Hi all
I parked on a bridle way as usual to walk the dog,ive had a PCN here a year or so ago from flashpark and phoned them which you cant seem to do any more and spoke to the guy who said "you sound like you are going to be hard work" and wrote the fine off which i got him to send a proof email of to be sure.
So onward to the current year/month and i`ve just received another PCN from flashpark in exactly the same spot which is a public right of way/bridle way,its a bumpy road that leads to some residentials and a stables.
I wrote an email to flash park who wrote back saying you need to appeal and with that sent a couple of links about cases won by these cowboy parking fine companies.
So my questions are
are they even allowed to issue these fines on public rights of way ie a bridle way?
What are the rules about signage for these fines because they have 1 sign near where i parked but this was obstructed by a van at the time of me parking there as it usually is because the van belongs to a flower shop opposite,but when they took the picture of my car the van had gone (see attached picture of my car,where the one parking sign is circled in red and where the van was expertly drawn in yellow).
i argued last time that they should have signs clearly visible on both sides of the road (bridleway) and that the entrance to said road/bridle way says nothing about it being private property (see attached picture of the entrance).
so what are the rules about signage as i know on public roads it needs to be visible on both sides and every 10 meters or so.
fire away