MARKS & Spencer has a store in Trowbridge whose car park is operated by a private company.
If a visitor to M&S misses the “clearly displayed” notices on entering Cradle Bridge Retail Park and fails to obtain a parking ticket then an £80 fine is due!
The operators claim that they are in the right to raise said charge based on a Supreme Court decision, ParkingEye v Beavis, which they cite as being relevant.
I believe that as a local paper you might expose this activity in the interests of both the local community and Marks & Spencer, which presumably is wishing to encourage shoppers.
Michael Claydon
Via email
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