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Wed 15 Aug 2012 17:23

Parking charge - mky

Can anyone advise me regarding a charge I recived at crown point retail point in leeds , I was in a minibus which takes up 2 spaces , the sign does say no buses or coaches , but I was going into comet and was there for about 3 mins , when I came back the excel parking guy had issued ticket , do I have to pay or is the ticket illegal , as when the retail centre was built I. Sure the landowner will have had to supply parking for shoppers , and I'm sure there will have been no vehicle restriction on the planning permission

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Wed 15 Aug 2012 17:57

Parking charge - FP

Suggest you search around a bit on here - there's been a lot of stuff about your issue.

Read the "ticket" - what's the heading?

1. If it says "Parking Charge" or something similar you can (and some would say you should) totally ignore it. It will be followed up by impressive letters from the parking company, but they have no teeth - yet.

2. If it says "Penalty Charge" it has legal force. You may wish to contest it, in which case visit www.pepipoo.com/ or Google "penalty charge" for further thoughts.

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Wed 15 Aug 2012 18:05

Parking charge - RT

You parked a bus, having seen a sign that states "no buses" - why would you expect not to pay?

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