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any ideas guys? have I got a chance to cancel it or shall I pay it?

Before we get into appeals, I note this is a British Gas van - who is the registered keeper of the vehicle, British Gas? I ask, as this may affect the approach to appeals.

Quote from: sofnet2000 on January 12, 2026, 08:55:34 pm

can I challenge the fast that the pictyure only shows my van parked up without the sign and therefore there is no contravention

If you do, they'll probably refer you to one of the other pictures taken at the time, showing the vehicle parked directly next to the sign:
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A far stronger challenge would seem to be that the ticket was issued for "parked in a Contractor / Visitor Bay without a valid permit", but the terms on the signage do not require a permit to be displayed. Do you have (or can you acquire) evidence to demonstrate that the driver was working as a contractor at that site?

Here's a better image of the signage in case we need it for the future;
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Wasn't working onsite, just parked for 20 mins and got a ticket. Van velongs to BG.

And my question about the sign?

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Is the Secure A Space sign you showed us a photo of previously the only one there?

If you asking about the number of secure A space signs there are 3 identical ones, one next to each pair of bays and one in middle of the garages.

There is another sign that says park only in marked bays and another one saying private land. None of which mentions permits.

If they're continuing to dish out PCNs, you'd be wise to do a bit of digging with the landlord/whoever owns the building and property to find out exactly what's gone on to result in them now operating on the site, and to see if the landowner can intervene.

A court claim is likely to eventually arise, and whilst you might have the makings of a good defence, it would in my view still be sensible to take steps to limit the value of the eventual claim, as there's never a 100% guarantee of success. Far better to defend a claim of £300 than £3,000.

Finally, I would ensure you have and retain copies of any evidence that shows that the space your car was parked in is allocated to you in your lease (Any maps for example outlining the boundaries of the space(s), or anything else that demonstrates that space is yours to use, etc.)

Re your questions, you can only appeal a charge to POPLA once that specific charge has been appealed and rejected by the operator.

Re BPA complaint, yes by all means, but again they will first expect you to complain to the operator.

The space isn't allocated to me specifically, it is available to all residents on the basis of first come, all together there 4 spaces I am not sure if other residents have received any PCNs. The PCNs are unfounded because there is no permit required to park, anyone even visitors or neighbours even strangers can park, only condition is to park within the bay as per the sign of secure space who they never come anyway.

I don't really understand how can I be liable to such unlawful parking charge, I feel that I am trying to claim my innocence for something that hasn't occurred, the parking charge itself doesn't show any evidence of anything, no permit requirement nor a picture of permit missing from my windscreen (I can claim that I was displaying a permit), so any idiots can go and print out a letter claiming to be a parking charge for their client and expect people to go to court if they don't pay? come on guys this is ridiculous!!

As I said in my previous posts these people claim to be part of BPA but they are not (their name mentioned under a debt collector) even if we accept they are, they not allowed to issue tickets if I click on the complaint policy link it will take me to a completely different company called  Debt Recovery Plus, whether they are same I do not know, but 100% PCS isn't a parking operator and cannot issue parking charges in any form.

I have approached the building director who said he doesn't know them and parking conditions have never changed.
 

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Who are “they” and what did they send you?
Anything from Debt Recovery Plus should be ignored. Debt collectors are irrelevant and you should never contact them.

PCS the idiots who sent me a Parking charging notice (as per first post), it looks like they found our building which has secure a space sign and thought we go and scam people here, they claim I wasn't displaying a permit, there is no permit to display we are not a permit holder parking place.

and by the looks of they will send one every week

From the lease you've shown us, "Premises" is capitalised, suggesting it's a defined term. Is the meaning of "Premises" listed anywhere in the lease, as this might strengthen your argument further by showing that the parking space forms part of your lease?

yes it is listed and it meant to be the flat we live in like the followings:
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The Main Terms of the Tenancy
1- Term of Tenancy.
The Landlord lets to the Tenant the Premises for a period of Twelve Months with a Six Months Break Clause as per Schedule A in the agreement.

4- Fixtures and Fittings
The Tenancy shall include the Fixtures and Fittings in the Premises including all matters specified in the Inventory and Schedule of Condition.

10.3- To keep the Premises and Fixtures and Fittings in a reasonably clean and tidy condition.
10.4- To clean to a good standard or pay for the professional cleaning of the Premises at the end of the
Tenancy, to the same standard to which the Premises and Fixtures and Fittings were cleaned prior to the start of the Tenancy, as stated in the Inventory and Schedule of Condition.

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Concerning secure A space was brought in after people starting abusing the parking and blocking other tenant's garages and the only restriction was to park in specified bay as per the signage in my other post and there is no permit required for parking.

I managed to send in an appeal on their online platform and got little confirmation message attached.

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Just trying appealing on their website, impossible to do it, everytime I upload a picture it gives me error message and without uploading appeal doesn't go through. I gues they do not want appeals, they want scamming people

Firstly, you say that it was claimed you were parked “in a bay behind my building”. So I guess you own or rent property, and will have some kind of lease or tenancy agreement describing the property and its parking spaces. What does it say - or not say - about parking spaces and is the space you were alleged to have parked in covered by this?

Secondly, do not identify the driver. See https://www.ftla.uk/private-parking-tickets/read-this-first-private-parking-charges-forum-guide/

Thirdly, following on from the second point, if the parking space is not covered by a lease or similar, the PCN from PCS does not comply with the legislation (https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2012/9/schedule/4) to hold the registered keeper liable. In particular, no “period of parking” is specified, and the vague statement about this is not good enough.

We have 4 bays behind our building, first come first served with only restriction not park outside bays, there is no permit required. secure a space have put up their signs out but they never come because is not worth it for them (the chance of them giving tickets out very minimal). the lease says we are all allowed to use the parking spaces as long as we park within marked bays.

I added pictures of signage and the 2 bays where I was parked in one of them.

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