A blue-badge holder received debt collection notices after refusing to pay a parking fine he disputes.

Retiree Dr Antony Isaacs, 83, of Decoy Avenue, Temple Fortune, said he regularly parks in Birnbeck Close, Temple Fortune, while he collects prescriptions for himself and his wife from a nearby pharmacy.

Dr Isaacs received two parking tickets from Spring Parking, a private parking company, which he said are for different reasons despite him having parked in a road which he claims is under Barnet Council’s jurisdiction.

After ignoring the second ticket, Dr Isaacs began receiving notices from a debt collection company to pay the fine, despite the company not having just authority to charge the fine.

Borehamwood Times: Where Dr Isaacs claims to have been parked in Birnbeck Close, Temple FortuneWhere Dr Isaacs claims to have been parked in Birnbeck Close, Temple Fortune

Dr Isaacs said: “I have no doubt that Spring Parking is taking unfair advantage of innocent motorists and attempt to make money out of the gullible public who fall for it.

“I strongly dispute their claim that it has jurisdiction over this section of road leading to the parking area of Birnbeck Court, as this small road also leads to a school, residential sites as well as the private area for servicing to a restaurant.”

On December 1, Dr Isaacs was given a £95 notice from Spring Parking for parking in a “no parking zone”, despite him saying he parked on double yellow lines a road under Barnet Council’s jurisdiction.

He wrote to the parking company to find out who has jurisdiction over the road, ignored the notice and did not hear anything from them again over this ticket.

This was until, on April 3rd, when he received another notice which said he had not displayed a valid permit to park in a private road, which was named as Birnbeck Court.

Dr Isaacs asserted that he parked in Birnbeck Close, which is not managed by Spring Parking, and chose to ignore the ticket as well.

However Dr Isaacs began to receive letters from a debt collection company, DRP, who also notified him that the fine had risen from £120 to £145 due to late payment.

Dr Isaacs said he confirmed via a Barnet Council map that the road is managed by the council and asserts that he was parked in a council-owned road, not the private land which is monitored by Spring Parking.

Spring Parking said it cancelled the first ticket after receiving Dr Isaacs appeal, but did not receive the same correspondence over the second and “quite correctly” passed it to the debt collection service.

A spokesperson also said the company has not issued any tickets over the last three months to vehicles parked on Birnbeck Close, but has cancelled Dr Isaacs’ ticket from April 2017.