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Parking Ticket
Hi, I parked in my hometown in a 10 minute waiting zone (I thought it was an hour), and came back around 30-40 mins later to find a parking ticket on my windscreen. It said the fine was £25 if paid within 14 days or £50 after that. I should have appealed because I only popped in to get some medicine for my wife in a hurry,…
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expensive parking ticket issue!
Hi! Mid January 2008 I received a parking ticket for stopping outside my house (Oswestry, Shropshire)! The rear wheel of my poor OLD Vectra (approx value £700+) was on the ‘T’ of a single yellow line. Id left my engine running and the indicator flashing away as I entered my home to collect my baby (I guess technically…
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Contentious PCN, details and the Road markings arguable
Looking for some almost friendly advice or vague encouragement on the point of a Parking ticket I have received. Our local town (Yarm) has been gradually decimated by the Parking Czars actively pursuing the Motorists to a point of killing the local businesses as shoppers fear for visiting & parking there. (separate rant…
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Euro Car Parks (Sainsbury's)
advice please Received parking ticket at Sainsburys. Didn't pay. Received letter from Euro car parks £30 increased to £50. I replied stating not paying as charges are unfair.I have now received a letter from Brinx debt collection services " This account has been passed to us with instructions to commence litigation and to…
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I got a fine even though I was displaying a valid ticket!
Hi Only just discovered this forum unfortunately so have written an appeal (which got rejected) and another letter after that which they have ignored. Now we have received another threatening letter and are unsure what to do next. Here's our story. Any advice gratefully received: A few weekends ago, my partner and I parked…
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Rejected appeal?
Hi, I parked my car in a busy car park which is where everyone parks for numerous stores including comet, toysrus, dixsons etc. It is "controlled" by Excel parking. I bought a ticket, displayed it, went into Dixons bought an iron and got back in my car to find I had a ticket. I was in and out within 40 minutes. The ticket…
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Received a PCN - Grounds to Appeal?
Hi, I receieved a PCN today for parking half inside a parking bay and half on a yellow line. The ticket stated "Contravention 01: Parked in a restricted street during prescribed hours" but I think that the contravention should have been "Contravention 24: Not parked correctly within the markings of the bay or space". Would…
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P&D ticket blew off dash
Hi I parked my car on Saturday and put the ticket on the passenger side of my dash as it was one of those paper tickets without the sticky part. When I came back to my car I had been issued with a parking ticket. It appears that at some time between my leaving the car and being issued a ticket the P&D ticket had blown off…
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London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham
I received a summons from the above on the 7th February 2008 requesting the payment of £120 for a parking ticket that I had been apparently given on 1/1/08 on Fulham Palace Road - I wrote back stating that nothing was attached to the car and I knew nothing of it - non payment would increase it to £180 on 19/3/08. No…
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got clamped
hi my partner was clamped the other day on his works van. there was a car park at the back of the place where he was working so parked by the back doors of the place and when he came out he had been clamped he had only been in 10 mins. He paid the release fee and i am now looking to try and claim it back. when i have…
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PCN Ticket Contravention Code 19: Oxfordshire Council
Hi all, Received a parking ticket yesterday outside my girlfriends house which has residents only parking. She gave me a permit which I displayed but when coming back from town noticed I had a ticket. The Contravention code 19 which is: Parked in a residents or shared use parking place or zone displaying an invalid permit.…
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Yellow Box Junction,CHECK THE PHOTOS!!!!
Hi, I recieved a ticket for stopping in a box junction, I am very careful about these box junctions so I studied the two pictures on the PCN, one was showing just the number plate and the other a picture of two very similar vans, one in the box junction and the other behind the junction. Well there was some proof that A…
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DVLA Unlicensed vehicle fine
Hello to all, I have recently received a fine for £80 via Intercred from the DVLA for an unlicensed vehicle. The vehicle in question was a motorcycle that was sold on eBay 2 years ago. I was in the process of moving address and my new home did not have a garage to store the bike hence the sale. Bike sold in Feb 2007 all…
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Transport for London forwarded me to CCS Baliffs after ignoring my letter to them
When things settled down in Uni and my stress issued calmed down I decided it was time to sort out all my debt. I gather up all the info I needed and wrote letters to each creditor and provided a budget sheet showing how much I earned and how much I could pay each creditor. I sent these letters out recorded delivery. Today…
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Transport for London - Congestion Charging!!
I recently had to go to London on business, I had an appointment in the morning at Watford then one in the afternoon in Clapham. Being from Birmingham, and never drove through London before, I just put the postcodes into my Sat Nav on the day and set off. A few days after the trip I received a Penalty Charge Notice saying…
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Out of control 08 parking fines
Hi...today i recieved 8 recovery orders from Northampton County Court for unpaid penalty charges incurred during 6 months of stupidity last year. Im not a habitual parking fine collector and all the tickets were, im sure justified:o:o. I want to face up to these and get them paid but my work as a carpenter is becoming thin…
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traffic warden, what a liar..
basically i had to pop into my insurance office and i didnt have any change to put into meter, so i parked in loading bay, traffic warden came along, i went to move the car, he said it was too late to move as he had all my details and taken the photo, so i thought, dam, ive been had, i walked away and watched him he didnt…
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Lidl car park
Have received a parking fine which is now up to 110 after ignoring it. However, there was never an actual ticket on the car. If this actually ever went to court (the LIDL is in Scotland) would that be a factor? Appreciate any help, thanks very much
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Car towed when away on holiday!
Hi, Please can anyone help with this query? Some friends have just returned from holiday to find their car was towed whilst they were away. They have residents parking and their permit was in the car. Apparently the council put up a notice on the street whilst they were away asking no-one to park as they were doing some…
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Clamped at my GYM!
Hi guys, 1st time used this forum, looks pretty call. Reason for post - I am a regular user of my gym which i pay £35 a month for (JJB). On Friday - I needed to pick up some contact lenses up from the opticion which is about 200 yards away from the gym. I parked in the gym car park, ran over to opticion, picked up lenses,…