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Parking tickets, fines & parking

Archives for November 2012

PCN from council - electric vehicles
next to my gym there is a small car park which is always full, theres permitted only parking near by between certain hours. the gym car park has two electric vehicle charging points...can you be fined for parking in them in a normal car? the signs dont say electric vehicle only, in fact it says 'electric vehicles. while…
Appealing 33B Parking Charge Notice
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Ethical Parking Management - Charge
Hi all, received a parking charge notice yesterday from the above company who are BPA approved for £40. i got it in workplace car park. is this safe to ignore? strangely the permit was on the dash right next to the notice stuck on the window. ethical my ....! any advice would be greatly appreciated. thanks
Is there a maximum Limit to PCNs?
Hello, A discussion has just been going around our office about the maximum you have to pay on any PCN. One of my colleagues said that one of her colleagues has had a couple of parking tickets in the last year, and has only had to pay a maximum of £30 for them - despite the PCN stating the fine was for more. I know that…
Civil Enforcement Ltd
My Dad received a pcn from these cowboys the other day but I was driving I'm willing to go down the ignore them route but my dad isn't willing to ignore them and he is telling me to pay it. Can anyone give me any advice?
TPS Parking fine in B&Q
I parked my car in a B&Q store car-park in south london. My wife wanted to go into a shop a few doors away and left the store. I also left the store to find a loo as there wasn't one in B&Q. We were both back in the store ten minutes later. I bought one item in B&Q and about 15 minutes later we went into the car-park. When…
Parking at work
I work at a city care center and have been informed by email as of december 1 i will have to pay £39 per month to park at my place of work i will not be guaranteed a parking space close to where i work most evenings i finish at 22.00pm what about my safety ? Is there anyway i claim anything back it total to over £400 a…
Please help. Followed what council said, got a pcn :(
Hello lovely people! I am really hoping that you could all help me with this unfortunate situation. During the Olympic period, my granparents road (which is a letter zone) had its parking restrictions extended from Mon-Fri 9-5 to Mon-Sun 9-9.30 (or something to that effect). They were under the belief that the extension…
parking fine from g24 ltd
Ive had a ticket from g24 yesterday and even though i was at work they said i was still parked.their cameras didnt pick me up leaving.unfortunately i paid them £77.50 as i was scared id get a bigger fine if i didnt.ive sent a dispute letter to them asking for a refund but where do i stand getting m y money back? I paid by…
Parking Collection Services. Advice please
Hello Can someone please give me some advice in relation to a private parking fine that I received around a week ago, basically the fine arrived in the post, although I am the registered keeper of the vehicle,4 members of my family have access to it, the letter states that a ticket was initially placed on the car in August…
Is it me or are people wising up?
Have been on this forum only for a little while. But lately I seem to be seeing a greater incidence of 'newbies' coming here with their questions etc. Does anyone feel the same? Is the word spreading that these ammoral(or is it immoral) private parking companies 'parking charge notices' are scam fake tickets which should…
Athena ANPR Ltd
Good Evening, This evening after work I came home to find a lovely letter from Athena ANPR Ltd. There letter says I have parked in a Lidl car park for longer than the allocated time. I entered their car park at 21:00 which is the time they close. To my knowledge there was no lighting and the signs for the restrictions were…
TCP ticket in Residential area - Scotland - please can you confirm I should ignore?
Hello, quick question - I know there are many threads re ignoring TCP tickets which I have read. However I see alot of these refer to supermarkets. My ticket was today in a residential parking area for new build flats in Edinburgh. Just checking there are no different regulations in Scotland as opposed to England? Please…
Highview Parking - Charge Notice for a purchased ticket
Seems they are now trying to scam money from people who have already paid for parking. My husband received a charge notice today from a car park he used in Leeds 5 weeks ago, luckily he still has the ticket which shows parking paid for 24 hours (he only used 5) and the credit card statement to prove his purchase. What I…
NCP Spanked in Court - Towing for Unpaid Tickets
The thread here http://forums.pepipoo.com/index.php?showtopic=64994 on Pepipoo gives the full story, but for those who don't want to read a 40-page thread, here is a summary: Back in September 2011, James Mayhook parked in a railway station car park, bought a ticket, and later his vehicle was towed away by NCP for alleged…
Highview Parking
Please don't shout at me. I have read the forums and the POPLA information. I just want to be sure... I received a Charge Notice from Highview Parking about parking in Leeds. They have pictures of me entering and leaving and the times shown do indicate that I was over the time ... by 1 minute! (4hrs paid for, 4hrs 1 minute…
G24 Contractual Parking Charge - what happens if I ignore now new laws are in?
I recently received a Contractual Parking charge from G24 ltd with an image of my car entering and leaving the carpark. The notice states that I need to pay £25 within so many days otherwise the charge will go up to £50. I have read tons of threads on this company and it seems that everyone just ignores them. My concern is…
Another PCS Parking Invoice
Newbie asking for advice. I have received one of these 'invoices' and having read all other threads it seems that the validity all rests with the signage at the car park, whose name the letter is in, who owns the land, bylaws, etc. However, I dont fully understand this. So I have taken some photos of the signage and also…
Auto Express, helping the campaign!
Saw this today http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/car-news/consumer-news/61561/watchdog-reader-charged-ps150-not-parking?utm_campaign=autoexpress_newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter
Another Excel parking fine
Hello, Ive read the fantastically helpful thread on here about Excel but I'm afraid before I did I made a school boy error and replied to Excel. I parking in the Excel car park for the very first time, bought a ticket and displayed it. However the ticket blew over when I closed the door and so I came back to the a notice.…

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