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Live cases legal advice => Private parking tickets => Topic started by: RDLMSD on May 13, 2026, 10:11:16 pm

Title: Re: VHK SOUTHALL - PCN issued - never parked as no parking got gridlocked - Parking
Post by: Sander333 on May 13, 2026, 10:54:49 pm

You appeal as the registered keeper do not give any indication as to who was the driver. These are not uncommon issues in car parks and parking companies have differing views on how to deal for e.g SWMBO had one by premier park and it went to POPLA case won. One was dealt with by NCP and they withdrew it at the first appeal.

See where the dice is rolled with the parking company stressing no parking took place they may have received a number of appeals in this instance.

Title: VHK SOUTHALL - PCN issued - never parked as no parking got gridlocked - Parking
Post by: RDLMSD on May 13, 2026, 10:11:16 pm

I entered the site on 26th April purely to look for a parking space of which there was none. However, due to severe congestion and the layout of the car park, I was unable to exit promptly. The area had effectively become gridlocked, with vehicles obstructing movement in multiple directions. There appeared to be no clear one-way system or traffic management in place, which contributed significantly to the blockage and confusion.

At one stage, I had vehicles both in front of and behind me, preventing any possibility of movement or exit. At no point did I intentionally park the vehicle or leave it unattended. The delay was entirely the result of the traffic situation within the car park, which was completely outside of my control.

I entered the site at 14:33:42 and left the car park at 14:44:03 so a total of 10 minutes and 21 seconds.

Any delay was caused solely by the inability to move freely within the car park itself.

 I've appealed to landowner who has said they lease it to Parking Eye and can't (likely don't want to) do anything.

I've not appealed yet as the Parking Eye online appeals process asks for a name and whether I'm the driver, registered keeper or other.

The date of the pcn issued is 1st May 2026 but this did not arrive until 9th May.

Below are images of the PCN, an image of the parking terms on site which i found online and screenshot of the online appeals process.

https://ibb.co/TMCNW95M

https://ibb.co/4w4tXmyP

https://ibb.co/wZMyrTqz

https://ibb.co/NgQTShCp

https://ibb.co/MDjbkKTB

https://ibb.co/PzcnByjy

https://ibb.co/vxL6R9Mg

Please advise. Ive seen the template on this forum and wish to know how to use that on online appeals process or is it worth adding the gridlocked nature of my predicament on the day. I have no dashcam footage