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UKPC Parking Charge
I received a parking notice from UKPC a week ago in a large free car park. I parked beside the fence (no 'no parking signs) as there were no parking spaces. I contested it and am awaiting their reply. I did wonder about their legal rights but thought that it was too risky to ignore! In any case gave me more time to…
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UK Parking Control LTD
Today, I received a £90 Parking Charge ticket on my car window as a result of parking my car in a disabled car park, beside JJB, Marks and Spencer in a Belfast shopping complex, Northern Ireland. Granted I did not display a valid disabled persons badge on my car, but the reason for parking was to provide my mother in her…
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LPS (again)
Hi, I've had an "excess charge notice" put on the car today. I was in the carpark longer than expected, but not £60 longer than expected. I've been reading through the site and I've noted that the basic advice is to just ignore as its unenforceable and basically a scam, but still slightly worried. It is this Local PArking…
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EXCEL Parking Charge Notice
Hi, Today I have received a parking charge notice from Excel Parking. For breaching the car park terms and conditions in the "privately operated car park" at ASDA. I have 14 days to pay a discounted rate of £30 within 14 days or full charge of £60. They are asking me to send cheque or use the automated payment service.…
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Terribly Disappointed
As I have access to a number of commercial vehicles I am often asked by friends to help move larger items. Well today I was asked at short notice to help move all the worldly possessions of a young guy who had been made redundant and was also losing his flat that came with the job. Poor access meant the only place to park…
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Yellow Box Junction
Quote: Originally Posted by sherron6 Advice please. I have just received a PCN for stopping in yellow box junction. I turned right and the car in front had stopped for the lights but I could not see this until I turned right. Is it worth appealing????
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PPC hospital parking ticket
Hi, following previous advice on the forum I ignored 2 APCOA parking tickets, these were 6months + ago. All seemed ok but today I have received 2 debt collection letters from Roxburghe each demanding £138.00 each. Any advice as to what I should do now?!!
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Hospital Staff Car Park
UPDATE page 2, would welcome advice please. I am a member of staff at a hospital that has 2 car parks, one on site & one about a 10 minute walk away. I have a permit for the off-site one for which I pay £30 a month - this amount would be the same no matter which car park I use. Because of delays on my way in, I was late…
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UKPC Parking Charge on rental car
Hello everyone, A week ago I received a parking charge on a rental car in Belfast at a free private car park for customers of a shopping centre at the Boucher Road. It was a Saturday (14/7) and it was rather busy. Loads of cars driving around looking for spots and none to be had. It was parked at the end of a row of cars,…
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UKCPS - Claim Form
Hi All :wave: I'm a long term lurker who has recently signed up for some advice for with UKCPS Claim Form... Back at the beginning on the year me, my partner and my disabled grandmother stopped off at a shopping outlet (after hours) to pick up a takeaway. She stayed in the car and as it was so late we didn't think to put…
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County Court Claim from Devere Parking Services
Hi I would like some help please. I have received a court claim from Devere Parking Services as my car was photo'd in an incorrect free private parking bay. Total Amount £175 (£150 amount claimed and £25 fee). I have read that only the owner of the car park can sue me and only for the amount that they have lost (? nothing…
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Free Parking any idea?
Hi, is anybody know of a place of free parking within 15- 20 minutes walking from Deansgate manchester, mind i will need it between 8am - 6pm on Wed-Thur-Fri next week. I know of some of the £3-£5 ones round the area, I do not mind to walk a 5-10 minutes extra and save the fair.
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Shoel Enforcement parking ticket.. but I did park inappropriately
Hi there I received a ticket yesterday for parking in a known private business carpark. It's a small carpark for a local solicitors, sandwich shop, florist etc. There are signs up but as you know.... everyone parks there to nip out and get a sandwich for 5 mins.. Only this time, I came back and 3 of us had tickets. One…
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Zebra crossing and sneaky CEO
Hi all, Interesting thing happened this morning. Me and my wife were approaching a zebra crossing and we could clearly see a group of old people showing no signs or interest in crossing it. So we carried on and crossed it, as we crossed onto the black and white lines a CEO very quickly stepped onto the crossing as if to…
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Parking fine in RingGo car park
I've been given a ticket at my uni for not paying the appropriate charge. It's a RingGo car park and I normally use the app on my (Android) phone, so don't know how to send texts. However, this morning the app wouldn't work - it showed a green screen then crashed. Normally I'm within WiFi range, but today I was on 3G which…
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MSE News: NCP punishes Londoners with Olympics car park price hike
"Motorists who use NCP car parks in London face price rises, after the firm massively upped tariffs this week..." Read the full story: NCP punishes Londoners with Olympics car park price hike
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UKPC Aintree
Hello everyone, an just a first on how helpful this site has been, but now my question the other day my work van was parked in aintree over 2 staff bays for about 10 minutes i came back to find an "employee" taking a nice photo of my van after putting a "fine" on it now i've read all the posts saying ignore it, but im…
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Some defence against PPCs questions
Hi All just a few questions I had around defending againstPPCs in court. A little background first :), I am currently in the chain letter mill with one of our friendly PPCs and a fewdays ago had a conversation with one of their tame debt collection agencies. I probably shouldn’t have, but I wanted to cite the ‘debt denied’…
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Private parking charge for upside down permit
My wife received a parking ticket on a retail park for £65 rising to £90 because our valid disabled permit was face down. She immediately showed the valid pass to the ticket warden and the customer service desk. They told her to email a photo to the company (care parking). Because of this they have her name but not our…
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Incorrect details on PCN
Hi. I'll cut to the chase. My car is a Daewoo Matiz and i have received a parking ticket (outside my own home - grrrr) but the ticket states my car is a Daihatsu. The reg has been written down correctly... is this enough to invalidate my parking ticket? Thanks.
