Penalised for overstaying in a car park by 35 minutes - can I appeal?

I received an early present on Christmas Eve, a £60 penalty for overstaying by 35 minutes on the pay and display at Waterhead car park in Ambleside recently. I hadn't even realised I had taken longer than...

What are your thoughts on the new BPA Independent Appeals Service?

As things stand The British Parking Association fully expects to have an Independent Appeals Service in place for October 2012. Meanwhile, if you come across a reader complaint that you feel is justified,...

Your correspondent AF could have his PCN withdrawn on the following defence.

Going back to AF and his Hammersmith & Fulham PCN for his motorbike being driven by an unidentified garage worker on the wrong side of a 'keep left' sign, H&F parking dept has told me the PCN was issued...

I have written to my MP regarding the proposed Protection of Freedoms Bill and received a response.

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....

Freedom’s just another word

I've been following the Clause 56 of The Protection of Freedoms Bill here and in the DT with interest. Since the riots and subsequent e-petition showing that for once the British People seem to be able...

Kicked while down

My dad is disabled and we parked in a B&Q car park. We used his blue badge but also purchased a ticket as well as we have been told to do this by attendants. We went over by 44 minutes on the purchased...

I composed this letter to Parking Eye and had my daughter's Parking Charge Notice cancelled.

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...

Why don't you support the Protection of Freedoms Bill?

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...

Can Honest John mount a campaign against private parking companies?

Parasitical private parking companies are now making it almost impossible to visit retail parks, supermarkets, motorway services, McDonalds and even railway stations without receiving exorbitant demands...

I was issued a PCN due to confusion over private parking in a public car park - how should I proceed?

Tunbridge Wells Borough Council (TWBC) owns and manages a multi storey car park opposite the train station. On the top two floors of the car park, there are about 50 designated car park spaces for rail...