Council PCN - Marston Now Involved

[hotchocolate]

Hi All

I have received a visit from a bailiff at the Marston Group who has clamped my car over the past weekend.

Upon calling the bailiff I was given limited information and had to call up their switchboard to get the info

I was told this stemmed from an alleged contravention at the beginning of the year.

I wrote to them via post and didn't hear nothing back and due to Covid I assumed they were just backlogged and would eventually get back to me.

Which they obviously didn't

I have now been told the debt is close to £600

I have completed the TE7 & TE9 forms which hopefully tomorrow morning would've been processed

I spoke to someone at the TEC team who said the removal of the clamp would be at the discretion of the council

My questions are:

- The car was parked on private land, was it legal for them to clamp it there?
- As the car is on hire purchase, can it be towed?
- What if any legal terms could I use to force their hands to take off the clamp at least until my appeal is heard?

I would seriously appreciate some help

This close to Christmas this is the last thing I want to be paying

[ostell]

Define private land. How do you know that

[hotchocolate]

There is signage displayed all around the car parking area some bays are for residents and some are for visitors but all signage states "Parking Contract - Please note that this land is privately owned"

[ostell]

So who actually issued the ticket?

[hotchocolate]

It was issued by another council borough, I was parked in their on street bay, unloading my vehicle into the office in which I work which is directly in front of the street bay.

Where they have clamped me is located right near my home in a completely different borough but I was on private land when they did so around 6am.