Received a NTK from CPMS Ltd demanding £100

[TassosLex]

Please help!

I am a student and voluntary Children's Worker, there is no way I can afford to fight this and lose... Frankly, I'm scared.

I received a Notice to Keeper from CPMS Ltd on the 4th of December (apparently dated the 26th of November) demanding that I pay them £100 for parking without a permit on the 26th of October, or that I give them the details of whoever was driving at the time. The Driver is even worse off than I am, she's in no state to deal with this stress.

 

Details of the event are:

 

In the early hours of the 26th October, the Driver arrived at Halls of Residence in Manchester.

Tried to obtain parking permit from reception, but as it was out of office hours it was closed.

Security not authorised to handle money, so the practice is to leave a note in the book for when reception opens. Vehicles are then registered as being authorised, pending permit being written.

Permit paid for and obtained from reception in the morning, however a PCN has already been placed on vehicle.

Driver advised by security to just ignore it. Didn't think to tell me.

--Fast forward to 4th December--

I, the Keeper of the vehicle, receive Notice to Keeper in the post.

Panic!

 

I have contacted the Halls Reception, but they said there is nothing they can do, it's nothing to do with them, go talk to CPMS.

 

What do I do?

My mother is seriously unwell at home, and having bailifs turn up on our doorstep when I'm not there would kill her...

 

I'm sorry if this is in the wrong place, I just don't know what to do.

[ericsbrother]

What to do? simple, you write back to the company and say that the vehicle was supplied with a valid permit and therefore there has been no breach of the parking conditions. therefore the claim sent to the keeper is erroneous and should be cancelled immediately.

Do not say who was driving or any detail of the event other than as above. Keep the permit for future reference. The instruction from security will help you if they dont cancel so keep your chin up.

[silverfox1961]

Hi and welcome to CAG.

 

There is no need to stress over this. It matters not one jot what you say to CPMS as they are members of the IPC who don't give a stuff about the Protection of Freedoms Act and will deny you any appeal however, it is worth your while appealing the charge just to show that you followed procedure and when that fails (as it will) they will have to take court action to enforce this.

 

Remember, this is just a private parking ticket and should they be stupid enough to try it on in court, you have an absolute defence.

 

No permit available at the time due to office closed

Obtained permit the next morning.

 

As an aside, the halls of residence probably belong to the university so you could complain in writing to both parties.