Thank you for your help. Sorry for the delayed response, we’re in the midst of finalising plans for our upcoming wedding and this is just an additional headache that doesn’t want to go away. I’m tempted to just pay the 2 fines as I’m worried about a potential County Court judgment's impact on my credit score, but also just feel really ill spending upwards of £120 when we have so many other expenditures.
On what date was the V5C address updated from the Scottish address to the English address? 17th of January 2025
Were the Parking Charge Notices (PCNs) issued as postal Notice to Keeper (NtK) sent to the Scottish address? Yes, though I fear we may have done the wrong thing in changing the liability of those into my name with my English address. We just didn’t want my fiancée's parents receiving multiple threatening letters.
What exactly does your lease/AST say about parking?
We have a separate lease for the parking space, in a separate document.
From Section 1 (Definitions): "Car" means "one private motor vehicle or light van not exceeding one and a half tons in weight"
"Car Parking Space" means "the parking space as shown edged red on the Plan"
From Section 3 (Tenant's Covenants), the key parking provisions state:
3.7: "to use the Car Parking Space only for the parking of a Car and nothing else"
3.8: "not to allow or permit any vehicles to be driven through the Access Road at more than walking pace nor to allow or permit any vehicle to cause any unnecessary or unusual noise in the Building"
3.9: "not to use the Car Parking Space for storage purposes or for any residential or domestic purposes or commercial purposes"
3.12: "to observe such reasonable regulations as the Landlord and/or Management Company may make from time to time governing the Access Road and/or Car Parking Space"
3.17: Requires that any parked vehicle must have:
•Valid insurance per Section 143 Road Traffic Act 1988
•Compliance with vehicle construction regulations
•Current vehicle excise license
The lease grants rights in Schedule 1: "The right of way with or without vehicles over and along and through the Access Road and from and to the public highway in the exercise of the rights contained herein granted subject to such regulations as the Landlord and/or the Management Company may from time to time notify to the Tenant."
There is no specific mention of requiring a permit to park in the designated space.
Please show us what you put in your initial appeal to CPM:
I am writing to formally appeal the Parking Charge Notice (PCN) [XXXXXXX], issued on 07/01/2025 for the vehicle with registration number XXXXXXX. I would like to clarify that I was the driver of the vehicle at the time, and the bay in which the vehicle was parked is the one I lease as part of my flat at XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX (screenshot from my lease attached indicating this). As per my lease agreement, I have the right to use this parking space. To support this, I have attached a recent utility bill as evidence of my residency. Regrettably, I overlooked updating the vehicle registration details in your system to include this vehicle. I sincerely apologise for this oversight and have now rectified the issue by ensuring the correct details are registered (temporary code XXXXXXX). This will prevent any similar misunderstandings in the future. Given that the vehicle was parked in the bay I am entitled to use and that this was an administrative oversight, I kindly request that you cancel the PCN as a gesture of goodwill. Thank you for your understanding and prompt attention to this matter. Should you require any further information or additional evidence to support my appeal, please do not hesitate to contact me.
The management company have been no help whatsoever, but to be fair I have only emailed them to which they haven’t responded. With so many other moving parts, starting to wonder if I should just pay to avoid the hassle, but £120+ feels excessive for parking in my own space.
