Vacant offices - can I park there?
Discussion
Near to where I work in a city centre there are some vacant offices with land for parking. The Estate agent sign has been up for a while advertising that the offices are for rent., and on their website it is still being advertised. A quick google suggests the previous business relocated in Oct 2013.
There are no signs up warning of clamping etc. Entrance isn't gated, no collapsible posts...
Am I committing any offences if I were to park there? I haven't yet, but it is tempting
There are no signs up warning of clamping etc. Entrance isn't gated, no collapsible posts...
Am I committing any offences if I were to park there? I haven't yet, but it is tempting
You would be trespassing, but not committing an offence, at some point someone will probably point a camera for your car and give you a 50p invoice with a £99.50 admin charge, and you'll come on here for advice and there'll be a bunch of people who think you're the scum of the earth because you parked on land that belongs to someone else (someone who presumably should know where to buy a gate)
ging84 said:
You would be trespassing, but not committing an offence, at some point someone will probably point a camera for your car and give you a 50p invoice with a £99.50 admin charge, and you'll come on here for advice and there'll be a bunch of people who think you're the scum of the earth because you parked on land that belongs to someone else (someone who presumably should know where to buy a gate)
That's' about right. OP - why don't you ring the agent and see if there's a deal to be done on parking.....
Also OP, remember you'll also receive loads of replies from people telling you to simply ignore all of the fines/letters you recieve through the post.
You'll be told to bin them and this will be backed up with amazing claims such as "I've had 1 billion tickets and never paid one of them". They will fail to mention various law changes and also mention there are far better qualified people on other forums who will give you real advice on the issue. Other than that - as above.
You'll be told to bin them and this will be backed up with amazing claims such as "I've had 1 billion tickets and never paid one of them". They will fail to mention various law changes and also mention there are far better qualified people on other forums who will give you real advice on the issue. Other than that - as above.
blueheron said:
Near to where I work in a city centre there are some vacant offices with land for parking. The Estate agent sign has been up for a while advertising that the offices are for rent., and on their website it is still being advertised. A quick google suggests the previous business relocated in Oct 2013.
There are no signs up warning of clamping etc. Entrance isn't gated, no collapsible posts...
Am I committing any offences if I were to park there? I haven't yet, but it is tempting
It's illegal for a private company to clamp a car in England nowadays. There are no signs up warning of clamping etc. Entrance isn't gated, no collapsible posts...
Am I committing any offences if I were to park there? I haven't yet, but it is tempting
Decided not to park there this morning but walked past on my way in to work. There was a builders transit, couple of workmen standing around looking at stuff and the top level of sash windows were open (it's an old building) so I assume improvement work is starting to be carried out internally.
It was only a thought anyway, which i've now abandoned. It was a walled enclosure with only one access route so there's a strong possibility someone would've got hacked off and blocked me from leaving, no thanks!
Just a shame my employer can only provide parking for the high and mighty and not the workerbees like myself!
It was only a thought anyway, which i've now abandoned. It was a walled enclosure with only one access route so there's a strong possibility someone would've got hacked off and blocked me from leaving, no thanks!
Just a shame my employer can only provide parking for the high and mighty and not the workerbees like myself!
Edited by blueheron on Friday 1st August 12:25
Thankyou4calling said:
blueheron said:
Near to where I work in a city centre there are some vacant offices with land for parking. The Estate agent sign has been up for a while advertising that the offices are for rent., and on their website it is still being advertised. There are no signs up warning of clamping etc.
It's illegal for a private company to clamp a car in England nowadays. blueheron said:
Decided not to park there this morning but walked past on my way in to work. There was a builders transit, couple of workmen standing around looking at stuff and the top level of sash windows were open (it's an old building) so I assume improvement work is starting to be carried out internally.
It was only a thought anyway, which i've now abandoned. It was a walled enclosure with only one access route so there's a strong possibility someone would've got hacked off and blocked me from leaving, no thanks!
Just a shame my employer can only provide parking for the high and mighty and not the workerbees like myself!
Are you sure it wasn't "people who look like workers but are actually ripping all the metalwork out of the building"?? We got warnings in our area about that, with police asking us to report any strange vans etc especially around empty buildings.It was only a thought anyway, which i've now abandoned. It was a walled enclosure with only one access route so there's a strong possibility someone would've got hacked off and blocked me from leaving, no thanks!
Just a shame my employer can only provide parking for the high and mighty and not the workerbees like myself!
Edited by blueheron on Friday 1st August 12:25
Only trouble - it takes cops 3 days to turn up after a burglary, so probable they'd just say "thanks, we'll add that to our statistics file"
Gassing Station | Speed, Plod & the Law | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff