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Live cases legal advice => Private parking tickets => Topic started by: Jimmy5jumpers on March 03, 2025, 10:14:04 am

Title: Re: Parking Charge Notice
Post by: Jimmy5jumpers on March 03, 2025, 10:48:05 am

thanks for the quick replies!

The parking charge was addressed to my daughter as it is her car I was driving as my mother cant get into my car
I had a response from PALS, stating as the car park isnt managed by the hospital they do not have access to cancel a PCN and I would need to contact the issuer of the ticket

Title: Re: Parking Charge Notice
Post by: b789 on March 03, 2025, 10:40:27 am

No one’s credit rating can be affected, even if it does go to court (unlikely). Even if it did and you lost and a CCJ was made against you, it would still not affect your credit rating as long as it was paid in full within 30 days of judgment.

Nothing we advise on here will make anyone get a CCJ.

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A County Court Judgment (CCJ) does not just happen—it follows a clear legal process. If someone gets a Parking Charge Notice (PCN) from a private parking company, here's what happens step by step:

1. Parking Charge Notice (PCN) Issued

• The parking company sends a letter (Notice to Keeper) demanding money.

• This is not a fine—it’s an invoice for an alleged breach of contract.

2. Opportunity to Appeal

• The recipient can appeal to the parking company.

•If rejected, they may be able to appeal to POPLA (if BPA member) or IAS (if IPC member).

• If an appeal is lost or ignored, the parking company demands payment.

3. Debt Collection Letters

• The parking company might send scary letters or pass the case to a debt collector.

• Debt collectors have no power—they just send letters and can be ignored.

• No CCJ happens at this stage.

4. Letter Before Claim (LBC)

• If ignored for long enough, the parking company (or their solicitor) sends a Letter Before Claim (LBC).

• This is a warning that they may start a court case.

• The recipient has 30 days to reply before a claim is filed.

• No CCJ happens at this stage.

5. County Court Claim Issued

• If ignored or unpaid, the parking company may file a claim with the County Court.

• The court sends a Claim Form with details of the claim and how to respond.

• The recipient has 14 days to respond (or 28 days if they acknowledge it).

• No CCJ happens at this stage.

6. Court Process

• If the recipient defends the claim, a judge decides if they owe money.

• If the recipient ignores the claim, the parking company wins by default.

• No CCJ happens yet unless the recipient loses and ignores the court.

7. Judgment & Payment

• If the court rules that money is owed, the recipient has 30 days to pay in full.

• If they pay within 30 days, no CCJ goes on their credit file.

• If they don’t pay within 30 days, the CCJ stays on their credit file for 6 years.

Conclusion

CCJs do not appear out of thin air. They only happen if:

• A parking company takes the case to court.

• The person loses or ignores the case.

• The person fails to pay within 30 days.

If you engage with the process (appeal, defend, or pay on time), no CCJ happens.

Title: Re: Parking Charge Notice
Post by: DWMB2 on March 03, 2025, 10:16:48 am

Welcome to FTLA.

To help us provide the best advice, please read the following thread carefully and provide as much of the information it asks for as you are able to: READ THIS FIRST - Private Parking Charges Forum guide (https://www.ftla.uk/private-parking-tickets/read-this-first-private-parking-charges-forum-guide/)

You say that you received a parking charge but that it was your daughter's car. To whom is the parking charge addressed?

Before we get onto any appeals, your first port of call should be to speak to the PALS team at the hospital concerned.

Title: Parking Charge Notice
Post by: Jimmy5jumpers on March 03, 2025, 10:14:04 am

Hi, first time posting here.
I received a parking charge notice from Car Parking Partnership (Parking Eye Limited)
I dropped my mother off to an imprtant hospital appointment, parked in a disabled bay, placed the blue badges clearly on display
Reading the Gov website advice, it reads
"A disabled person is a holder of a valid Blue Badge attending hospital as a patient or visitor. Disabled patients and visitors receive free parking for the duration of their attendance at, or visit to, the hospital"

If I refuse to pay this notice, will the company take me to court? (I was in my daughters car as my mother cant get in mine, so dont want my daughters credit rating impacted)