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Parking tickets, fines & parking

Archives for April 2014

Son recieved parking ticket from Minster Baywatch he wasnt parked illegally !!!
Hi all I am after some advice, My son received a parking ticket on a street in Bristol where he goes to uni, where he was parked there was some sort of compound and a few cars parked in there but he was not parked in there, he was parked outside of the compound, there were no double yellow lines and there were no signs…
Aldi have asked me to get a receipt
So got a parking eye ticket at aldi and copied the template from here and sent it to p.e. got rejected. Complained to Aldi FB who said to contact their customer services for help who gave me the number of their parking dept and then later told me it was the only number for PE they had. Infuriated I emailed the GM of Aldi…
Penalty Charge issued with the wrong details
Hi I wonder if anyone can help me. I've just received a penalty charge notice. This notice has been issued in error as neither I nor my car were in the area specified (I was at work and my car (which I have sole ownership and possession) was parked in my locked garage). When I logged into the Council's website to view the…
Heritage retail park, crewe
I have received via post today charge notice for parking at this retail park in crewe which we have used for years without a problem, there are no parking meters. I did not see any new signage stating parking was limited to 2 hours I was there for 2 hours 27 minutes, the charge is £90 but if I pay within 14 days the amount…
Refusal of Popla code
hi guys, Relative newbie here so please have patience! Two weeks ago received a parking charge notice from civil enforcement limited. Duly responded back with template on sticky thread for "first appeal to PPC". They responded with the following points (shortened version!): - Although I'm the registered keeper and not…
NTK received, appeal sent, advised appeal not acceptable?!
Apologies to post a new thread - have been unable to find this in stickies I recently asked for advice around a PCN and this was cancelled after using the template coupon-mad kindly put in stickies My husband has now had one - he parked and paid in a car park where the sign said 'open 7 days 24/7'. The price was £2 (no…
Parking Eye Eastleigh
Read a lot of threads on these parkingeye guys. But most have been pay and display. In my situation we went to a pub in Eastleigh parked up spent a bit of time getting my son out of the car went round only to find the pub was closed. Asked someone what time it opened then went back to the car. Packed my son in got us in…
Right to appeal has expired
I have spent all day reading through other threads and newbies threads and I am still unsure of what to do. Can someone please advise me? My daughter got a parking charge notice at her university in Leeds from Total Parking Solutions, she'd left her car without a ticket to go get change from a cash machine! She ignored…
Parking fine with blue badge displayed
I am a carer for my mother with who I collected to visit my home today. Upon returning back home despite having my own parking space allocated a stranger had parked over my space. as my mother was with me, we parked at the end of the street on double yellow lines. We then displayed the blue badge. 45 minutes later we…
£90 vs £45, which number would court use on grounds of disproportionate and two trips
Hello, I have got a parking charge notice. Its for £90 but will get reduced to £45 if I pay now. If I take the stance on the payment being dispreprosonate what number should I be working with? I think the £90 as thats in the big letter and in the title "PARKING CHARGE AMOUNT DUE: £90.00" Also, it's a local shop, I went to…
EMail from PCS after appeal to CP Plus
Hi, I've been using the newbie guide to appeal a CP Plus PCN I received, I have received a response to the email I sent (I used the template email on this forum adding in that request a POPLA code if they with to continue). The email reads as follows; Thank you for your email. Please confirm the vehicle registration and…
Pcn help needed please!!!!!
Hi All, I write this post with a little anxiety! I hope someone can help! I was served a PCN while 'illigally' parked in an NCP carpark at a train station in Essex in December last year. I unwittingly parked in a bay that was very poorly signed "Premier Parking" which I was supposed to clearly understand as "Reserved…
Parking fine via excel parking
Hi, my daughter used my car in March in Stockport centre near hobby craft - She used my disabled blue badge as I was with her, we have parked here quite a number of times with no problem - unbeknown to us they have changed the company and machine and you know have to put your licence plate number in........a week later an…
CCS car parking fine
Today I received a car parking fine from a CCS company. I left my car unattended for 2-3 minutes whilst I got some change for a ticket. By the time I had got back to my car with the ticket I had purchased I already had a ticket for £85, reduced to £65 with 7 days. My questions are: This was on private property, so is it…
CP Plus. Forton Lancaster Motorway Service Area.
Hi Guys, Thanks :T to all the regulars that give so much of their time in providing the help and resources here to allow anyone to stand up to the bullies that operate in this nasty 'industry'. I've used the information given here to see off CP Plus and thought it only right to let you know of another success.:D Over the…
Just received demand from collections, this is the 1st I heard of ticket!
Hi, I just received this letter from TNC. They called me a couple of days ago, but I wasn't home. Today, I received this letter from them. I guess I should take this seriously now, because this is my car and I was at the address it says. However, I never got a ticket and I never had any letters from UCS. What do I do now?
Parking Eye
Hi all I have a letter before court order !! From parking eye what I do now ? From A worried young mum :-(
Premier Parking Solutions
As the RK of a car purported to have parked overhanging outside a marked bay in a private car park near a station I have received a letter (which I initially took to be from PPS, as it has their logo large on the top right). I took this to be a NtK, following the purported issue of a windscreen ticket, and replied using…
help needed please CP Plus
Hi all, Great threads and help on this. The stage I'm at is I have ignored the fist 2 CP Plus letters and now have the Debt collectors letter. Do I write to both using the templates seen on this thread or as I've ignored so long continue to do so? Cheers, Galster
help pcn
Hi i recently received a pcn in the post for parking in a iceland carpark and not displaying a £1 ticket that i had to buy and then refund at checkout. The pcn was sent to my old address as i havent change my details with dval as yet. Do i ignore the letter as its in my old address details or do i reply to it? What is the…

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