NHS Trust PCN (The Leeds Teaching Hospitals) employee - parking in loading bay

[andyg55]

Good evening

 

I am an NHS employee at St James's Hospital Leeds, and often park on weekends/bank holidays behind the building in which I work.

There are no parking spaces, however there is a loading bay which the building holds one permit for.

 

When I arrived, road works were blocking the bay stopping me from parking where I normally do.

I was dropping work off (human tissue so have to park next to building), I parked next to the bay in an area clearly signposted 'no parking' (sadly) with double yellow lines on.

 

I was 10 minutes.

When I returned I had a £20 Parking Charge Notice reason: 'Parking in front of loading bay or fire exit'.

 

As I was parking for work business I am absolutely loathed to pay the thing.

I know it was my fault for parking on double yellows, but what else was I supposed to do?

 

There's nowhere else on site I can park without having to pay which I really shouldn't have to do as the whole reason for having a permit for the bay is so we don't have to do that!

 

Also, although it sounds bad that I parked on double yellows, the place I parked in is actually for vans parking in the week for 10 minutes and dropping parcels off.

 

Which is exactly what I was doing.

 

Do I have any sort of case here?

 

Thanks!

[DBC]

yellow lines on private property have no basis in law. They are just another form of graffiti. You do not owe them a penny. Just ignore all their stupid threats.

[andyg55]

 

Is it worth appealing then?

My car is registered to my parents address, I'm worried that if I get caught up in a tangle with owing money's, it would be them that got bailiffs etc.

 

The £20 rises to £60 after 14 days, however if I make an appeal within 14 days it gets frozen at £20.

 

Do I appeal and know that they then have my Leeds address and details on file, or do I ignore and risk them going to dvla and hassling my parents address? Hmm...

[havinastella]

There is NO appeal.

As there is no fine/parking offence.

 

Ignore, Ignore and IGNORE!

[havinastella]

Just to confirm, who Is the ticket from??

[andyg55]

It's from 'The Leeds Teaching Hospitals, NHS Trust'

[afcwben]

Definitely ignore

[Dragons Dennis]

Agree with the above advice. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES AT ALL should you contact them. Do NOT write, phone or anything else. You have a worthless invoice which you can completely ignore.

 

There is no 'appeal'. That is just a ruse to get your contact details, rather than them paying DVLA £2.50 to get them - which they will by the way.

 

Nobody has EVER won any of these 'appeals'.

 

You WILL get letters, increasingly scary sounding with words like ' Debt' or 'Court' written in them. All scare tactics and again do not make the fatal mistake of even responding.

[spartathisis]

Same place as this

 

http://www.consumeractiongroup.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?304208-NHS-Trust-issued-PCN(1-Viewing)-nbsp