A man has rallied against a parking firm which has tried to fine him for parking in his own space at home.

David Sibley was twice fined for parking in his allocated parking spot in St John’s Road, Hoo, in the early hours of the morning.

He was slapped with two penalties, one issued by 4am and one at 6.20am, after his permit slipped out of view of the parking attendant.

He has now been contacted by a debt collection company asking for £160, which he is refusing to pay.

Mr Sibley, 32, who lives with his partner Fern Rogers, 25, is a tenant of mhs homes, and lives in a block of five terraced houses. The couple have two spaces.

The risk and assurance manager has also taken issue with how the parking in the private car park - which he says is “mostly empty” - is managed.

According to Mr Sibley, mhs put London Parking Solutions in charge of parking in September before residents were consulted.

Residents were written to by mhs in January, claiming there was a parking problem at the site. Mr Sibley took issue with this, as he disagreed.

“I am really disappointed that mhs is prepared to make residents go to court when they have the power to rescind...” - David Sibley

mhs has since admitted to Mr Sibley that the statement was entered in error, and they had sent out a blanket template letter to residents.

Mr Sibley then received two fines on Thursday, February 28 and Sunday, March 31.

He said: “mhs are more sympathetic to the ticket management company than they are to residents.

"They are coming out early in the morning finding people to give tickets to.

“I am really disappointed that mhs is prepared to make residents go to court when they have the power to rescind.”

Mr Sibley has issued a formal complaint to mhs over the handling of his fines.

Stephanie Goad, operations director at mhs said: “We’re in contact with the tenant and will be keeping them up to date while we investigate this complaint.

“We prioritise making sure we respond to customers and investigate complaints fully; therefore we don’t have anything else to add at this time.”

He has also contacted his MP Kelly Tolhurst and ward councillors to help him resolve the matter.

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