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Shak Khan from Great Barr said he went to get a meal from Pizza Hut in Great Barr, but ended up with more than he could stomach – a £100 parking ticket, despite paying to park in Bromford Walk
A takeaway customer who says he stopped outside a well-known pizza shop for minutes has been hit with a £100 charge despite ‘paying to park there’.
Shak Khan from Great Barr said he had visited his local Pizza Hut branch in Newton Road in the Scott Arms area but fell foul of parking restrictions in Bromford Walk, the road by the side of the shop.
Shak said he had parked in the privately-owned side road, with his wife, on Thursday, November 13 shortly before 3.30pm.
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He went into the shop to get a pizza and spotted the camera and signs, with his wife in the car then paying for a ticket for an hour.
But to his horror days later he received the £100 penalty charge, issued on Tuesday, November 18.
The couple had been caught out by ANPR cameras in the street which Shak claims do not give people any time to pay.
The road is not owned by Pizza Hut but is privately owned – and had appeared on property auction site, Bond Wolfe, in 2019 as a strip of land for sale with a guide price of £5,000.
It went unsold, but back then the particulars said: “The parking provider will pay the owner £10 for every fine issued and paid on the site parking.”
Shak posted on social media and said: “Scott Arms Pizza Hut. The side road.
“If you park up even for a minute you get a £100 fine. I even paid for the ticket but still got a fine. Any one had experience with them ??”
Others said they had been caught out in a similar way.
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Nicola Decota said: “I got a ticket. Ended up being over £160, as I didn’t get the first letter.”
Beth Martin said: “Got fined £60 parking there for a couple minutes last week.”
Javaid Latif said: “Yes, I got an parking invoice.
“Even though I paid the parking. Just let them take you to a small claims court. Explain it to the judge.”
BirminghamLive spoke to Shak who said ‘the system is set up for you to fail’.
The 56-year-old told BirminghamLive: “I went to get a pizza from Pizza Hut at Scott Arms.
“Before, you could just park there for a couple of minutes and get your pizza.
“Now it’s all camera-ed up and you have got to pay to park there.
“My wife bought a ticket but they still gave her a £100 fine.
“The way it’s been set up, they set you up to fail.”
Shak said when you get the penalty charge, you have got to scan a barcode.
Then, when you go to pay you are set ’14 pictures’ – photos of the car parked in Bromford Walk.
He said the road was now ‘clearly signed’ about – but the parking arrangements have recently changed.
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Shak said: “It was an expensive pizza! I’m surprised Pizza Hut haven’t argued against it.
“People will carry on getting scammed. Particularly those not from the area that may go there at night.
“The businesses must be suffering. It’s new though.
“I don’t intend to pay it as my wife bought a ticket. You’re being penalised for nothing.
“Other people have paid and got fined. It’s sneaky.
“They must be making a lot of money out of it. It could be Birmingham ’s costliest road,”
One Parking Solution Ltd which operates the parking scheme in the road has been approached by BirminghamLive for a comment but has yet to respond.
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