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Clamping on Private Land
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Posted At 13/09/2009 Bursar  |
The trouble with the law is that it does not discrimate between private land to which the public has some reasonable expectation of access, such as the car park of a public house, and that to which they have no expectation of access at all, such as the front drive of your house.
I live in a block of flats, so my "front drive" is a car park with about 20 spaces, spread around the building. There are about 80 homes with parking rights on that land, and the only way of preventing non-residents from parking there is for the management company to retain the services of a clamping firm. Having had to park outside in the past because guests, or other non-residents, have parked inside, I have no sympathy at all with anyone who is clamped where I live. |
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Bursar
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Subject: Clamping on Private Land
Posted At: 13/09/2009 16:35:05
The trouble with the law is that it does not discrimate between private land to which the public has some reasonable expectation of access, such as the car park of a public house, and that to which they have no expectation of access at all, such as the front drive of your house.
I live in a block of flats, so my "front drive" is a car park with about 20 spaces, spread around the building. There are about 80 homes with parking rights on that land, and the only way of preventing non-residents from parking there is for the management company to retain the services of a clamping firm. Having had to park outside in the past because guests, or other non-residents, have parked inside, I have no sympathy at all with anyone who is clamped where I live. |
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jon_w
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Subject: Re: Clamping on Private Land
Posted At: 18/09/2009 11:16:08
I live in a block of flats and have a similar car parking around the building. Our building management company recently employed a car clamping company to patrol the car park. They sent permits to all the residents, but because i rent the flat my permit got sent to my landlord. The day I got sent my permit forwarded by the landlord I went to put it and had been clamped. I told the clamping guy this and he said I would have recieved the permit ages ago because it was date stamped for around 4 days previsouly. He said I would have to appeal.
I followed all the procedural appeal routes and waited the 30 days for my reply. I still didn't get one so had to chase the the company 5 or 6 times via e-mails and telephone calls. When I finally recieved my reply, it was a template letter and had the name of the flat complex wrong for a start and didn't even deal with my grounds for appeal. It was clearly a template they send to everyone. My appeal was refused stating that signs had been put up and I should have phoned the building management or clamping company when the signs went up. I think it's disgusting. I have spoken to my Landlord and building management company who say they are going to chase the matter up. But im £130 down and have no idea how to pursue the matter further, or whom to contact. The company I have dealt with have been completly abusive of their power |
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