Parking Eye PCN - Aldi, Hospital Road, Hounslow, TW3 3HY ***Cancelled by Aldi***

[Jonb71]

Received the PCN for staying too long in the car park at Aldi. There are no ticket machines, I just saw a sign saying maximum stay 1 hour 30 minutes. PCN shows 2 hours 4 minutes. Allowing for 10 minutes grace and due to Covid-19 restrictions a waiting queue of 15 minutes to enter the store then I am over by 9 minutes. I do not have any receipts for Aldi purchases made and do not use the Aldi regularly.

 

This site has been very helpful before (and I have donated for the help - thank you) where I have been advised to ignore PCNs where no planning permission had been approved for ANPR cameras to be used.

 

I have looked online at the Hounslow planning portal and cannot find any application for ANPR to be used  

https://planning-lbhounslow.msappproxy.net/Planning_Search_Advanced.aspx.

 

Do they need planning?

Is the PCN issued illegally.

 

Do I follow similar advice which has helped and just ignore this PCN -  I'll receive 3-4 threatening chasing letters, then the debt recovery ones and then the we may take you to court ones, after which they normally stop being sent after c. 6 months.

 

Do I just do this or in this occasion is it different and do I just pay the £40 reduced charge request now.

Am not intending to write to Aldi or send anything in to ParkingEye or the appeals people.

 

Many thanks for your expert views.

 

1 Date of the infringement

16/03/2021
 

2 Date on the NTK [this must have been received within 14 days from the 'offence' date] 19/03/2021

 

3 Date received 23/03/2021
 

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? Yes
 

6 Have you appealed? [Y/N?] post up your appeal] No
 

Have you had a response? [Y/N?] post it up No
 

7 Who is the parking company? ParkingEye

 

8. Where exactly [carpark name and town] Aldi, Hospital Road, Hounslow, TW3 3HY
 

For either option, does it say which appeals body they operate under. IAS (POPLA) 

pcn 16.03.21.pdf

[Bazooka Boo]

Get straight on to Aldi and have them squash the invoice.

 

DO NOT appeal to parking lie, my local Aldi has the exact same 1 hour 30 time limit too, except they don't have any planning permission to alter the wait time from 3 hours so they're stuffed making any invoices stick.

 

 

[Jonb71]

Thanks - it can be ignored too, even if Aldi refuse to help?

 

Amazing - rang Aldi, they confirmed it is illegal as 3 hours is the allotted time and they will write to them to get it quashed. Provided a reference number and said forget it and don't worry.

 

They said they have many people ringing up in similar circumstances.

So thank you for your advice.

 

What I do not understand is how/why Aldi allow this to happen knowingly.

[FTMDave]

Good grief, that was quick!

 

You come on here asking for help, and after an hour have already seen off Parking Lie - well done!  Great advice from Bazooka Boo.

 

[Bazooka Boo]

Brilliant news, another one bites the dust.

[brassnecked]

Excellent, think Aldi have had enough of Parking Eye, causing them grief with Covid invoicing

 

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[lookinforinfo]

I am surprised that Aldi, knowing that PE are using 90 minutes frr parking are allowing it to continue. Shame on them.

[brassnecked]

PE always seem to use 90 minutes  wherever they fetch up