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You don't have to do anything unless you receive a Letter of Claim (LoC). I don't think that reporting them to the police will result in anything. Just make sure that you keep any other residents in the same situation informed as to how to dal with this.

I have done the appeal (for both PCNs) as per your first post, shall I keep appealing everytime I get one, because these idiots are not going to give up!
Shall I lodge a complaint with BPA or POPLA?

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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Quote from: sofnet2000 on July 22, 2025, 08:46:15 pm

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

The same broad point applies, ensure you have and retain the bit of your lease that grants you the right to park a car in any of those 4 spaces, and any other written evidence of such a right.

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

Quote from: sofnet2000 on July 22, 2025, 08:46:15 pm

come on guys this is ridiculous!!

We agree, which is why we're trying to ensure you place yourself in the best position to challenge it.

Secure A space were brought in few years back when people were parking all over the place and in blocking access to other people's garages, so the leaseholders committee decided to restrict parking to the 4 out 5 bays one of which was left for the cleaners and contractors etc.

When I spoke to one of the directors he said they only came about 5 times in last 5 years, and denied knowing anything about PCS.

I have now emailed secure a space asking them if they had anything to do with all this.

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.