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Private parking charge notice
Rembrandtsbrother
Posts: 1 Newbie
I've just received 3 Parking Charge Notices from a local private car park that I regularly use.
The car park has recently had ANPR cameras installed and new signage stating the terms of use.
I didn't notice these changes and continued to use the car park as usual.
As soon as I received the first PCN I stopped parking there, but as it took 7 days from the issue of the notice to me receiving it I'd park there another 2 times.
I had paid the first one promptly for a quiet life and then received a further 2 PCNs.
Is there an argument to have at least one of these further charges cancelled as I didn't realise I'd be charged until I received the first PCN? I realise that I should have read the notices, but I didn't even notice them as the car park was free for years prior to now and I'd got into a habit of just parking there.
Any advice would be gratefully received!
Thanks
The car park has recently had ANPR cameras installed and new signage stating the terms of use.
I didn't notice these changes and continued to use the car park as usual.
As soon as I received the first PCN I stopped parking there, but as it took 7 days from the issue of the notice to me receiving it I'd park there another 2 times.
I had paid the first one promptly for a quiet life and then received a further 2 PCNs.
Is there an argument to have at least one of these further charges cancelled as I didn't realise I'd be charged until I received the first PCN? I realise that I should have read the notices, but I didn't even notice them as the car park was free for years prior to now and I'd got into a habit of just parking there.
Any advice would be gratefully received!
Thanks
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None of them should have been paid
Extra notices should have been provided from the get go, so study the joint Code of Practice 2025 to see what the requirements are, as seen in various threads on here
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6642734/claim-form-for-pcn-received#latest
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/81679094#Comment_81679094?utm_source=community-search&utm_medium=organic-search&utm_term=code+of+practice+signage+changed
Name the private parking company2 -
I would suggest you have a valid appeal.
Get some photos of the signage. Also using Google Maps Streetview you may be able to get some images of what the signage was like before they made changes.
If you can show that the signage is not clear or they made changes without clearly updating that signage had been replaced is a valid claim.
I would have expected to see a big clear sign visible when driving into the car park and signage when walking out of the car park to state WARNING - new parking rules have been implemented.
It is at least worth a try.2 -
No idea why one was paid. I'm so sad that it was. Nobody pays - or ever has to pay - unfair private parking charges.
Which PPC? If it's a BPA firm then it's winnable at POPLA Appeal.PRIVATE 'PCN'? DON'T PAY BUT DON'T IGNORE IT (except N.Ireland).
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