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Live cases legal advice => Private parking tickets => Topic started by: merkede on February 28, 2026, 01:48:14 pm
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The parking space itself isn’t explicitly written into the tenancy agreement, but it was included as part of the rental advert and a permit has been issued for the site. At best, I can find a screenshot of the initial rental advert but not sure it will be enough as typical rebuttals from reading such posts are :
"The parking charges issued by UK Parking Control Limited are based on a
contractual agreement between UKPC and the driver, as detailed on the signage
displayed in the car park."
Is this still the best argument to pursue?
UPDATE: I’ve now received a third PCN for the same location (17th, 18th, 19th Feb), all relating to the same vehicle parked in the same residential bay. The vehicle appears to have remained stationary throughout this period.
Wording on Advert below:
(https://i.allthepics.net/2026/02/28/parking_wording2.jpg)
(https://i.allthepics.net/2026/02/28/parking_wording.jpeg)
This, in theory, is easily defended on a point of law, namely; that you already have the absolute right to park in your allocated space and, as such, you do not either permission from or, the need to form an additional contract, with the private parking operator.
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No period of parking stated - a single time stamp is not regarded as sufficient - Schedule 4 Paragraph 9(2)(a) requirement.
A section of mandatory wording is missing - 9(2)(f) states that the notice must... Warn the keeper... blah blah blah... the creditor will (if all the applicable conditions under this Schedule are met) have the right to recover from the keeper so much of that amount as remains unpaid; - the warning in bold is missing and the NtK does not warn the keeper that the parking operator's NtK must meet "all the applicable conditions" to be able to use PoFA keeper liability.
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The letter only INVITE you as the registered keeper to either provide the name and address of the driver or pay up. The same bit of paper also ays you are the registered keeper. Providing you haven't told them who the driver is, there is n legal requirement to reveal that. No doubt someone with better knowledge of whether this complies with POFA or nt, where they can't transfer liability form the driver who is at the moment unknown to them, to the registered keeper. Don't tell them Pike!
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Regardless of the merits (or otherwise) of your grievance(s), each PCN will have its own unique reference number and needs to be appealed as such.
Three PCNs = three appeals.
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The parking space itself isn’t explicitly written into the tenancy agreement, but it was included as part of the rental advert and a permit has been issued for the site. At best, I can find a screenshot of the initial rental advert but not sure it will be enough as typical rebuttals from reading such posts are :
"The parking charges issued by UK Parking Control Limited are based on a
contractual agreement between UKPC and the driver, as detailed on the signage
displayed in the car park."
Is this still the best argument to pursue?
UPDATE: I’ve now received a third PCN for the same location (17th, 18th, 19th Feb), all relating to the same vehicle parked in the same residential bay. The vehicle appears to have remained stationary throughout this period.
Wording on Advert below:
(https://i.allthepics.net/2026/02/28/parking_wording2.jpg)
(https://i.allthepics.net/2026/02/28/parking_wording.jpeg)
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If you have a tenancy agreement with rights to a parking space which do not also require display of a “permit”, then a third party such as UKPC can not impose terms on you without your agreement.
Search the forum, and you will find similar cases such as https://www.ftla.uk/private-parking-tickets/england-parking-ticket-for-parking-in-my-own-designated-parking-spot/.
Also, they are not “fines”.
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I'm already contesting a parking fine (link to fine (https://www.ftla.uk/private-parking-tickets/pcn-hemel-hempstead-uk-pc/)). Now I have received 2 more PCNs from UKPC for the same location (KD Tower car park).
The vehicle was parked in the same allocated resident bay over consecutive days. This bay is included within a tenancy agreement (i.e. paid for as part of rent), but during this period the permit was not displayed. This was an oversight while awaiting a replacement pass as it was lost. The vehicle remained there for approx. 5 days. It is possible that further PCNs (beyond these two) may be issued for the same continuous period.
UKPC have issued separate PCNs for each day the vehicle remained parked. I’m trying to understand whether this is enforceable, or whether this should be treated as a single continuous contravention. The signage on site states “No unauthorised parking” and "Terms of parking apply at all times", but I cannot see any clear wording that: A charge applies per day, or each 24-hour period constitutes a separate breach?
Should I challenge each PCN individually or reference them together - acknowledging potentially more? I need help on strategy, response please.
3 Parking fines is a joke but noted the NtK for the PCN appears non-compliant with PoFA (no “period of parking”).
(https://i.allthepics.net/2026/02/28/Fine1_P1.jpg)
(https://i.allthepics.net/2026/02/28/Fine1_P2.jpg)
(https://i.allthepics.net/2026/02/28/Fine2_P1121a49cec0ee24e1.jpg)
(https://i.allthepics.net/2026/02/28/Fine2_P2.jpg)