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Parking tickets, fines & parking

Archives for October 2017

Advice over parking terms in rental agreement
Hi All Quick question. On taking over my property I signed an agreement with the building management firm that specifically says parking permits "must be clearly displayed on the windshield at all times or a ticket will be issued with a penalty" the wording is clearly meant to act "in terrorem", meaning (IMO) that failure…
5 parking tickets in Medway
Hi everyone. I have been parking on a road in Medway for a while now and have never had an issue with it. There have never been signs declaring it as a permit zone or any restrictions. However, I checked on my car yesterday and noticed that the area seemed much emptier than usual. I found five Penalty Charge tickets on my…
LPS assistance
Hi guys I have read the Newbies section and think I have understood the advice and instruction's given but would be very grateful if an expert could confirm I understand correctly LPS LTD issued a ticket to the windscreen at a retailer carpark today with the reason being 'parking without payment of the appropriate charge'…
Advice on parking ticket?
Hi On the 4th August 2017 I parked in the car park of (what I believed to be) the Didsbury Pub 852 Wilmslow Road, Manchester M20 2SG. As I beleived the car park was for the pub I never imagined you would have to pay to park. When i returned from eating about an hour and a half later I had a parking charge notice of £85…
Speeding Fine
Evening All, I have had a search on here but cannot find anything that fits my scenario. Back at the beginning of October I hired a car from an independent car hire company. There was myself and another driver driving the hire vehicle whilst we had it. I was passenger at the time when the driver suspected he got caught…
Parking ticket for entering one vehicle reg letter wrong
I have received a parking ticket from smart parking ltd and although I payed the ticket, I got one letter wrong in my vehicle reg. So I appealed my parking charge and as I work away when I came back home a month later I had received letters from smart parking saying although we know you payed it still breaks our terms and…
Gladstones
Good evening , After months of threatening letters from DRP which as per the video in the newbies section became paper aeroplanes , things are getting a bit more exciting and I got one from Gladstones solicitors today . Looking at other threads here , the fact that their name is associated with the "fine" while still…
POPLA - Operator evidence. How do I respond?
Ok, so I have submitted my evidence and now have the response from parking Eye through POPLA. It looks like the have me on the POFA12 point, as I stupidly named myself as the driver in the original appeal! They have sent through what looks like the seam pdf of evidence 6 times, I presume to throw me off! I need to make…
Duplicate post - please ignore
Duplicate post - please ignore
BW legal & VCS letter
Hello, This is my first post on this forum, though I have read through many questions and replies. I am looking for thoughts on the following set of circumstances. In July 2016 we visited Newcastle to attend our son's university graduation. We booked overnight accommodation through airbnb which included covered private…
Gladstones private parking solutions need help
Need help putting a court defence together asap received a parking ticket while I was trying to get a ticket never actually got 1 because I looked up and see the guy putting a ticket on got so annoyed I just drove off and I have ignored all the threatening letters help needed please
11 minutes = £100? - Aire Street Leeds - Parking Eye
Hey Guys, I'm just in the process of writing my appeal to Parking Eye due to a fine the driver recieved for parking at the car park in Aire Street, Leeds. The driver entered the car park at 16:40:28 and left at 16:51:54 totaling 11 minutes spent there. As the driver entered the car park they intended to pay through their…
Parking Eye Crown Wharf
Hi guys, sorry if this has been posted, I have read through a lot of threads and I'm still confused as what to do - please excuse, I'm a foreigner! :embarasse Basically, Parking Eye sent a PCN from Crown Wharf Shopping park that was paid for, and we have a ticket to prove. After finding a parking space my husband noticed…
CEL ? -- ARE YOU UNDER ATTACK ?? Read this thread
ARE YOU UNDER ATTACK ?? Read this thread For those receiving claims http://parking-prankster.blogspot.co.uk/search?q=cel
CEL Defence
Hi, I sent off a defence to a CEL County Court claim after I had read the advice on these forums, they have sent their particulars of the claim, along with a letter that was apparently issued on the 11/10/17 (obviously never received), along with a schedule of information The original claim is dating back to 2015. They…
Impending CPMS court date, defence review please
Hi guys, I've read all the stickies and cobbled together a defence which I feel is relevant although my understanding of a lot of the concepts is pretty poor so I appreciate some advice. Context: I informally rent a room in a flat in Manchester, with 2 underground spaces, I came home late from work and parked in the…
Civil Enforcement LTD
Good Morning, apologies i am a little lost. i received a letter yesterday from CEL advising i owe them £140, also including was a draft of their case against me, advising me this was my final chance, if i didn't pay within 14 days they would be taking me to court? This is the first i have heard of this charge (dated 25th…
Parking Ticket Disaster!
Hi folks, Just looking for a little guidance here. I've read the stickies at the top of this page but thought I'd post on here for reassurance. Last month my wife and I took our 6 month old daughter out on a day trip and on the way back got snarled up in some really bad traffic on the M56 in Preston Brook just outside…
CEL court claim issued - do I pay??
This thread is my first and is about a parking fine from CEL which I received back in Oct 2016. I originally received the PCN for parking in what we thought was an office car park at 8.30pm whereby all business had finished and we were not obsructing anyone from parking or carrying out their regualar trade. It was dark and…
Not able to submit my appeal
Hey, so I got a Parking Charge Notice from P4Parking 13 days ago now. Their reason is failure to pay and display, however they haven't filled in the slots 'period of parking from and period of parking to' on the PCN they've just put N/A. so really I could've been at the ticket machine buying my pay and display whilst they…

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