Yesterday, 08:39 PM
@SDC.99, broadly yes, but I would not phrase it as “free parking” because that slightly misses the legal point.
The stronger point is that your right or permission to park comes from your tenancy and the estate parking arrangements that have existed since 2007. Countrywide did not grant you that right. They are only a later parking contractor brought in to patrol the estate.
So Countrywide cannot simply override those existing residential arrangements by putting up signs and claiming you now owe them £100, unless they can prove that your tenancy or estate terms were validly varied to make you liable for those charges.
Also, this is not a case where no permit was displayed. Their own evidence shows a resident permit in the windscreen, and the important details were readable. So even on the permit issue, they are trying to turn a minor alleged display point into a £100 charge against a long-standing resident.
That is why the housing association should also be put on notice. If they appointed Countrywide, they should instruct their agent to cancel this PCN rather than allowing their contractor to interfere with existing tenant parking arrangements.
The stronger point is that your right or permission to park comes from your tenancy and the estate parking arrangements that have existed since 2007. Countrywide did not grant you that right. They are only a later parking contractor brought in to patrol the estate.
So Countrywide cannot simply override those existing residential arrangements by putting up signs and claiming you now owe them £100, unless they can prove that your tenancy or estate terms were validly varied to make you liable for those charges.
Also, this is not a case where no permit was displayed. Their own evidence shows a resident permit in the windscreen, and the important details were readable. So even on the permit issue, they are trying to turn a minor alleged display point into a £100 charge against a long-standing resident.
That is why the housing association should also be put on notice. If they appointed Countrywide, they should instruct their agent to cancel this PCN rather than allowing their contractor to interfere with existing tenant parking arrangements.
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