Victory for Motorists: MHCLG Caps Parking Charges at £50 (£80 in London) with Mandatory 50% Discount

bargepole

The MHCLG has now considered the responses to the Public Consultation, and decided that private parking charges should be in line with Local Authority rates. Full document here: Parking code enforcement framework: consultation response - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

This represents a victory for common sense, and a curbing of the scam figures claimed by PPCs. For retail parks and supermarkets outside London, the PCN amount is capped at £50, reduced to £25 if paid within 14 days. I suspect that most people will just pay up at the lower figure, and the regulars on this board will have far fewer new queries to address going forward.

Castle

And both amounts less than the £85 allowed by the Supreme Court!

Isle_of_Wight_man

When this comes in will there be a big scramble to change all the PPC's signage? Answer: probably no.

Wonder how many will leave the signage at £100? Answer: probably a lot.

Could be a big surge in excess invoice charge posts? Answer: probably yes.

Fruitcake

This is already covered by an earlier thread (and another thread that came after the first one as well).

Government CoP/CoE update. — MoneySavingExpert Forum

Coupon-mad

Good enough news to merit three threads, though!

What we don't know is what is happening re the false debt recovery costs, which we know are never incurred by parking firms and were a big fat lie.

Redx

We need a solid start date too

Onwards and upwards. 👍👍

Coupon-mad

There is a £130 tier mentioned too, for London.

beamerguy

Fruitcake said:

This is already covered by an earlier thread (and another thread that came after the first one as well).

Government CoP/CoE update. — MoneySavingExpert Forum

It's like the big red bus, we wait and wait and loads come along together.
We only need one thread and with the posts by ParkingMad and Blackdog's link ... your thread is the one to follow Fruitcake

henrik777

bargepole said:

the regulars on this board will have far fewer new queries to address going forward.

Eventually. They'll feed off the historic scraps until they wither away and become extinct after 6 years.

Umkomaas

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Oh dear!

blackdog2220

Umkomaas said:

Yacht - For Sale
Bentley - For Sale
Aston Martin - For Sale
Range Rover - For Sale
Gymkhana Ponies - For Sale
WAGS - Leaving
Waitrose Account - Closed
Nearest Kwik Save? 🥴

Oh dear!

6 yrs is a long long time its a case of only the breathing will be able to affird court fees , BW will disappear back to phone debts , DCBL will be having there hair cut ready for another tv show <spit>