New Year's Eve parking charge

BessyBoots

I've just received (6 weeks after the event) a parking charge notice, by post, from CE for a 20-minute overstay in a madly busy retail park on New Year's Eve.

I believe (sadly without proof) that the car was moved to leave, ie 'unparked', within the three hours' free parking window, but the car park was so jammed that it took forever to exit, the queues of shoppers' cars trying to leave were almost stationary. Furthermore the photos do not show the car in a parking bay, but seem to be from arrival and exit (more or less) - and on the move - though not being local I don't know where the cameras were.

Is there a case to contest the notice as the car was not physically parked for more than the allotted three hours, although it indeed took considerably longer to escape the car park? An appeal must be sent by 26 Feb before the charge increases from £60 to £100...

Thanks in advance for advice to this forums newbie!

NB - edited, thanks.

Coupon-mad

The keeper 100% wins at POPLA v CEL, if the keeper uses the templates in the NEWBIES FAQS thread at the top of this forum. Easy as pie!

NOT on the basis you describe, which gives away the driver. Edit your post from prying eyes!

Read the sticky, use the template appeal...tell us when it works, or if you get a POPLA code.

The_Deep

Read this

http://parliamentlive.tv/event/index/2f0384f2-eba5-4fff-ab07-cf24b6a22918?in=12:49:41

They really should not be sending out PCNs on such busy days, but they are scammers, and only wany your money.

Parliament intends to legislate them out of business, watch the video here

http://parliamentlive.tv/event/index/2f0384f2-eba5-4fff-ab07-cf24b6a22918?in=12:49:41

and complain in the most robust terms to your MP.

Redx

what happened on the day happened to the DRIVER

what happened SINCE that day happened to the KEEPER

EDIT POST #1 accordingly and then do as CM says above in post #2