ignore these too.

 

The only complication is if you have a company or a lease car. You should inform the company that they are about to receive a bogus invoice which on no account should they pay.

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Hi,

I have also been issued a parking fine from AS Secuti-T in Bristol. I parked on an empty carpark next to Staples just off the M32. I am a quality inspector and was attending a building site opposite. the streets are always understandably choccer-block with parked vehicles, and there is no easy accesible car-park (although ironically we are working on a new car park).

Poxy Cabot's Circus strikes again! The lack of parking in the centre of Bristol is well known and has been a problem since the devlopment of Cabot Circus started. Its just going to get worse (even with that new car park!) and the council are very unfriendly to motorists at the best of times. Still at least you are not dealing with a council ticket.

 

Now i am being asked to pay £70.50 for parking on an unused carpark for 40 minutes. Is this legal?:mad:

 

Thanks for any advice

 

As Barnsley Boy has said Arse-T are well known and ignoring them is the best policy.

 

If you need further information have a read of the PPC Charges guide in the stickies section. It will explain the "legality" of these charges.

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I live in a flat in Westcliff on Sea and recently the property management company (CountryWide property Management) have enlisted the help of Securi-T to reduce the problem of people working across the road from parking in our private carpark....

 

Although I have a valid permit, my problem is that I ride a motorcycle and there is nowhere to put it (although I know where I would like to stick it)... I have contacted the management company regarding this and they have advised me that my registration has been sent to Securi-T - no further action will be taken.... I received another ticket last night (21:50).

 

The worst thing is that the attendent (JD296) puts the PCN sticky on the petrol tank! not on the small visor bit (I have never noticed the PCNs on car doors / bonnets etc) - there is visible marking now on my motorcycle petrol tank....

 

So please, watch out..it is not even safe to park at your own residence without these buffoons causing trouble.

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Just found this great site but not to sure how to use it but here goes. My son received a PCN (parking charge notice) from A.S Securi T Ltd on 30/7/08 at 01 15 whilst visiting a friend in a private housing estate. There were no visible parking restriction signs no yellow lines in the immediate area but apparantly this area was designated as a turning area for emergency vehicles. Hence the ticket. IAW with small print i challenged the ticket within the alloted time frame and sent the letter by recorded delivery. We heard no more until last week when we received a letter saying the fine had not been paid and if they did not receive payment within so many days they would forward the file to their claims recovery department. To date they have not replied to my original letter contesting the vallidity of the PCN. They now want £117.50 instead of £88.13. From all the various comments on this thread can i just forget about this or do i write further letters.

Thanks in anticipation of some useful advice

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£88.13 clearly shows it is a VATable item too (£75 plus VAT) What a way to add insult to injury, they want 75 quid and the government want a cut of £13.88 for the ADDED VALUE you have received by incurring this "invoice"!!

 

By ignoring you score on 2 counts, stuff the PPC and make sure the government don't profit by being party to this illegal [problem].

 

That's a WIN WIN in my book. :D

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