UKPC Parking Fine

[britbulldog]

my Partner lives in watford on a privately owned estate and they have introduced allocate parking she has a bay with her flat number wrote on the kerb she also has a blue badge on the windscreen saying she is a resident and there are no yellow lines of any kind on the estate, but there signs put up by UKPC saying about the restricted parking, she came home from work the other day and someone was parked in her bay so she pulled up on the kerb as she didnt want to park in someone elses bay (as they get quite funny about it) and she recieved a ticket!! we wrote to UKPC saying we were disputing the ticket as she had nowhere else to park and that someone had taken her place! we have just recieved the £80 demand now!! is there anything we can do?? also UKPC issued vitiors permits but you cant park in someone elses bay and you cant use the kerb and everyone who has used them has been ticketed!!

[Michael Browne]

Parking Tickets - Private: Everything You Need to Know

http://www.consumeractiongroup.c o....s-charges.html

Parking Tickets - Private: Template Letters

http://www.consumeractiongroup.c o....-template.html

[Barnsley Boy]

M Browne has put on the relevent links - it is worth clicking and taking note of the contents.

 

Just remember that UKPC have no statuatory right to ticket you. They are not the council. They will get the address of the registered keeper via your car registration. They will then write to you, harrassing you for payment. Use Bernie's template letters to correspond to them or ignore them as you wish.

 

Don't pay.

[davida3544]

Use the template letters.

 

I had the same off ukpc. If you stick it out they go away eventually.

 

As Barnsley Boy says, dont pay.

[britbulldog]

many thanks i will take note from the links, and i no intension of paying any moneys to UKPC at all i begrudge putting a stamp on the correspondance.

[todd58]

got my second letter today have followed the links and am now sending them template letter no.2 thanks to michael browns great work,will keep you informed as to the outcome.

[Michael Browne]

thanks to michael browns great work,

lol, it was no trouble (even I haven't got the front to take any credit, that's all due to Petej2811 and Bernie the Bolt)

[taxidodger]

Hi

 

Got 'done' by UKPC recently (innocent, obviously). Having read lots of input on here and other sites, I thought the following might constitute a good '1st letter'.

 

Dear Sir/Madam

 

I am in receipt of your ??? dated ???.

 

Being a civil matter, I am unable to comply with your request for payment as requested without the provision of adequate evidence to support your claim for the alleged parking contravention.

 

In the absence of this evidence from yourselves I am regrettably unable to assist further in this matter.

 

Yours

 

How does that look to you seasoned campaigners?

 

The car is registered to my employers so I have to draft the letter for them (HR dept) and get their buy-in to, what I envisage being, a long campaign.

 

I just thought the above puts more of an emphasis on them to prove their case, rather than simply snubbing their initial request. That way, I can continue to fight the issue based on the fact that they have failed to supply adequate evidence of the alleged 'offence'.

 

Any thoughts?

 

H

(total newbie)

[Barnsley Boy]

Taxi Dodger,

 

Given that your Employers are going to buy into this, the answer should be pretty simple.

 

Dear Sirs,

 

Re: Your letter dated [dd/mmmm/yyyy] Reference[#]

 

I acknowledge receipt of your captioned letter. It seems that you have got our details from the DVLA and I confirm that our company is the keeper of the vehicle in question. Since this would appear to be a civil matter based upon alleged contract you need to take this matter up with the driver concerned. You will understand that, for reasons of confidentialty and data protection we cannot release individual driver details to members of the public or non official bodies.

 

In the meantime I absolutely deny your claim that the amount claimed, or any amount at all, is due to you from our company.

 

Yours faithfully

[taxidodger]

Thanks Barnsley Boy

 

I was thinking about it overnight and I thought that it's probably better to go with one of the templates posted here.

 

I figure that UKPC will recognise the text and know that I've been here for advice.

 

Here's hoping they drop it from the start.

 

Does it need to go recorded delivery or would normal post be OK?

 

 

H

[pin1onu]

Thanks Barnsley Boy

 

I was thinking about it overnight and I thought that it's probably better to go with one of the templates posted here.

 

I figure that UKPC will recognise the text and know that I've been here for advice.

 

Here's hoping they drop it from the start.

 

Does it need to go recorded delivery or would normal post be OK?

 

 

H

 

Recorded delivery is best. It means you have got an auditable trail to present at court, if it ever gets that far. At very least get proof of posting.

 

BTW if it ever goes to court you can put in counter claim for your costs including postage.

[seylectric]

I sent a very nasty letter to a similar private company who placed a "parking ticket" on my car at Deepdale Retail Park, Preston, Lancs, a few months ago. I told them that they had no legal right to fine me and as far as concerned they were attempting to obtain money by deception, and that if they chose to pursue it I would be taking legal action against them with a view to having them prosecuted for this offence. Never heard another word.

[pin1onu]

I sent a very nasty letter to a similar private company who placed a "parking ticket" on my car at Deepdale Retail Park, Preston, Lancs, a few months ago. I told them that they had no legal right to fine me and as far as concerned they were attempting to obtain money by deception, and that if they chose to pursue it I would be taking legal action against them with a view to having them prosecuted for this offence. Never heard another word.

 

Thats the spirit - once they get the message that you're not going to pay they normally give up and move on the next one. :grin:

[britbulldog]

ok thought id update been a while now since i had a phone call from credit security when they informed me that they were no longer pursuing the parking tickets all advice proved by this site worked thanks to everyone who replied and gave advice. anyone who gets a ticket and reads this listen to this site and dont pay these robbing pirates who pass out these tickets!!

[WebFerret]

Taxi Dodger,

 

Given that your Employers are going to buy into this, the answer should be pretty simple.

 

Dear Sirs,

 

Re: Your letter dated [dd/mmmm/yyyy] Reference[#]

 

I acknowledge receipt of your captioned letter. It seems that you have got our details from the DVLA and I confirm that our company is the keeper of the vehicle in question. Since this would appear to be a civil matter based upon alleged contract you need to take this matter up with the driver concerned. You will understand that, for reasons of confidentialty and data protection we cannot release individual driver details to members of the public or non official bodies.

 

In the meantime I absolutely deny your claim that the amount claimed, or any amount at all, is due to you from our company.

 

Yours faithfully

 

 

This letter got me thinking - lol

 

It could be ammended for the purposes of a 'private individual' stating "for reasons of National Security" - as the Government keeps using this as a reason for everything they do/don't do, and you can't be too careful of whom you give out information to these days - lol

 

Nice one Barnsley Boy

[lamma]

what about "......take this matter up with the driver concerned. As such your appeal for money has been denied. This decision is final."