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In relation to advice posted last year regarding parking fines received from private companies, my wife and I received a Parking Charge of £60 in the post shortly before Christmas for a parking contravention...
I put £10 into a ticket machine at P&O Ferries, run by PPS. When I returned to my car two days later there was a 'penalty notice' for £30, rising to £100 if not paid within a certain time. The ticket showed...
l received a letter of a fine for £80 for being in a car park for more than 3hrs - 3hrs and 32min to be exact. I have stayed in the car park for 4hrs before because l go to the the gym. It happens to be...
I parked in a car park (run by Premier Parking Solutions) opposite Didcot Station last week. I put five one-pound coins into their machine which would cover me for a whole day's parking whilst at a meeting...
I returned to my car after leaving it in a residents' permit bay (Westminster) to find three parking tickets issued because the permit attached to the windscreen had fallen off onto the front passenger...
I have received a notice from Athena ANPR Ltd., PO Box 306, Chertsey, KT16 6ED, issued 12/01/11 for a "reduced charge" of £45.00 if I pay by within two weeks [otherwise £90.00] for an overstay of 13 minutes,...
Last year I stayed 17 minutes longer than the free two hours at a shopping complex car park in Kidderminster. I duly received notice of a £40 fine from Excel Parking of Sheffield to which I replied with...
My wife has just received a demand for £50 payment for parking on "our clients private property at Jempsons Store, Hawkhurst". The car is recorded by CCTV showing the correct vehicle date and time. Is...
My wife, who is 79, regularly takes our neighbour, who is 93, to Tesco. Recently he forgot to display his blue badge and in spite of his showing it to the warden on return to the car, I have received a...
Your correspondent who was fined in a car park owned by a Tesco store for apparently not displaying a 'blue badge' should perhaps refer to the main branch of the one of the three Tesco stores in Dumfries,...