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Mon 10 Dec 2012 15:24
Civil Parking Notice - Keith62

Today I parked my car next to a parking meter in Maghull town centre and found that it was free for the first 30 minutes. I returned 20 minutes later and found that I'd been issued with a Civil Parking Notice for £90 (£50 if I pay within 14 days). I spoke to the attendant (or more accurately a bloke in a high visibility jacket) and he advised me to contact the company (Car Parking Partnership) as the signage was confusing people. There were other signs in the area but they look as though they are for Blue Badge Holders (in bold at the top of the signs).

There seems to be a lot of information on the internet about this sort of thing but I am struggling to find anything recent. Some say ignore, others say contact the company and explain and try to get them to withdraw the notice.

Any advice on what I should do next?

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Mon 10 Dec 2012 15:44
Civil Parking Notice - Cris_on_the_gas

If you think that the parking was free for the first 30 minutes and the signs stated as much, go back there and take photos and gather evidence to support the 30 minute free parking and prepare your evidence for submission at court.

If you successfully defend your case then you get off scot free and will be able to claim your cost for defending the case. This wil probaly make the council sit up and pay attention and they will then do some thing about the alledged poor sinage

If you lose then you wil cop the full £90 plus a court costs and a victim surcharge of £15

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Mon 10 Dec 2012 16:03
Civil Parking Notice - Dwight Van Driver

I think you will find that Magull have decriminalised parking offences effectively removing Magistrates Courts hearings and such matters dealt with under Civil Parking Rules.

If you feel hard done by then appeal to the Council issung the ticket together with all the evidence you can muster. They will either accept or reject. If the later then you still have an avenue of appeal to a Parking Adjudicator which will all be explained on Notice of Rejection of your appeal from Council

No costs involved.

dvd

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Mon 10 Dec 2012 16:18
Civil Parking Notice - Bromptonaut

Is it a Penalty Charge Notice issued by the Council which I think is probably Sefton or is it some sort of Parking Charge Notice issued by a landowner?

If the former then as DVD says you can make representations to the Council eithe informally now or formally after they serve you by post with a Notice to Owner. If formal reps rejected then you can go to an independent adjudicator.

If it's a landowner the postion is complicated by recent 01/10/12 change in law and recpients of tickets are guinea pigs in a regulatory lab!!

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Mon 10 Dec 2012 18:27
Civil Parking Notice - Armitage Shanks {p}

I hope you have kept the ticket/receipt issued by the machine! the time of issue of that, taken with the time of issue of your penalty notice should resolve some matters and photos of the signage and notice displaying rules and regs should sort the rest. Good Luck. DLTBGYD = Don't Let The B S Grind You Down!

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Mon 10 Dec 2012 20:46
Civil Parking Notice - daveyjp
As it says Civil Parking Notice (not Penalty) and is issued by Car Parking Partnership its a scam invoice.

Do not pay anything until you have visited

forums.pepipoo.com/index.php?showforum=60

And read a few threads.
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Tue 11 Dec 2012 15:23
Civil Parking Notice - Dwight Van Driver

Whoops


I took the fact that as Town Centre was mentioned that this was a LA issued ticket i.e. ticket headed Penalty Charge Notice and not Parking Charge Notice which is a different matter. The former has statutory authority, the later subject to the civil law of contract with statutory back up to chase the Reg Keeper of the vehicle if fine not paid through to County Court.


If it was a PENALTY CHARGE NOTICE my earlier advice stands.


If it is PARKING CHARGE NOTICE there are some options


1. Pay the sum demanded - matter ends. or


2. Appea to l with what grounds you can muster ( lack of signs etc) to the issuing authority or check at http// www.britishparking.co.uk/AOS-members to see if issuer is a member and if so appeal to Popla (Parking on Private Land Appeals)., or


3. If there were ample unused bays at the time then send a cheque for £10 and point out that HMG have said that charges for breaking a parking contract must be reasonable and a genuine pre-estimate of loss. This means charges must compensate the landholder only for the loss they are liekly to suffer because the parking contract has been broken. For example, to cover the unpaid charges associated with issuing the ticket to recover the charges. Charges may not be set at higher levels than necessary to recover business losses and the intention should not be to penalise the driver. Mention that encashment of the cheque finalises the matter., or


4. Do nothing in the hope that the issuer will be not prepared, bearing in mind the effort and cost of taking the matter to a County Court, for Debt settlement. In this there should be no acknowledgemnt of correspondence, some of which may be of a threatening matter. However any letter informing of a Court date should be. If so up to Defendant to plead case of excess charge/incorrect signage etc)

dvd

Edited by Dwight Van Driver on 11/12/2012 at 15:29

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