UKPC Parking Fine - Cambridge 2026

LoogaBarooga

Hi all,

Created an account to post this question as I'm unsure about what to do - I did read the newbies thread and used the template email from it, but my particular situation is not covered (parking on a PRIVATE ROAD as opposed to a CAR PARK) and thus I feel it may be different.

I received one of these invoices from UKPC, for parking for 30 minutes on Westbrook Drive in Cambridge.

This is a private road, with double yellow lines and a few (but potentially inadequate) signage.

I "parked" there because my wife had an emergency dental issue and close to this road is a dentist - we have a 6 month old baby, and had to take baby with us to the emergency dental appointment.

I pulled into this private road to drop my wife off. Once she was out the car, baby started screaming and crying (typical baby stuff), so I got out of the drivers seat and into the rear of the car so I could feed and comfort baby. By the time baby was sleeping, my wife returned and we drove off.

I then receive this letter in the mail addressed to the keeper, with a picture of my car on the double lines and a time of approx 35 minutes that i'd stayed there.

So far:-

-I have not paid
-I have appealed the charge and they've given me the cookie cutter appeal rejection
-I have not admitted who the driver was

Recently i drove past the same road again and confirmed that on entry to the road there is a UKPC branded sign that says "No street parking", but not much else on entry - there are other signs further down the road but I didnt have time to park and walk down there to get photos.

I know im technically in the wrong here as its quite obvious you're not meant to be parked on that road, but the language in this forum intimates i should not pay under any circumstance.

So my question is, should i just pay the £60 to get them off my back or is it still worth fighting?

(p.s. if my thread is deleted by admins I'll take that as confirmation I should just pay the fine, apologies for wasting peoples time)

Thank you for all the resources on this forum, its been very helpful so far!

LoogaBarooga

Just to add more - I did try to find out the landowner of this road and it appears to be a joint venture between 2 financial companies (investment firms), so is it really worth my reaching out to them?

Gr1pr

Its definitely NOT a fine, just an invoice

The admins here won't delete your legitimate thread or query

I doubt that the landowners will cancel this PCN you have received

Do not pay !

Ignore them for now

Come back to this thread if or when you receive an LBC or a Money Claim N1SDT pack from the CNBC in Northampton using MCOL