Please could I beg for some help?
My daughter parked at the Lido car park in Cliftonville last Friday evening (24 March 2017) just after 10pm and left just before midnight. She and a friend visited a club and was unaware she had to pay for parking as the car park is unlit and she didn't see any signs/notices regarding parking charges in the car park. She vaguely remembers there was a ticket machine at the entrance of the car park but there wasn't any signs or lighting in the car park. It's unknown if the ticket machine was in working order that night.
The car park is only partly marked with car parking spaces and she didn't park in those spaces but instead parked at the end of the car park by the club she was visiting that evening so didn't realise that the land outside the club was subject to parking charges. She assumed that parking was free this time of night (yes, she now knows the saying that assume equates to "makes an ass of u and me"!). There are no parking notices/signs at the entrance of the club and the bouncers did not advise her that she needed to pay for parking.
i have attached the parking charge notice. As you can see the have a picture of a car with my daughters registration plate showing but it is very clear from the photo that there were no lights etc in the car park.
My daughter was with a blue badge holder that evening and the blue badges were on display on the dashboard in my daughters car as they had been used/displayed at a different car park earlier that evening. It's unknown if blue badge holders are exempt from parking charges, we can't find any mention on the company's website about what the charges are for this car park and whether there are any exemptions.
Is this parking charge enforceable and if not what should she do about disputing it. I would be incredibly grateful for any advice you are able to offer me regarding the enforceability of the parking charge notice. Thank you in advance for all/any help given
My daughter parked at the Lido car park in Cliftonville last Friday evening (24 March 2017) just after 10pm and left just before midnight. She and a friend visited a club and was unaware she had to pay for parking as the car park is unlit and she didn't see any signs/notices regarding parking charges in the car park. She vaguely remembers there was a ticket machine at the entrance of the car park but there wasn't any signs or lighting in the car park. It's unknown if the ticket machine was in working order that night.
The car park is only partly marked with car parking spaces and she didn't park in those spaces but instead parked at the end of the car park by the club she was visiting that evening so didn't realise that the land outside the club was subject to parking charges. She assumed that parking was free this time of night (yes, she now knows the saying that assume equates to "makes an ass of u and me"!). There are no parking notices/signs at the entrance of the club and the bouncers did not advise her that she needed to pay for parking.
i have attached the parking charge notice. As you can see the have a picture of a car with my daughters registration plate showing but it is very clear from the photo that there were no lights etc in the car park.
My daughter was with a blue badge holder that evening and the blue badges were on display on the dashboard in my daughters car as they had been used/displayed at a different car park earlier that evening. It's unknown if blue badge holders are exempt from parking charges, we can't find any mention on the company's website about what the charges are for this car park and whether there are any exemptions.
Is this parking charge enforceable and if not what should she do about disputing it. I would be incredibly grateful for any advice you are able to offer me regarding the enforceability of the parking charge notice. Thank you in advance for all/any help given
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