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Unfair Parking Ticket
Hi could someone please give me a little bit of advice? A while ago I parked in a multistorey car park in a cinema/restaurant complex in Romford, Essex. I paid for parking and displayed my ticket on my dashboard, there was no sticker or anything, just a piece of paper. Without realising, I put it there upside down! And…
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PPC - Asda
Hi I'm wonderinf if anyone can help me. My father parked his car in Asda car park and went shopping as usual this was back on the 17th June 2009. He then went shopping and then went home. A month later he received a "fine" in the post saying that he had a fine for parking on the date but not what the "offence" was and that…
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Illegally parked Spy Car issues Parking Tickets
Our Council have just bought another spy car with cameras sticking out of the roof which goes about the place issuing tickets to people who are illegally parked. Local people are always photographing the hated cars illegally parked while the driver photographs parked vehicles. Or, with the typical arrogance of these people…
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Glasgow Parking, any advice?
Hi. An employee of mine was using my van for business and his own transport and whilst using it for his own purposes managed to rack up 9 parking tickets in short succession in Glasgow city centre ( my firm does not do any work in the city, he just lives there) and did not tell me. Basically he was parking wherever he…
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Tesco now have parking wardens
Tesco now have parking wardens basiclt to stop people parking there and not shopping which is a good idea because sometimes you can't get a space on a saturday epople park there as the doctors is next door and there is a busy tourist attraction nearby so people park there because it's free and now they can't 2 hours free…
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PCN (East Herts Council) sticker fell off windscreen
Got a parking charge today from east hertfordshire district council. i had purchased my all day ticket , affixed it to my windscreen as requested, however when i got back to my car, the ticket had fallen off the screen. Meaning the sticker was not that sticky What can i do as i dont really want to pay this charge. is it…
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recoup parking fines after credit card challenge
the practice of imposing additional surcharge on drivers for paying with a credit card was challenged by a motorist in London. His case, which challenged the 1.3 per cent surcharge in Camden, was upheld by the adjudicator. The ruling applies to all fines imposed by local authorities including those outside the capital…
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Ticket says I drive a FERRARI!!! I don't. Should I appeal?
Hi, I just received a pcn from the local council for parking on double yellow lines. On the notice, it lists the make as a Ferrari. (sadly) My car is not a Ferrari. Is this grounds to appeal the ticket? In all honesty, i shouldn't have parked there. The colour is correct (black), and the car is a sports car... albeit a…
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Wrongful issue of parking ticket
Please help i received a letter from NCP for non payment of a ticket issued to my car I wrote back stating that i had never visited the car park in question and asking for a copy of the original ticket as obviously i didnt have the original. All i received was a computer generated ticket and a demand to pay, fortunately i…
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Invisible parking ticket
I have received notification from Bristol City Council that I was given a parking ticket. On the day they say, I was in fact in Bristol, and when I got back to my car it did have a yellow sticky envelope on the windscreen, but there was no ticket in it. Should I just pay the £75 they are asking (more cos I didn't pay…
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Unpaid Penalty Notice -Will the bailiffs find me, help??
Hi I desperately need some help and advice. I got a parking ticket back in September as my back wheels were over the white box and on the yellow line in my street, where you must have a permit to park between 2-3pm mon-fri, which I have. I know this isn't an excuse, but there is little room to park within the parking boxes…
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MSE News: 'Millions' made in parking penalty profits
This is the discussion thread for the following MSE News Story: "Some hospital trusts are making over a million pounds a year from sky-high parking and penalty charges, an investigation has found. In some cases, motorists are also smacked with up to £360 in penalties for ..." Read the full story: 'Millions' made in parking…
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can we appeal?
long story....husband had a 2nd job which earned good money has a delivery driver for a take away, he needed this to pay off mountain of debts, place was raided!! and he was given a fixed on the spot fine of £200! plus car was taken, he paid to get car back, but looking at ticket a few things dont make sense, he was told…
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Excess Charge Notice
Hiya I hope someone will know the answer to this. My friend parked in an off street car park - Council run and she received an excess charge notice (parking ticket). The ticket says "Road Traffic (Regulation) act 1984 section 35. But there is no where on the ticket about appealing it? is that right? should there be…
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Parking ticket - incorrect details question
Hi all I received a parking ticket yesterday in an APCOA operated railway station car park. It seems I paid up until midnight Saturday, not midnight Sunday, so I do not dispute that I am in the wrong. However, I believe I may be able to wriggle out of it and wanted clarification. On the ticket, there are 3 details related…
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Private Ticket (paid)
Hi I tried to fight a private parking ticket at a local store. I had parked in the carpark but was there less than the stipulated 2 hours. I was not very happy about this and approached teh store with steam coming out of my ears, unfortunately the first person I spoke to was not an employee - it kind of took the heat out…
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Have a look at my PCN - can I appeal this?
(I have posted about this previously but without images) I have attached an image of a PCN received on by my OH in his company car on 05.08.09, meaning we only have until Wednesday coming to appeal or pay the reduced fee. He is a gas engineer and was on a job, and was unable to make the job safe in time to return to the…
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£50 parking ticket advice please
I received the following parking ticket for being too busy on a course at york university to top up the car meter (£950 for a week at the national science learning centre and they don't include parking or let you pay in advance, so you have to try not to forget to trot out to your car to top up the meter): and the reverse…
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Motorcycle Bays - DO NOT DO THIS (please)
It's not big, and it's not clever. What is this: Surely not? No really.... Maybe they are disabled..... NOPE This really riled me up when we wanted to park this morning. So we left a note after hanging around for 15 mins and no one turning up. Tried to call the parking hotline thing but that is closed on Sundays. Have some…
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PCN Box Junction
I have been issued a PCN for Entering and stopping in a box junction when prohibited in The Broadway/Herbert Road, Southall (3). I was travelling behind a car which suddenly stopped (that couldn't cross box) after I had already entered into the box.So on the ground that at the time I entered into the box, the exit was not…
