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    • Euro have got a lot wrong and have failed to comply with the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 Schedule 4.  According to Section 13 after ECP have written to Arval they should then send a NTH to the Hirer  which they have done.This eliminates Arval from any further pursuit by ECP. When they wrote to your company they should have sent copies of everything that they asked Arval for. This is to prove that your company agree what happened on the day of the breach. If ECP then comply with the Act they are allowed to pursue the hirer. If they fail, to comply they cannot make the hirer pay. They can pursue until they are blue in the face but the Hirer is not lawfully required to pay them and if it went to Court ECP would lose. Your company could say who was driving but the only person that can be pursued is the Hirer, there does not appear to be an extension for a driver to be pursued. Even if there was, because ECP have failed miserably to comply with the Act  they still have no chance of winning in Court. Here are the relevant Hire sections from the Act below.
    • Thank-you FTMDave for your feedback. May I take this opportunity to say that after reading numerous threads to which you are a contributor, I have great admiration for you. You really do go above and beyond in your efforts to help other people. The time you put in to help, in particular with witness statements is incredible. I am also impressed by the way in which you will defer to others with more experience should there be a particular point that you are not 100% clear on and return with answers or advice that you have sought. I wish I had the ability to help others as you do. There is another forum expert that I must also thank for his time and patience answering my questions and allowing me to come to a “penny drops” moment on one particular issue. I believe he has helped me immensely to understand and to strengthen my own case. I shall not mention who it is here at the moment just in case he would rather I didn't but I greatly appreciate the time he took working through that issue with me. I spent 20+ years of working in an industry that rules and regulations had to be strictly adhered to, indeed, exams had to be taken in order that one had to become qualified in those rules and regulations in order to carry out the duties of the post. In a way, such things as PoFA 2012 are rules and regulations that are not completely alien to me. It has been very enjoyable for me to learn these regulations and the law surrounding them. I wish I had found this forum years ago. I admit that perhaps I had been too keen to express my opinions given that I am still in the learning process. After a suitable period in this industry I became Qualified to teach the rules and regulations and I always said to those I taught that there is no such thing as a stupid question. If opinions, theories and observations are put forward, discussion can take place and as long as the result is that the student is able to clearly see where they went wrong and got to that moment where the penny drops then that is a valuable learning experience. No matter how experienced one is, there is always something to learn and if I did not know the answer to a question, I would say, I don't know the answer to that question but I will go and find out what the answer is. In any posts I have made, I have stated, “unless I am wrong” or “as far as I can see” awaiting a response telling me what I got wrong, if it was wrong. If I am wrong I am only too happy to admit it and take it as a valuable learning experience. I take the point that perhaps I should not post on other peoples threads and I shall refrain from doing so going forward. 🤐 As alluded to, circumstances can change, FTMDave made the following point that it had been boasted that no Caggers, over two years, who had sent a PPC the wrong registration snotty letter, had even been taken to court, let alone lost a court hearing .... but now they have. I too used the word "seemed" because it is true, we haven't had all the details. After perusing this forum I believe certain advice changed here after the Beavis case, I could be wrong but that is what I seem to remember reading. Could it be that after winning the above case in question, a claimant could refer back to this case and claim that a defendant had not made use of the appeal process, therefore allowing the claimant to win? Again, in this instance only, I do not know what is to be gained by not making an appeal or concealing the identity of the driver, especially if it is later admitted that the defendant was the driver and was the one to input the incorrect VRN in error. So far no one has educated me as to the reason why. But, of course, when making an appeal, it should be worded carefully so that an error in the appeal process cannot be referred back to. I thought long and hard about whether or not to post here but I wanted to bring up this point for discussion. Yes, I admit I have limited knowledge, but does that mean I should have kept silent? After I posted that I moved away from this forum slightly to find other avenues to increase my knowledge. I bought a law book and am now following certain lawyers on Youtube in the hope of arming myself with enough ammunition to use in my own case. In one video titled “7 Reasons You Will LOSE Your Court Case (and how to avoid them)” by Black Belt Barrister I believe he makes my point by saying the following, and I quote: “If you ignore the complaint in the first instance and it does eventually end up in court then it's going to look bad that you didn't co-operate in the first place. The court is not going to look kindly on you simply ignoring the company and not, let's say, availing yourself of any kind of appeal opportunities, particularly if we are talking about parking charge notices and things like that.” This point makes me think that, it is not such a bizarre judgement in the end. Only in the case of having proof of payment and inputting an incorrect VRN .... could it be worthwhile making a carefully worded appeal in the first instance? .... If the appeal fails, depending on the reason, surely this could only help if it went to court? As always, any feedback gratefully received.
    • To which official body does one make a formal complaint about a LPA fixed charge receiver? Does one make a complaint first to the company employing the appointed individuals?    Or can one complain immediately to an official body, such as nara?    I've tried researching but there doesn't seem a very clear route on how to legally hold them to account for wrongful behaviour.  It seems frustratingly complicated because they are considered to be officers of the court and held in high esteem - and the borrower is deemed liable for their actions.  Yet what does the borrower do when disclosure shows clear evidence of wrong-doing? Does anyone have any pointers please?
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Hi Folks.

