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Parking tickets, fines & parking

Archives for July 2017

odd situation, free parking
i understand it is frowned upon to post here without reading the newbie thread but i have, i skimmed through it and even did a ctrl f search on the word ''free'' but nothing relevant came up. I have received 3 parking tickets from ''first parking'' on a university campus where parking is ''FREE'' if you have a permit,i was…
ParkingEye - x4 parking charges
Hi there, Have taken a look at the newbie thread and felt this is worth posting due to the number of parking charge notices I've amassed. If not, I'll happily delete. I checked post that has being going to my previous address this evening and found no small number of letters relating to supposed stays in a ParkingEye car…
Parking Eye PCN
Looking for confirmation that in Scotland parking Eye cannot invoice you for a parking charge, The notice provides 2 pictures of a car similar to mine, with the registration of my car "cut and pasted" in a box below the picture (the registration plate is also visable in the picture of the car) There is no picture of who…
Advice about Setting Aside process
Bit of background: a parking company has got a default CCJ registered against me for an unpaid PCN. I didn't change my address on my log book until 3 months after the PCN, so the parking company were writing to my old address. However, I did email them appealing against the PCN. So they did have my email address. On the…
University Parking - fines from private company and debt collector
Hi guys, Writing this with a hope that someone will have more wisdom than me when it comes to these things! I've never had a parking ticket before, so this is all new to me. I live in England, but am from N.Ireland. I pay to park in my university car park. There is a swipe in/swipe out procedure to get access to it. The…
P4Parking
Dear, I borrowed a car from my brother in law to move my stuff. I parked in front of the building -might be considered as pavement although delivery vehicles and lorries park there to offload. On that early hour on Friday morning (8:30), I went up for few minutes to take my furniture in the flat. As I came back down, I…
Which westminster MP should I complain to?
In another thread somewhere, I was discussing a CCJ I'd had registered by default from SIP Parking when the paperwork was sent to my old address. Someone told me to write ti my local MP and another MP, someone who was maybe dealing with this issue at the time. Does anyone know who?
Should she pay
Hi my daughter has received two tickets for parking in her own private space in a car park below her flat. She was displaying a valid permit although this had faded a little in the sun but was still readable. At the time she was in Australia for three months, she received two tickets one the day she left and one the day…
Another MET PCN
Hi all Hope you are having a better day than me. I received a PCN from MET Services for parking in McDonalds for 76 minutes which had a limit of 60 minutes! I've read the newbie thread but want to confirm I do things properly, so any advice/help greatly appreciated. I have a lease car. On 13 July I parked in McDonalds to…
Parking Collection Services
I'm sorry for creating a new thread but i'm unsure as to what to do. I have read the whole newbie thread and i don't know whether to ignore or respond. My partner received a Notice to Keeper from Parking Collection Services OL6 0DL (site is managed by JD Parking Consultants Ltd). As instructed i checked to see if the were…
vehicle control services
hi im a newbie starting a thread as ive just realised that i have been found guilty by default in court by vehicle control services over a parking notice.!! so whayt do i do now? Get my ccj overturned and pay £255 or is it overturned anyway if i pay the parking notice? dont see why i should though as there was no visible…
Highview Parking
Hi I know there is multiple threads on this company and I am struggling to see which is correct as Highview have now got it on their letters that the fines are enforceable and when I called them they said that following the Parkingeye V Beavis case, they are now enforceable? My position is, I sold a car in January, V5 sent…
I disclosed that is was driving...is this a lost cause??
Hi helpful people I emailed RCP explaining the situation that resulted in my ticket and therefore seem to have made the ULTIMATE mistake of disclosing that i was driving. I thought my situation was quite reasonable (app failure) so was appealing to their better nature (!) however having now looked into this in more detail…
Newbie query re Ethical/Gladstones/DebtRecovery Plus
Apologies if this is discussed elsewhere on the forum, but I couldn't find anything related to the situation where the parking charge was paid, and there was no overstay. This concerns a private car park. (I have read the relevant sticky, and still feel my case is different, although I'm bound to be shot down). Facts are:…
CPMS court case upcoming, help please
Hi Guys, Ive previously used the newbies thread to ignore/fend off several tickets in the past successfully, so thanks for that, but now I feel im out of my depth and need some advice. Background: I have a private underground space in my residential building, one day the space was taken so I parked in the communal spaces…
Portracted Indigo Process
All, thank you to all those that provide the info found here. I have a couple of specifics that don't come up in any search of existing posts. I received a penalty notice from Indigo for parking at a station car park in January this year (so over 6 months ago now). I had a ticket, and when i received notice in the post,…
NTK from Athena ANPR Ltd
Hello again! I didn't expect to be back so soon. My daughter parked in Lidl for 21 minutes 17 seconds. With the allowed duration of 10 minutes. You are all probably aware that you need to enter the reg in a terminal to give you 1hr 30 minutes parking time. My daughter has proof she shopped in store. She just did not enter…
Parkingeye -notice received 20 > days later
My wife received a parking ticket as she is the registered keeper of the car from Parking eye on the 15th July -Parking eye letter was dated 13th July 2017. My wife appealed it saying she was not the driver on that day and also mentioned that they are > 14 days late for asking information. She received a email from parking…
Notice to Keeper received - 12 weeks after contravention date
Hi all I hope you might be able to help? I have received a notice to keeper parking charge notice for "failure to park within a marked bay". This relates to a privately operated car park run by One Parking Solution. The contravention date was 15 April 2017 and the date of sending the notice was 19 July 2017 - over 12 weeks…
UK CPS parking ticket
Friday night while I was at work I parked in a local car park. I started work at 9 thinking I'd be fine at that time of night. When I finished work I had a ticket it was issued at 10pm. It's for £100 or £60 if I pay within 14 days. A few people are saying unless it's Council ignore it. What should I do as I don't want a…

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