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Private parking tickets / Re: UKPC - Not parked correctly within the markings of the bay or space. Broadwalk Centre, Edgware, HA8 7BD
« on: May 10, 2026, 04:12:30 pm »
Some extra points from AI:

I have gathered more evidence from the UKPC portal and my own vehicle tracker

Predatory Timing / No Consideration Period:
My tracking device shows I arrived at 14:00:00. UKPC's own evidence photos show they began photographing at 14:01:31 and finished at 14:01:56. This is a total observation time of only 25 seconds. I contend this is a flagrant breach of the mandatory Consideration Period (BPA Code Section 13), as it is impossible to secure a motorcycle and read terms in that timeframe.

PoFA Failure (Period of Parking):
The Notice to Keeper provides only a single timestamp (14:02) and no "Time From/To" observation period. Given the photos only span 25 seconds, I believe they have failed to specify a "period of parking" as strictly required by PoFA 2012 Sch 4 Para 9(2)(a).

Obscured/Inadequate Signage: The sign photographed by the warden is not up close; it is located behind a shopping trolley bay and was obscured by trolleys. I am not even certain it was the closest sign to the vehicle.

Implied Permission / Custom and Practice:
Motorcycles have used this specific "patch" near the bike racks for years without enforcement. Furthermore, on a previous occasion, I was verbally instructed by a member of site staff to park in this specific area rather than in a regular car bay.Notice to Keeper: No ticket was left on the vehicle; the NtK arrived via post.

Does the 25-second observation combined with the lack of a stated "period of parking" on the NtK make this a high-probability win for a PoFA non-compliance argument?

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Private parking tickets / UKPC - Not parked correctly within the markings of the bay or space. Broadwalk Centre, Edgware, HA8 7BD
« on: May 10, 2026, 03:17:38 pm »
Here is a link to the images:

https://www.imagebam.com/view/GAI6C3

Essentially, this was a motorcycle parked in a place where, a few years previously, the rider had been advised by members of staff at the car-park. Many motorcycles would park in that area, and it is close to where the cycle parking is.

This has been the case for years, and so the rider assumed naturally that not only was it legitimate to park a motorcycle there, but that it was actually the preferred location.

If UKPC decided to change this policy it should have been clearly indicated.

As it is, in this car park, there is no maximum stay time, but car drivers take a ticket, and pay before exit, with it being free if they exit within 90 minutes.

Motorcycles do not take a ticket and leave through a route between some bollards, with the gates actually having a "no motorcycles" sign.

Therefore, the agreement in general on the signs does not apply to motorcycles with regards to tickets either.

In the "bicycles.jpg" image, the yellow on the floor (which is actually red brick) denotes the place the motorcycle was parked on this occasion. It is noted that no motorcycles are parked there in the image, presumably because they have been handing out charge notices to them.

Note that the parking charge was sent by post "notice to keeper" but nothing attached to the vehicle at the time. The parking charge date is 28/04/2026 but the date of sending was 06/05/2026.

The day after the parking charge was given: so is that 7 May or 29 April? It is not clear, as it says Parking charge date: 28/04/2026, and the date 06/05/2026 is in much smaller writing near the top.

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