Parking Ticket on my own leased car parking space

[ppyydm]

Good Morning,

I part-own a flat which, within the lease, states I have a right to use my car parking space (actually a car port).

 

Shortly after moving in the property management introduced a car pass system, I believe to stop contractors using residents assigned car parking spaces.

 

I now have a large A5 piece of card that I have to display in my car at all times when in my own car port.

The pass is specific to my car port but not to my car.

 

At some point this car pass had fallen from my dash and down into my passenger foot well.

The next morning I came down to my car to find a Parking Charge Notice from 14 Services for £55 if I pay within a week, etc.

 

I thought £55 was a little sharp to park in my parking space which I already pay for through mortgage/rent

so on reading forums such as this I ignore the notice and, having replaced the car pass on my dash, I've carried on as normal.

 

I've now received two letters from TNC Parking Services requesting I tell them who the driver was and pay up or the matter will be passed to their litigation department.

 

The advice I've read so far has been to continue to ignore these letters and not appeal but haven't found anything that relates

specifically to car spaces that are actually owned by the 'victim'!

 

The only person who loses out from someone parking in my space is me.

 

Any advice (reassurance!) would be gratefully received.

[dx100uk]

yes ignore them

 

its a speculative invoice anyhow

 

nothing at all legal about it

dx

[DBC]

Cheeky so and so's asking you to name the driver. I imagine their "litigation department" is the next desk along in their tatty wooden-hut manned by somebody on work experience.

[marmaris30]

Ignore.

 

In the extremely unlikely event that they did take legal action against you then presumably you could apply for the claim to be struck out without even entering a defence, because you cannot sue yourself, and neither can a third party sue you for any parking 'infringement' that took place on your own land!

[SURFBOY]

If your car was parked in your parking space then there was no "DRIVER" was there?

I woul just ignore them. However , make sure they dont try to clamp your car.

[SURFBOY]

I would tell them you would be happy to see them in court.

[Jamberson]

If you want to humour them, then as Surfboy says, there was no driver when they found the car parked there. Write them a letter explaining it to them.