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  • Is it fair to receive a parking charge for mistyping my reg number? 31 Mar 2017 (Ask HJ)
    I received a parking charge from smart parking. I paid for an hour and I was twenty minutes in the shop. I received the fine and appealed it as I still...
  • Fines - ability to pay 20 Jan 2005 (Forum)
    How do Backroomers feel about this new Government proposal that fines will be based on "ability to pay". I read that if, say, you are reasonably off you will receive a higher fine for your speeding/parking offence than someone who is "poorer". Does it work the other way round. If you live in a big
  • Private parking fine - very late notification 16 Oct 2017 (Forum)
    Hi there Sorry if this is covered somewhere but some searching of the site didn't find me the specific information I needed We've just had a parking charge notice from a BPA member for overstaying the 2 hour limit at a Supermarket On one level we're bang-to-rights
  • Charged £55 for leaving a car park - can I appeal? 18 Aug 2012 (Ask HJ)
    I have been parking on Peel Park Shopping in Blackburn for quite a few years for the permitted four hours. Last Friday I received a penalty ticket as I...
  • Parking Fines 24 Apr 2014 (Ask HJ)
    Hi John, I came home from work today to be welcomed by a parking charge notice. It claims I overstayed by by arriving at 07.18am and leaving at 17.33. I...
  • Parking Fines and clause 56 8 Jan 2013 (Ask HJ)
    I have just found a parking ticket at a private carpark from premier parking services. I had not had the chance to get a ticket and put on my car before...
  • Should I pay a fine for not displaying my blue badge? 14 Jun 2023 (Ask HJ)
    I have received a demand for £60.00 if paid within 14 days for parking in a (what I thought was a council owned) car park in a marked disabled driver bay....
  • European parking fine - UK collection enforceable? 17 Jan 2015 (Forum)
    I think I probably have to pay this, but any advice welcome ! We stopped in a car park in Herring, Denmark. The signs, in Danish of course, I did not understand, but it looked to me as if it allowed 3 hours parking. My mistake. On my return to the car within 30 minutes, I had received a kr.650
  • Parallel Parking Against The Traffic 9 Sep 2020 (Forum)
    Did this when I broke down yesterday, since the only parking spot was on the other side of the road and I didn’t think to push the car through a U-turn, which would have been more difficult and obstructive. Apparently this is illegal in Taiwan, Fine, tow and storage fees
  • Fines for parking on private property 20 Dec 2010 (Forum)
    there as I didn't want to stay on the road for any longer than I absolutely needed to. Upon returning to where the car was parked I discovered it had been towed away. It cost me £550 to get the car back! I am currently in the process of appealing the fine and have taken a picture of one of the signs
  • I received a parking fine from a hotel - but there was no one on reception to pay? 15 Nov 2018 (Ask HJ)
    I have just received a £100 parking charge notice from Parking Eye for using the Crewe Arms Hotel in Crewe for apparently around 30 minutes. It was late...
  • Faster Food 26 Sep 2011 (Ask HJ)
    I refer to a question from AR and your response as I have a similar question. On 9th August, I met a friend for breakfast at 8am at McDonald's on the A12...
  • What should I do when issued with a ticket for overstaying in a car park? 14 Jul 2010 (Ask HJ)
    Could you repeat for me the position re being fined for overstaying on a supermarket carpark?
  • To late to appeal? 13 Sep 2018 (Forum)
    I received a parking ticket and used a company called Private parking appeals. They sorted the situation out for me without me having to pay the ticket. It turnes out that I had used the same car park (under the the same mis-assumption that it was legal) 2 weeks after the first fine i
  • Do I have to pay to park if there is no coin machine? 22 May 2013 (Ask HJ)
    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.
  • How can I stop CP Plus car parking enforcement from harassing me? 8 Nov 2010 (Ask HJ)
    Sorry to keep e-mailing you with this, but I'm still receiving threatening letters from CP Plus regarding my parking fine. This one is informing me that...
  • Should we pay a fine from a private parking company? 8 Jun 2023 (Ask HJ)
    My partner has received a parking charge from a private firm. This car park was free, but must now be owned by a private company. He took someone there...
  • Information on Parking Charge 17 Dec 2012 (Ask HJ)
    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...
  • Parking tickets. 19 Mar 2002 (Forum)
    and therefore one cannot pay the requisite parking fine. Is he right or wrong in his assumption? Rita
  • Parking charges. New cap and new rules - From the Guardian 7 Feb 2022 (Forum)
    https://www.theguardian.com/money/2022/feb/07/most-private-parking-fines-to-be-capped-at-50-in-england-and-wales Will it really happen.
 

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