Permit not clearly displayed even though it was

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@SDC.99, yes. The landlord’s response is a fob-off.

Countrywide is not some random third party. If the landlord/housing association appointed them or authorised them to patrol the estate, Countrywide is acting as their agent or contractor. The landlord is the organ grinder, Countrywide is the monkey. You should not be forced to rely only on the monkey to cancel a PCN that should never have been issued to a long-standing resident in the first place.

I would send the landlord a written follow-up along these lines:

Further to your telephone call, I do not accept that this is simply a matter for me to resolve directly with Countrywide.

Countrywide Parking Management Ltd is operating on this residential estate because the landlord/housing association authorised it to do so. You are therefore on notice that I will treat the landlord/housing association as jointly and severally liable for the actions of its appointed agent or contractor, including any interference with my existing tenancy rights and residential parking arrangements.

My tenancy and estate parking arrangements date back to 2007. They do not show any agreement by me to pay Countrywide £100 for an alleged permit display issue. In any event, Countrywide’s own photographs show that a valid resident permit was displayed and that the essential permit details were visible.

I require the landlord/housing association to instruct Countrywide, as its agent, to cancel this PCN. I will not accept being passed back to Countrywide while the landlord avoids responsibility for the conduct of the parking regime it authorised.

If Countrywide proceeds with this matter, including by issuing a county court claim, I reserve the right to rely on this correspondence and to consider naming the landlord/housing association in any counterclaim or related claim arising from the actions of its agent.