Parking Eye

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I would start by reading our thread on Parking Offences. Not all PPC's are registered with the BPA:

http://www.legalbeagles.info/forums/...rking-Offences

[alham]

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Start with an appeal to the company, if unsuccessful take it to BPA appeal. As previously said even if there are charges, they have to be PROPORTIONAL to the expenses incurred in issuing the bill.

[Norman the Bronto]

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My reading of the new law that came into power on the 1/10 (owner/keeper becoming liable for private parking charges) the law remains of the contract and the fees have to be proportional to the expenses, NOT penalty. Everiything before the 1st is like before, if after - try going through their appeal first, then appeal to the BPA, then we will see.

Hi.

Thank you for the replies - appreciated.
Does the new law mean that I have no option but to pay it?
At present I have just ignored it, as the previous 6 pages have told me to do so.
Am I better appealing or do I just carry on ignoring it?

Re: Parking Eye

Your first port of call re any parking offence should be here:

http://www.legalbeagles.info/forums/...rking-Offences

This explains a little about the law and includes the link above I provided earlier.

[Zephyr Eleven]

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I parked at Ruskin Avenue in Coniston duly purchased a ticket for an hour. A month later I received a parking notice charge for £90 reducing to £60 if I paid within 14 days.

I knew I had paid but I didn't keep the ticket. Having read the advice on here I was just going to ignore it.

Thing is I couldn't shake the indignant feelings so I did a search on the car park and found it belonged to lakeland national park authority so I rang them and put my case forward.

I have to say the lady I spoke to was very helpful and promised to look into it, she duly did this and called me back to let me know I had keyed one letter of my number plate wrongly.

She advised sending an appeal to Parking Eye which I did explaining what had happened, I even apologised for any inconvenience.

I have since received an email telling me they had cancelled the parking notice and they had the cheek to say as a good will gesture and not to do it again.

Cheeky Sods

Almost makes me want to go and get another ticket just to ignore it.

[alham]

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Labman posted this link elsewhere in this forum. I think it is great (BTW, although first and important post is dated 2009 it has been updated to include recent change in the law).
http://forums.pepipoo.com/index.php?showtopic=46975

[bluebottle]

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If you are disabled, they must allow you additional time. The two-hour limit you refer to would not be reasonable, in my opinion. Three hours would be reasonable. Parking Eye may find it very difficult to enforce their "charge" and bullying and harassing a disabled person won't go down well with a court or the public.

[alham]

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My reading of the new law that came into power on the 1/10 (owner/keeper becoming liable for private parking charges) the law remains of the contract and the fees have to be proportional to the expenses, NOT penalty. Everiything before the 1st is like before, if after - try going through their appeal first, then appeal to the BPA, then we will see.

[Norman the Bronto]

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Hi.
Reading all the above pages with great interest.
i like all those above today received a "Parking Charge Notice" from our friends "ParkingEye car park management".
The amount of £50 to be paid by the 24/10 or £85, after which must be paid by 07/11.

Brief outline of the story.
I am disabled, I use crutches and a wheelchair dependant on distances. I entered, the Propect Place car park in Dartford at 09:43AM on the 1/10. After driving around for 5-10 minutes to find a space, (due to a number of disabled bays, being full of cars without badges) I parked up and with my eldest son, went into two shops. After approximately an hour, I moved the car to another space on the other side of the car park. I moved the car as the shops I wanted to visit, were to far for me to walk.
i finished shopping and left the car park.

Apparently, there is a 2 hour free-parking rule. I accept I was in the car-park for more than 2 hours, but firstly it took me time to find a space and secondly I moved the car whilst in the car-park.

I now have the letter - Advice on what to do please.
Do I ignore it, appeal it or pay it?
Thank you in advance.

[jmbob]

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Hello folks,

Sadly, I'm a "me too". We've just received a Parking Charge Notice from Parking Eye. My wife parked in the car park at St. Catherine's Retail Park in Perth which, as we now know, has a two hour limit. She was there for 2 hours 14 minutes, and did shop in some of the premises at the car park.

The general advice here (on all 6 pages of the thread) is to ignore the charge. I have two questions though which may have an impact.

Firstly, St Catherine's is free for up two hours, and there is no charging structure beyond the two hours other than the lovely fine of £85 (£50 if paid in 14 days).

Secondly, as this is Scotland, are there any differences between what is and is not legally enforceable?

Many thanks



Jim

EDIT: The "offence" was on 24th September, which pre-dates the recent "registered keeper is liable" law changes.

[alham]

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Hold steadfast. A bit of details of your case will help

[lakes bandit]

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It is an invoice basically saying if you don't pay they will take you through the county court. The chances of them doing this are very remote, and if they did, the chances of them winning are even more remote.

Google it and you'll find loads. The advice of this site is to ignore everything, though you will read other opinions around the internet.

Hi folks, having been encouraged to seek advice on here, I am on my second parking eye letter now £70 up from £50. Having felt a bit brave cancelling the cheque my well intentioned other half sent in payment, fearing legal repirisals, we took courage. However just a little concerned when people suggest chances of legal reprisals from PE are remote, if anyone has actually ended uphaving to pay eg by judge of a court?

[ploddertom]

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As i have had correspondence from Parking Eye debt collectors, will it shown on the credit reference agencies, i.e. Experian and others
to this effect and will it effect my credit rating?:tinysmile_cry_t:

It shouldn't be

[suedob]

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As i have had correspondence from Parking Eye debt collectors, will it shown on the credit reference agencies, i.e. Experian and others
to this effect and will it effect my credit rating?:tinysmile_cry_t:

[bluebottle]

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See how advanced we are on LB!

Before I get a note to that effect added, can you provide a definitive link to that just to be 100% sure it's accurate (not doubting you!):beagle:

Seems my source got the wrong date. Take the coming into force date as 1 October 2012 unless advised otherwise. However, I suspect that the provision will be repealed fairly quickly due to abuse or a change of government.