CF parking company fined for parking on own land

[Blueorredpill]

I have have had 4 PCN now. After the first one the company were contacted by myself and local housing authority that the space in the Close was purchased along with the house. All the others except my neighbour, who has also had one PCN that I know of, are rented and require permits. Some time ago the Close was taken over by this parking company and they stuck their sign right between the two private spaces . I ignored the subsequent PCN, as I thought if they contact the DVLA and get my address, they would have it on their system but no I get a Notice to Keeper letter demanding the full fine. So I go and try to find their registered address, driving round and asking people. Eventually found it but they had moved 2 years ago! Tracked them down and banged on the door. They let me in and I asked to speak to the manager, he had gone home for the day (his was the morning). I very politely asked them to stop harassing me and to move their sign. They told me to put it all in an email!
I’ve emailed my local MP and also will write a letter to Trading Standards. Anyone else? What should I write in the email?

I'd be in the local paper with it ...

What is it that you are trying to achieve? The sign removed or the fines to stop?

Vile people!!! Record delivery them a letter too- and if that doesn’t work go to the daily mail
After that just ignore them...they can’t do anything.

You need to be absolutely sure the property isn't leasehold, even if it isn't there may be a property management company and requirements in the lease for you to acquiesce to car park management.

You should be able to download copies of the title register from land registry for less than £10, and possibly even check the planning portal of your council to see if there's any information available there as it could include info as part of the original planning permissions.

Make sure you have the information in writing from your landlord. There's a slim chance that this ends up in court, which I would suggest in that event you claim against your landlord.

Have you been offered a permit for the space?

If hte sign is on your property, I would carefully remove it and write to the company telling then that you have it, and if they want it they can come and collect at an agreed time within the next 14 days or it goes.

Then I would put up your own sign on your space stating it is a private parking space.

This is very definitely one for the local rag with accompanying photo of you standing next to sign with "very grumpy face"

So some guy on minimum wage who wonders around an estate looking for cars without permits has to remember which two spaces on the whole estate don't need permits? And that's assuming it's the same guy every time?

Doesn't sound like a very practical arrangement.

Surely a more practical option would be for the two cars that don't need them to be given free permits to display, so the parking company don't need to worry about this?

All the parking spaces where I live are owned, in theory all the owners should nevertheless be displaying permits, which are handed out by the management company, otherwise how are parking enforcement going to know who shouldn't be there?

(In reality enforcement has been quietly dropped, as rogue parking isn't much of a problem.)

Surely parking enforcers work on behalf of the owners of the spaces. So they shouldn't be interfering in spaces that they've not been commissioned to protect

Go and park a really big van across the entrance to there car park chain yourself to the gate and phone the daily mail. Maybe not in that order.

Bunch of asshats comes to mind

Come on OP, you know better than this, where is the compulsory diagram?

I would a note on my dashboard to say that you own the space and write the email as requested. Do you need to do anything else?

Is the parking space part of the communal land which even though you may own the space is still managed by a Management Company.

Do you pay any service charges at all? If so, even if you own the land, the rules may well be that you need to display the permit - otherwise how can the enforcers keep track of who is parking there?

If someone came and parked in your space would you expect the parking wardens to get them out? If there is a management committee your frst step is to discuss the process with them. also get a permit showing that you have a right to park there - problem solved.

The people who rent: if they are renting the space they also have right of use so there is no difference.

If your space is not part of any communal land and you don't pay any management or maintenance charges then do as others have suggested but clearly label the space as privately owned.