Is there any way I can dispute a parking charge notice issued after I stopped outside a shop for 15 minutes?

In early July, as a lady was closing her small shop for the evening, I parked on her small forecourt after asking her permission. I left some 15/20 minutes later having picked up fish & chips from a shop...

Received a ticket in a supermarket car park - what can I do?

I have just received a parking ticket from a supermarket car park. I called in on Saturday morning and left within fifteen minutes, and then visited again later the same evening. In between these visits...

Received a civil parking charge notice - is it genuine?

A civil parking charge notice was left on my car door window yesterday. The sign which displayed details of the parking restrictions (which I had never seen before) was mounted eight feet high on a wall,...

Are parking tickets enforceable on Bank Holidays?

We parked in Cumbria on Tuesday, Queen's Jubilee Bank Holiday, assuming the "Free parking for two hours with no return" restriction would not be in force. But we got a ticket. In general, aren’t Bank Holidays...

I have had an upsetting and lengthy ordeal with Excel Parking Services - can you keep this on record?

I am severely disabled with arthritis and incontinence and have undergone an upsetting and lengthy ordeal with Excel Parking Services Limited. I realise the saga is too long to publish, but at least you...

I am taking a debt collection agency to court over an unpaid parking ticket

I have corresponded on a previous occasion to you regarding a ticket issued on December 21 2010 and you advised me accordingly. Just for your information I thought you may be interested in the current...

I concluded a parking charge by sending a partial payment in final settlement.

I received a parking ticket from a private operator when parking at my local college. I thought it was a student prank and threw it away. A few weeks later I got a demand for £80 as I had not paid the...

Why don't British car parking enforcement agencies act like their German counterparts?

A letter published in your column this week reminded me of an experience at Oxford station a few years ago. I bought a ticket for my day's parking and because I had parked right up to the perimeter fence...

Registration cloned and parking ticket issued - how can I contest it?

I received a 'Penalty Charge Notice' issued on 26 June 2012 from Bristol City Council. I reside in Sheffield and have not been to Bristol for years. On the day in question I attended an appointment here...

How are car parking enforcement agencies able to get away with this?

As you've covered Parking Eye before I thought you should know about their antics in Weymouth. They run Weymouth Old Town East car park and last Sunday I parked there, bought my pay and display ticket,...