What is life like with your car? Let us know and win £500 in John Lewis vouchers | No thanks
Car park charges: Five min stop on private land, by non member of BPA. Fined £100. HELP!
Stopped for 5 mins in private land car park thinking it was a post office car park. On return an envelope with penalty charge notice on it inside a parking charge notice for £100,or £60 if paid in 14 days. I rang the BPA and they say they are not members. The receptionist said to ignore it as they couldn't get details of my address. Is this good advice?
Asked on 9 April 2014 by Bellin
Answered by
Honest John
If they are not members of the BPA then they cannot legally obtain your keepership details because to do so would be a breach of the Data Protection Act. There are specific rules attached to Clause 56 of the Protection of Freedoms Act governing the way private parking charges must be posted and any breach of these renders them illegal: www.honestjohn.co.uk/faq/private-parking-penalties/
Tags:
parking
Similar questions
If I park on a wide pavement with double yellow lines painted on the road an I technically parking on double yellow lines?
My son parked his van on a wide pavement so wasn't blocking either the pavement...
I'm desperate to change my Zafira for a newer car, have been looking at various options, C3 Aircross was my favourite until I did a test drive and the chunky high bonnet was very different to my old Zaf,...
In your answer 'Is it legal to park on the pavement' you state "if he is wholly on the pavement it is less clear if he would be given a ticket or not."
Can you elaborate on this, please? My understanding...
.jpg)
