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I received a fixed fine parking notice (£40) for exceeding the free stay time in a retail car park in Gosport Hampshire. There was no facility to extend the time by purchasing a parking ticket and admittedly...
Having had someone in my family caught out by parking on a private land with poor signage I wrote to my MP voicing my concern about Clause 56 in the proposed Freedoms Bill (pages 38/39) and got a response....
I am 73 years old and would be grateful to receive your advice in order to reply to a parking charge which I have received from the operators of a private car park. Four months ago I had a major spinal...
We communicated some time ago on my wife’s overstay at Oswestry Aldi and the amicable outcome. Our daughter recently found herself in the same situation at the same store. (No, not pushing her luck, she...
If any motoring or other bod, or indeed any individual, wants to oppose the proposal by the BPA in the Protection of Freedoms Bill to make vehicle keepers liable for private parking penalties, time is...
I thought I should bring to your attention the latest money making scheme from Glasgow District Council. For many years I have attended concerts at the SECC and the Armadillo and have parked over on the...
I know some of what is in the Protection of Freedoms Bill because I have been talking and writing about it for some time. Thank you for sending the draft to me. It seems I was correct that it concerns...
I have for many months read your replies regarding experiences with members of the British Parking Association (BPA), and how they have used the DVLA to make money from unsuspecting motorists. I have recently...
Like many of your readers my car was logged as overstaying a 2-hour limit in a B&Q car park. The parking company were given my personal details by the DVLA in order to track me down. The company concerned...
As the Surrey County Cllr. for Camberley West I've spent hundreds of hours trying to help people in Cedar Lane CP Frimley who've been the victims of clamping. Some, of course, who were trying to avoid...