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  • ALL - Private car parks and the DVLA 7 Dec 2020 (Forum)
      It has additional facilities such as a car wash and shop.  Customers are given !5 minutes to visit the forecourt for whatever and thereafter risk a fine for PARKING on private land.  Short of not using the BP station the unwary are being sent "fines" by the parking enforcement company Euro Car Parks.  This would maybe not be too bad if the "fines" were reasonable, but the company are demanding £100 for breach of time and generously offering a fine of £60 if paid early!
  • Check the fine print 9 Oct 2011 (Ask HJ)
    A parking fine story with a difference. I have just received a parking ticket from Premier Parking for leaving a car park on foot. I parked in a general...
  • Supermarket has given me a parking ticket - should I ignore it? 4 Dec 2013 (Ask HJ)
    I have received a parking fine for overstaying in a supermarket car park by 11mins - the car park is free for 1.5 hours. Is current best practice still...
  • parking fine appeal 14 Jun 2005 (Forum)
    Recently received a parking fine and appealed against it as there were no visible road markings. This was also confirmed by the TW's photgraph. They have replied saying that although there were no markings, there was a sign on a lampost locally.
  • Parking fine at motorway services 13 Feb 2012 (Ask HJ)
    I have received an over stay parking fine from the services at South Mimms of £90, reduced to £60 if paid early. I find these charges to be extortionate...
  • Parking ticket after overstay at retail park - what should I do? 9 Dec 2013 (Ask HJ)
    A couple of weeks ago my partner parked at a local retail park, where you can stay for two hours for free. This week she received a parking charge letter...
  • Beeware - Parking fine scam that looks official 10 Mar 2014 (Forum)
    http://www.tinyurl.com/ntbn3x3 Dont get caught some have? dvd
  • Parking fine man receives £20,000 [Read Only] 8 Feb 2009 (Forum)
    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7877596.stm but not for long
  • Skoda Yeti - Parking fine 1 Oct 2014 (Forum)
    I have been issued a parking fine in Straford upon Avon High Street for failing to display a parking ticket of 50p. I had bought a ticket which had inadvertently fallen to the floor when I left the car. I have appealed but the authorities are sticking to the line that the attendant looked in the foot well but couldn't see a ticket.
  • Parking fines. 22 Apr 2012 (Forum)
    Hi all, This is my first post on here so bare with me please! Quick question to start me off: Recently picked up a parking ticket, obviously not very...
  • Avoiding Parking Fines 7 Nov 2003 (Forum)
    In London there is a total lack of parking spaces for motorbikes. I have seen bikes recently parked illegally on the pavement - normally they would get...
  • I got a parking fine at a supermarket car park - can I do anything? 6 May 2017 (Ask HJ)
    My local branch of a well known supermarket provides free parking and it didn't occur to me that arrangements at a branch 10 miles away would be different....
  • Parking fine from local hospital 9 Jan 2014 (Ask HJ)
    I received a breach of contract notice and a £60 fine from my local NHS hospital trust, which where I work. Several spaces were coned off for line painting...
  • Parking Eye fine - cameras set to wrong time 9 Dec 2021 (Ask HJ)
    I was recently pinged by Parking Eye for a £100. It turned out they had forgotten to move all their camera clocks in the same car park back by one hour...
  • From HJ news - Government supports crackdown unfair parking fines 1 Feb 2018 (Forum)
    My reply? Should be compulsory and Lit at night signage in Large enough letters to read at car park entrances without getting out of the car  such as  "Parking Free for ONLY 1 HOUR,"  or  " !st hour/2hours etc free"  And then a limited fine per extra hour.
  • Parking charge notice - where do I stand? 14 Jan 2011 (Ask HJ)
    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...
  • Legal question - Parking Eye Fine 25 Jun 2016 (Forum)
    I have just received a £100 fine for a 17 minute overstay on a free carpark, maximum stay 90 minutes.  Private land adjacent a superstore....
  • N/A - Council Parking Fine - low level curb PLEASE HELP 1 Aug 2011 (Forum)
    I parked my car outside of my house on the road blocking a low level curb. I returned to my car to find a perking notice had been issued. There are...
  • Carp parking 10 Oct 2009 (Ask HJ)
    Your correspondent who was fined for overstaying at McDonalds is quite justifiably angry. I parked in my local Tesco in a handicapped bay and was fined...
  • APCOA - Parking Fine - Railway Station 11 Apr 2013 (Forum)
    I parked my car at a First Great Western railway station yesterday and I received a Civil Parking Notice.  I have an annual parking permit, which...
 

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