A quick question but, as well as possibly needing planning permission for their signage, do the PPCs need planning permission for their ANPR cameras? Apologies if this has been answered already but I can't find reference to the answer anywhere. Might not be looking in the right place. Thanks.

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I always recommend it for defeating then at POPLA when there isnt much else to go on. Some are getting wise to it and have it in the contracts with the landowner/store that they have to apply on their behalf. You would think that this would ring alarm bells with the business taking on the parking co's services as it is another thing they bear the responsibility for and get nothing in return. Beats me how anyone can think that employing a parking cowboy is ever a good idea.

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Out of interest, I followed this line of enquiry and received the following reply from East Riding of Yorkshire Council:

 

"A planning application was approved on xxxxx for the retention of a pole and 2 CCTV cameras. The documentation does show some signage and other signage on site would not likely require planning permission."

 

I could not see any information in the documents about applications for specific signs on poles, so it seems some councils are less strict with their requirements than others.

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many parking cos claim their signs are informational in the same way that bus stops and fire exit signs are. No they arent, they are an advertisement offering you a unilateral contract and this is supported by case law dating back to Victorian times. It is just another example of these companies eating their cake and wanting it.

Read the thread about parking in Mansfield for a brilliant chapter and verse on PP for signage

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This is incorrect. The answer is generally yes

 

If the ANPR cameras are attached to a building then probably not. However, many PPCs stick their cameras near the entrance to the car park on poles and they need planning permission.

 

Advertisement Consent is required for the car park signage if it is over a certain size and visible from the highway or some other public place.

 

Always best to check with the planning authority

 

On this subject read my comments on the thread about ParkingEye Mansfield and Starbucks Uttoxeter

 

ParkingEye is generally required to have both advertisement consent for its signs and planning approval for its ANPR cameras but it simply doesn't bother to comply with the law in this regard. It is presently being chased by any number of planning authorities to legalise its operation

 

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Typical letter sent to ParkingEye over its breaches of the advertisement regs and planning permission

 

Account Manager

Parking Eye Limited

PO Box 565

Chorley

PR6 6HT

 

 

 

Our Ref: /CMP/2014/00077 Your Ref:

Date: 11/11/2014

 

 

 

 

 

Dear Madam

 

Re: Cameras and Signage in the car park of The Range, Barrow in Furness

 

I wrote to you on 21st August 2014, regarding the unauthorised cameras and signage in the car park of The Range in Barrow in Furness. Planning permission is required to install CCTV cameras on a commercial building and advertising consent is required to display the various warning signs in the car park.

 

I understand that you advised Sally Jackson on 7th October 2014 that Barrow Borough Council should expect to receive a planning application for the above within 2 weeks. I note that to date, this application has not been received.

 

Sally has tried to contact you by telephone on 21st October, 23rd October, 30th October, 4th November and 11th November. Unfortunately you have not been available and she has left messages for you to telephone back.

 

Please can you arrange to submit a retrospective planning application for the cameras and signs within the next 7 days. Should an application not be received within this time frame, the Council will look to commence enforcement action under the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.

 

Please be aware that anyone who displays an advertisement or knowingly permits someone else to do so, without the consent required, is acting illegally. It is then immediately open to the planning authority to bring prosecution in the Magistrates’ Court for an offence under section 224 of the Town and County Planning Act 1990.

 

As you can appreciate this is a course of action that the Council do not wish to take, however the matter now rests with you.

 

 

 

Should you wish to discuss this matter further, please do not hesitate to contact Sally Jackson at the above office.

 

 

Yours faithfully,

 

 

 

 

Jason Hipkiss

Planning Manager

 

 

 

Also please note that if any planning authority were willing to just prosecute then, upon securing a conviction, the Council could apply to the Magistrates Court for a Confiscation Order to take from the convicted party all income derived through the crime. The Proceeds of Crime Act applies. Perhaps even all of their parking charge income for the time that the signs have unlawfully been in place. Chase up your planning authorities

 

 

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