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  • Parking fine for buying petrol 24 Nov 2006 (Forum)
    http://tinyurl.com/yxs9hh {Shortened link to http://icsurreyonline.icnetwork.co.uk/ - DD}
  • Should I pay a parking ticket issued in a private shopping centre car park? 1 Jun 2010 (Ask HJ)
    I parked on yellow lines at a shopping mall car park which offers free parking throughout, when I returned to my car I had a ticket stuck to my windscreen....
  • Appealing a council issued parking ticket 7 Dec 2013 (Ask HJ)
    My wife parked in a council operated car park and purchased the appropriate ticket. On returning to the car within the allotted time she found the ticket...
  • Parking ticket for parking by dropped kerb - is this legal? 8 Jul 2014 (Ask HJ)
    I have been given a parking ticket for parking by a dropped kerb. There is a single white line marked on the road. There is no crossing and no raised lumps...
  • Private car parks - fines 3 Dec 2007 (Forum)
    Someone I know has been lumped with a £75 fine for overstaying in the car park for his local swimming pool, because the disabled swimming class closed the pool for an hour at midday. http://www.paulobrien.net/what-0#comments He was fuming about it on his blog (and rightly so!) and I was wondering
  • Should I pay my parking fine? 22 Dec 2012 (Ask HJ)
    Recently while shopping at the Castlegate Centre in Huddersfield I overstayed what is alleged to have been a maximum parking period. I have received a...
  • Parking fine for overstaying in a supermarket car park - is the ticket valid? 4 Apr 2022 (Ask HJ)
    I have been issued with a fine for staying over two hours in a supermarket car park. The signage says that "the car park allows two hours of free parking...
  • Parking fine - where the legal owner is not the driver 14 Jun 2012 (Ask HJ)
    I parked my wife's car in a shopping area which previously had not been subject to parking restrictions. I was not aware of the notices. My wife has received...
  • Car Park rip off - what do you suggest? 12 Jun 2012 (Ask HJ)
    I recently received a £60 parking fine in Grasmere Lake District. Having payed £5 parking charge and clearly payed and displayed i have no idea what the...
  • I received a parking fine for not displaying blue badge - can I appeal? 1 Feb 2024 (Ask HJ)
    I parked in a disabled space and forgot to display my badge (I had my mum with me who has cancer and wasn’t well) I received a fine a week later and immediately...
  • What a way to avoid a parking fine! 26 Sep 2008 (Forum)
    The driver who avoided parking ticket by refusing to get out of his towed-away car for TWO HOURS tinyurl.com/44cz3x So if you are inside car, it can't be towed away :o)
  • n/a - Parking charge notice 22 Nov 2013 (Forum)
    My wife received a parking charge notice for parking in a free car park owned by a council. The fine is £85 from Brittania Parking.  The parking charge was for not displaying a valid ticket, she didn't realise that although parking is free she had to obtain a ticket
  • I've received a parking charge notice for parking outside marked bays - can I appeal? 27 Jun 2010 (Ask HJ)
    I have received a parking charge notice from an enforcement company. Unfortunately I appealed, and whilst doing so admitted to being the driver! I think,...
  • Parking rules in scotland 8 Apr 2011 (Ask HJ)
    Ive been reading the pages of excellent advice on when and when not to pay parking fines and the associated legality - some cracking advice that I wish...
  • Can mobile traffic enforcement cameras issue speeding fines? 26 Apr 2019 (Ask HJ)
    I saw a traffic enforcement camera vehicle near a school with the council logo on the side. I heard these are monitor parking and issuing PCNs to those...
  • Volvo - Parking fine from TPS 16 Apr 2012 (Forum)
    , popped across the road to the post office to collect a parcel and then went to Dunelm.... I didnt buy anything as I was browsing for curtains but havent got the authority to make such purchases without the "Senior Manager" with me... When I returned, I have been issued with a parking fine
  • Council loss on fines! 26 Aug 2006 (Forum)
    Our local council has revealed this week that they made a loss of £41k on parking enforcement last financial year. http://tinyurl.com/o6wnm Enforcement expenditure was £1.16m, fine income was £1.12m. According to the council this is because the level of fines haven't been increased
  • New Parking Fine Regs 16 Jan 2008 (Forum)
    Reported on the BBC http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7184510.stm For me, the most concerning new law is "For the first time, councils outside London will be able to issue fines by post using CCTV evidence. "
  • Excessive Parking Fine 28 Apr 2002 (Forum)
    Last year I parked in what I was told was a restaurant car park. When I returned to my vehicle I found that I had been issued with a £50 fine from a private car parking company. When I left the vehicle I couldn't see any signs on the enterance or in the car park stating that it was private. I
  • Peugot 206 - Excel Parking fine Crown Point Leeds 28 Jun 2012 (Forum)
    I recently parked on Crown Point in Leeds - where I parked for three hours. I left the site initially to go into town and then came back and shopped on the site.   I was issued with a parking fine of £60 for leaving the site - this was issued 15 minutes after I arrived
 

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