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Hi,
My vehicle was parked for 20 minutes in an area with free parking for 1 hour (if registering plate on an app).
I then received a PCN for £60, so I appealed on several grounds:
- lack of signage (nothing at the entrance of the car park area, small signs not clearly visible otherwise)
- disproportionate charge, as the car was parked for 20 minutes and that first hour is normally free, after that it is £1 per 30 minutes)
- ample parking spaces available
My appeal was rejected and I then left it, I did received a few letters ordering to pay but I ignored them.
I was not the driver and the driver has not been identified yet.
This was in October 2019 and now i have received a Letter of Claim from BW Legal.
The letter of claim says I have one month to pay or it goes to County Court. It also has a form asking if I owe the debt, If I dispute it etc.
The car park is at the bottom of residential flats in a newish development, there are no signs as you enter the area to say you have to pay but there are a couple of small signs inside the car park but they aren't noticeable in my opinion, they don't pop and aren't large enough and too high). I think the driver just didn't see them.
The car park was pretty much empty at the time.
The signs say to register on an app to get the first hour free car park or use a ticket machine but there are no ticket machine nearby as far as I can see.
Timestamps on their pictures show 10 minutes stay.
Just wondering what the next steps are?
I've read I could ask BW Legal and the PCN issuer for SAR to request all the info they have on the case, but is there any point to this as I can already see several pictures of my car with timestamps on their site?
I've also read I should make an appeal on Popla?
And what about identifying the driver, would that reset the clock and allow to pay the reduced fine?
My vehicle was parked for 20 minutes in an area with free parking for 1 hour (if registering plate on an app).
I then received a PCN for £60, so I appealed on several grounds:
- lack of signage (nothing at the entrance of the car park area, small signs not clearly visible otherwise)
- disproportionate charge, as the car was parked for 20 minutes and that first hour is normally free, after that it is £1 per 30 minutes)
- ample parking spaces available
My appeal was rejected and I then left it, I did received a few letters ordering to pay but I ignored them.
I was not the driver and the driver has not been identified yet.
This was in October 2019 and now i have received a Letter of Claim from BW Legal.
The letter of claim says I have one month to pay or it goes to County Court. It also has a form asking if I owe the debt, If I dispute it etc.
The car park is at the bottom of residential flats in a newish development, there are no signs as you enter the area to say you have to pay but there are a couple of small signs inside the car park but they aren't noticeable in my opinion, they don't pop and aren't large enough and too high). I think the driver just didn't see them.
The car park was pretty much empty at the time.
The signs say to register on an app to get the first hour free car park or use a ticket machine but there are no ticket machine nearby as far as I can see.
Timestamps on their pictures show 10 minutes stay.
Just wondering what the next steps are?
I've read I could ask BW Legal and the PCN issuer for SAR to request all the info they have on the case, but is there any point to this as I can already see several pictures of my car with timestamps on their site?
I've also read I should make an appeal on Popla?
And what about identifying the driver, would that reset the clock and allow to pay the reduced fine?
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