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Can a private car parking company legally ask for payment for parking only by phone? No ticket machines at all present to allow for a cash purchase.
I received a PCN at what I thought was a car park, but turns out to be a piece of private land adjacent to it separated by a few bits of broken fence. I bought a ticket from the pay and display machine...
Just received a parking eye fine for £100 which I find very steep for parking for 31 minutes over the 2 hour. Is there a way in which I should appeal against this. It's crazy - you see signs everywhere...
Today in Falmouth I parked in what turned out to be a private car park (owned by Falmouth Harbour Commissioners) and paid the fee of £1 per hour. I overstayed the time by 10 minutes and received a parking...
I visited a Volkswagen dealer in Victoria Road, Ruislip. This road has many small retail parks. I parked in what I thought was the retail park in which the dealership was located. I have taken a photo...
Today I received a fine from Vehicle control Services for £60,I stopped my car on the main road out of Liverpool airport (first ever visit) to answer my mobile phone. Photos show me stationary with footbrake...
I had a meeting with a colleague at Hamilton services that ran over the 2 hr parking allowance. We were in the Costa Coffee area and purchased coffees and food during this time. I have received a parking...
My daughter and her 16 month old son returned this evening to Cockfosters Tube Station to find her legally parked car had gone. She thought it had been stolen. A kind local church goer saw her distress...
I received a parking charge due to unknowingly parking in a resident's bay. Charge notice details shows wrong make of car (registration is correct), parking attendant number - also fine amounts have overprinted...
I parked my car in a Borough of Newham car park and inserted £4 in mixed change into the ticket machine for payment for a three hour stay, when I went to display the ticket I noticed that the ticket expired...