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  • Our numberplate was cloned and we received a parking ticket, what can we do to appeal? 10 Jan 2024 (Ask HJ)
    My wife recently received a parking fine from Euro Carparks for overstaying in a Sainsbury’s car park in Surrey. At the time the vehicle was parked on...
  • Can I appeal an unfair PCN? 2 Apr 2020 (Ask HJ)
    I received a parking charge notice after parking at a sporting goods shop. I was parked for 14 minutes as the store didn't have what I wanted. The signs...
  • Can I be fined twice for not having insurance on my car? 6 Mar 2019 (Ask HJ)
    Can I be fined twice for not having insurance on my car? I was not caught driving as it was just parked up.
  • Parking ticket - should I pay? 10 Dec 2013 (Ask HJ)
    I parked in a private car park today that was behind a shop, now closed. It is not a council car park. I paid £1 for an hour, but was seven mins late....
  • Parking Fines 30 Oct 2011 (Ask HJ)
    I parked in my local station car park at 10.32 and paid for 1 days parking (£10.10) via my credit card. I have used the machine before and expected a ticket...
  • I have received parking fines because my parking permit fell off the windscreen - can I appeal? 27 Jun 2010 (Ask HJ)
    I returned to my car after leaving it in a residents' permit bay (Westminster) to find three parking tickets issued because the permit attached to the...
  • Fine due to faulty parking meter 24 Jul 2015 (Ask HJ)
    We stayed at Premier Inn Tenby and were told we could use the car park at the back. Not owned by them but controlled by Premier Park. We tried but failed....
  • Can Parking Eye actually enforce their 'fines' in a court of law? 18 Aug 2012 (Ask HJ)
    I too got a notification from Parking Eye, the usual £90 or £45 if paid in 15 days. I did some research and found that the best advice is to ignore the...
  • Parking Ticket - can I fight it? 7 Jun 2013 (Ask HJ)
    I parked my car in a private car park in Barnet, the Spires Shopping Centre in January, paid for my ticket. After taking my disabled son to the dentist,...
  • Parking on a private road - should I fight it? 14 Aug 2014 (Ask HJ)
    A week ago my wife had a hospital appointment in Derby and as usual having parked here for the previous two years, she parked across the main road from...
  • Parking fine 2 Jan 2011 (Ask HJ)
    l received a letter of a fine for £80 for being in a car park for more than 3hrs - 3hrs and 32min to be exact. I have stayed in the car park for 4hrs before...
  • Fighting an unfair parking ticket - what should I do? 19 Mar 2015 (Ask HJ)
    I parked in a multi-storey car park recently, but did not have sufficient change to pay, so used pay by text message option. A couple of weeks later I...
  • Con fine ment 29 Aug 2009 (Ask HJ)
    Two weeks ago my husband was issued with a parking ticket in a carpark in Ipswich, Suffolk while visiting our son on father's day. This was on a Sunday...
  • Number fate 27 Feb 2010 (Ask HJ)
    Overstayed in a 'free for 2 hours' retail park car park: Fine/invoice £80, but £50 if paid within 10 days. Automatic number plating against registered...
  • 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...
  • 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....
  • 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...
 

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