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Unfair Parking Charge
I recently received a parking notice charge for not displaying a permit in a secure gated private residential car park. The charge is £60 if paid within 14 days. Issue - i am a resident with a valid parking permit and was parked in my designated space but failed to display it on this occasion. Naively i contacted the…
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Bus Lane penalty charge help!
Hi, trying to help out my mum here, so after advice please. After accidently turning down a bus lane only street (in complicated area of Reading!) and only noticing at the point of no return... a letter from the Reading council was to be expected! This arrived 6 weeks later, with a special code on to pay the £60 fine…
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My first ever civil parking notice - please help!
Hi everyone. I'd really appreciate some help and advice with a car parking ticket I got last weekend from a company called 'Car Parking Partnership'. I parked at my university's carpark - which I admit is permit only and I don't have one- but despite there being at least 20 other cars without permits I was the only one…
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Parking Eye
hi i've received a parking charge notice from Parking ye for a charge of £80, so replied to it stating i wasn't the driver but then they resent the notice saying to owner of the vechicle.. it was issued from a car park at 7.45pm at night for going 15 mins over a two hours parking restriction which applys to a precenit of…
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parking eye fine
received supposed pcn for overstaying 1 hour 1 min at local retail park 1 week before xmas. i did reply as was outraged at £90 fine as was using shops on park xmas and grocery shopping. they asked for evidence which i didnt have as paid cash and didnt need to keep receipts. they say i entered into contract by parking there…
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Recieved a pcn fine in a residents street
Hi guys ..Just need to know where i stand,parked in a residents parking zone with out permit so recieved a pcn. i was unaware this had changed to a residents only parking and missed seeing the sign as i drove on to the steet so came back to my car with the pcn stuck to windscreen...my question is ..there were no road…
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cctv "parking" on single yellow - appeal or not? + which is the "notice served" date?
Hi everyone, a] should i appeal? but how to word it? [STRIKE]b] how do i determine the "notice served" date?[/STRIKE] sorry, obviously it's the Date of this Notice. Code: 01 Westminster council, marylebone high street, CCTV - this was a surprise letter, normally there are CEOs patrolling the area all the time! situation: i…
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excel parking ticket advice please
Hi, I recently drove into a local small shopping area car park in the Midlands as i was feeling faint and had excruciating stomach pains. I drove into a parking space, and went out of the car to find a toilet. My friend remained in the car for the 29 mins I was in the parking space. I have since received a parking charge…
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parking restrictions for school lines and single yellow lines at the same time
I need advice. I parked on school yellow zig zag lines within the times on the school sign that was displayed. However there was also a single yellow line there too. I got a parking ticket, which I appealed but was unsuccessful. should i appeal further on the grounds of confusing signs and one rule seems to be over riding…
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Have Parking Eye finally lost the will to live?
I received an invoice alledging that my car exceeded the 2 hour limit on a local retail park at the beginning of September - I ignored it and have only received one further letter, has the penny finally dropped with them?
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Valley enforcement parking charge
I like many have received a charge, £100 or £75 if settled early, I wrote explained that I had displayed my permit but this had blown down when I closed the car door as this was on floor on my return, i did send them a copy of my permit, but they have refused this and still want me to pay up. please help what do now,…
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Unreasonable £50 fine for parking in centre! Cowboys?
Hi People, Wow, this site has definitely inspired me, well done you all! Its great to see there are people out there who understand how to get out of these hideous traps private firms put out to catch innocent abiding individuals! I recently visited our local shopping centre, which houses banks and shop etc. Now I had 2…
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'The penalty charge has not been paid'. There was no ticket or intial letter :/
Hello, I never considered asking on here. I didn't know that people gave advice on parking tickets. A while ago, I received letter from the council saying I had parked 'adjacent to a dropped footway' on 08/11/2011. The letter was posted on 13/12/2011. It says that the penalty charge has not been paid and that I did not pay…
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County Parking demand now with bailiffs
I received a letter today from Philips (specialist Bailiff and debt recovery agents from Darlington) informing me that if I do not pay one hundred and 30 pounds within 7 days I may incur additional charges of no less than 45 pounds. Is this firm related to County Parking from Blisworth, Northamptonshire? The letter states…
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Witnessed the scumbags at work
I was at a retail park a couple of days ago, as I was heading back to my car I saw 2 men hanging around a car in a "disabled bay". One pulled out a phone/camera and the other told him what to take a pic of. The car had a PCN on it so I took it as these 2 odd balls were percy parking attendants. They quickly took 2 pics and…
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UKPCC claiming late payment
Hi I recently had a ticket from UKPCC which I put my hands up and paid. Interestingly I couldn't get the online website to work and the phone line (national rate) payment kept going dead. So I resorted to post and sent the cheque via first class well within time. UKPCC cashed the cheque 4 days after the deadline and never…
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Parking Fines - help and advice please!!
My husband has just received 6 letters from Vinci for 6 separate parking fines - £40 each. Apparantly fine would have been £16 each if paid within 14 days. Our son has been using the car on occasions and parking in University (Vinci must manage the car park/payments). He accepts he hasn't always paid - like all his friends…
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Contractual Parking Charge Notice from G24
Hi all, I know there are other threads out there about these charges but im a worrier and want to check my specific case. My husband and I spent all day at the cinema, literally! This morning a charge notice has come through the post from G24 with pictures of our car entering and leaving with the times and stating term…
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Avis car rental paid penalty charge, now asking me to pay them
I was wondering if anyone has any good ideas about this situation... I was given a hire car in Dec 11 when my car was being repaired. During a long motorway journey, I felt ill and had to stop off at the services to have a nap. Unwittingly, I overstayed the 2 hour limit by less than an hour (I never saw any signs). I have…
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Parking notice at Warwick univerity
Hi My husband got a parking notice at Warwick uni last week where he attends a night class. Its a private company ticket stating code 7, parked as to cause obstruction or inconvenience to others. He says he was half on the pavement although it was in an area where no one walks. I know the advice is that they cannot enforce…
