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Live cases legal advice => Private parking tickets => Topic started by: Tree87 on June 10, 2026, 01:22:47 am
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I just paid it. Figuring out some kind of third party online photo upload service just to get advice here is not something I have time or energy for.
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https://www.ftla.uk/private-parking-tickets/read-this-first-private-parking-charges-forum-guide/
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Yes, because I wasn't aware of any advice not to.
I have edited my photos of the PCN and appeal outcome to redact my details, but can't find any way of uploading photos to this site.
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Please post up the PCN.
You keep saying "I" said this and "I" did that - can we assume that the driver has therefore been revealed to the parking operator?
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Private car park at a university (I was attending an event there), I tried to pay via app but the app said the location code wasn't recognised. The app also couldn't tell me any parking in the area. So I couldn't pay. I tried to go to the Help section in the app but it didn't work.
I have screenshots of all the above, at the time of parking. I submitted an appeal including all this. The appeal was rejected, on the basis that I did park, and didn't pay - I didn't claim otherwise! My appeal was on the basis that I tried to pay and couldn't. (I wasn't registered to pay by text. I didn't pay by phone as already in audience for event by the time I'd exhausted all the app options.)
Do I just pay the £35, or should I appeal further? It says I can appeal to POPLA but doing so means I will have to pay £70 if unsuccessful. Which is awful - it's just to put people off appealing!
As a way of explanation: I checked the location code on the parking app again and same issue, but no issue on partner's phone. I updated my app and it then worked. So, my bad for not having an up to date app? Or their bad for not mandating an update for a seemingly non-functioning app?