Help Needed with Parking on an Adopted Rd

[Freedomboy]

Hi There,

I'm posting here asking for help with what I consider to be a very confusing matter.

I have been issued with a couple of parking tickets by a private firm Parking Control Management UK LTD.

It was for parking on an unmarked, supposedly private road that had access to a housing estate, the actual Road is Bullrush Close in Croydon, if anyone fancied checking it out on google maps.

There are numbered bays and obvious parking areas that are for residents only.

However on one side of the road (after the double yellow lines) is an unmarked section of road that I have parked in for years without a problem or need for a permit. After checking with the council they assured me that they had adopted the road some years ago and was under their care for it's upkeep etc. So if it is an adopted road and i'm parking in an unrestricted area how can a private parking firm be issuing me with tickets?!?!

After looking at a few websites the general feeling was to ignore the threatening letters and they would eventually go away.

The reason why I am worried is that I am now being persued by a company called Newlyn (bailiffs) with whom I had a very nasty experience with years ago.

Any advice as to how I should proceed with this would be very helpful as dealing with the Newlyn bailiffs and their employees was an experience I do not want to revisit.

Many thanks in advance!!!!!!!

[Michael Browne]

Although Newlyn are bailiffs, in this scenario they are acting merely as debt collectors, not bailiffs.

[afcwben]

and its not a debt, its a begging letter

[Freedomboy]

Ah I see. Thank you, that's a weight off of my mind. I have to admit the tone of the letter was a lot less harsh than my previous correspondence.

Any thing that you think I should do to cover my arse or will it just simply go away?

[citizenB]

If they are implying they are acting in capacity of bailiff when they are acting as collection agents. Then you must let the Office of Fair trading know.

[ericsbrother]

Write to them saying that the land is a public highway and that their principals have no interest in it and never have nor could have. Any further communication from them will be viewed as harassment and reported as such to the OFT and the police as a criminal matter. You could also tell them that as it is a public highway any parking ticket will be reported as an attempt to use a false instrument to gain a pecuniary advantage contrary to the Theft Act and they should be more careful about who they form business relationships with.

[Freedomboy]

That's all brilliant. Thank you very much.