Parking enforcement using a private company

[Du1point8]

I'm sure people will state "ask the company". Still, I wanted to know the legalities of having a private company enforce parking on a private estate either by fining or towing vehicles away.

We are on a private estate for residents only, yet we have "external" people use our space as a free car park or a more secure parking space than the road to leave their cars.

I want to stop this and remove said offenders from the estate and so want to utilise a 3rd party company to do this, but want to know if any of these external parkers can come back and try to claim off the estate, os is it clear and dry, just do it and enjoy an easier life parking there?

[Du1point8]

C4ME said:

Having lived somewhere with a shared private back lane that had the same problem, the residents engaged a company to do this. My observation is the company have to have a clear contract with the titled owner of the land to be willing to do this. Said scheme eventually failed at the point someone challenged the enforcement due to the land ownership being unclear.

Who owns the road or parking areas where you want to enforce restricted parking?

The residents of the building maintain all the land and roads onsite.

[Du1point8]

Mrr T said:

Du1point8 said:

I'm sure people will state "ask the company". Still, I wanted to know the legalities of having a private company enforce parking on a private estate either by fining or towing vehicles away.

We are on a private estate for residents only, yet we have "external" people use our space as a free car park or a more secure parking space than the road to leave their cars.

I want to stop this and remove said offenders from the estate and so want to utilise a 3rd party company to do this, but want to know if any of these external parkers can come back and try to claim off the estate, os is it clear and dry, just do it and enjoy an easier life parking there?

First thing is do not ask the PC most seem to have little idea of the law.

The legal position will very much depends on how the residents right to park is documented. If space is allocated in the properties lease then they have to agree to the change individually.

It's unlikely there will be any legal comeback but he prepared for lots of complaints as resident, their visiting friends, relatives, trade people, and delivery drivers all get tickets.

Your aim is to reduce non resident parking employing a company who only makes money from non residents parking may not be a good idea.

Space is FCFS, there are no rights to a parking spot, we are simply trying to stop people who are not residents from parking there and denying residents the ability to park.

Carers, works vans and the like will be under a very specific visitor permit system run by the directors, other than that its 1 permit per flat and no more.