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Live cases legal advice => Private parking tickets => Topic started by: JLA on August 17, 2026, 03:52:49 pm
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Any point appealing this on the PoFA point alone?
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Apologies if not clear, the driver bought food from the drive thru, then parked up in car park as they were going through a rough time and just needed some time to chill for a bit and get themselves together. Due to time constraints I haven't been able to go to the car park yet to get photo's of signs and I can't find any when searching online, but will try to do that this weekend.
Would the PoFA point alone be strong enough for an appeal?
Thanks.
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The “drive thru” is open until 2am Saturday night/Sunday morning, but the PCN is for 02:52 onwards Sunday morning so even with these hours it doesn’t add up.
The original poster should be telling us this, as well as showing us the signs, rather than all this guesswork.
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The website shows that the KFC closes at 11pm so not much chance there.
The NtK fails to comply with PoFA Schedule 4 Paragraph 9(2)(b) - it never states the second part of the condition which is "that the parking charges have not been paid in full"
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The driver doesn't have proof of KFC visit as paid cash and no receipt! So, if it is a case of no parking at all when the car park is closed or during the hours they were parked there, am i right in thinking there aren't any points to appeal on? Not sure there's any chance KFC will try to get it cancelled if there's no receipt as proof of purchase there either!
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My guess is that the retail park is not open at 02:52 and the signs say something like “no parking outside 06:00-01:00, or no parking between 01:00 and 06:00.
Otherwise it appears to be free parking for up to 2 hours.
Only a guess but I recall other Parking Eye notices saying 0h0m when parking is “prohibited”.
A 10 minute “grace period” is added to legitimate parking periods to allow for time not spent parked, it’s only going to be in exceptional circumstances that this won’t be long enough.
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Hi entry and exit times do not constitute a period of parking. As it does not include searching for space queues etc. It will be of interest to see what the signs say in relation to 0hrs 0 mins on the rear of the PCN.
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Yes, KFC is in retail park, will have to check if driver has any proof they bought food and then speak to KFC. The notice does say time in car park 1hr 3mins (just above entry/exit times.
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Apologies I can see the rear as well. Is KFC part of the retail park. If so they can cancel if customer. Looking at the Back of the PCN it
seems that it may be issued as parking in out of hours policy.It is quite important to show the signs. There is no mention of period of parking only entry and exit times. Not POFA compliant.
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That is the front and back of the notice i've posted. I don't have any images of signs as there are none on the notice, Parkng Eye website or Google maps that i can see clearly, so i will have to go there to get pic's of signs, but i just thought i'd post on here to see if there was anything other than signage that was a possible appeal point first.
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You need to post back of PCN and also signs. When sufficient information comes in then you will have the advice required to appeal.
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Back again! Got this through post on Sat. The driver parked there in the early hours for an hour (said they had also been to KFC drive though there). I can't seem to find any images of the parking signs on Google or any images at all on the Parking Eye website. Do you think there's any chance of fighting this? Also, i'm confused by the wording on the back of the parking notice when it says 'a charge is applicable if the vehicle remains in the car park for longer than the 0 hours 0 minutes max stay time'.
Do you think there's anything to appeal with here? All advice appreciated.
Thanks.
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