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Live cases legal advice => Civil penalty charge notices (Councils, TFL and so on) => Topic started by: LunarMango on January 17, 2026, 12:42:57 pm
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Hi @LunarMango, it is entirely illegal for Oxford City Council to enforce at all and I'm more than happy to help you fight this, however this will likely require a trip to the magistrates' court, but you won't be alone. The last time we dealt with something like this, this was the result:
https://www.greatyarmouthmercury.co.uk/news/24411882.police-falsely-accuse-man-illegal-parking-yarmouth/
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1rrx1170qyo
For very much the same reasons why Norfolk constabulary can't enforce parking under the criminal law, Oxford City Council cannot issue ECNs either, they just ignore the law because so far nobody has held them accountable for their illegal behaviour.
Please contact me directly at ivanleo@gmail.com if you'd like to pursue this.
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OK so this is by the site admin so I've tagged him. @cp8759
https://www.ftla.uk/announcements/excess-charge-notices-guidance-for-those-giving-advice
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Oxford City is one of the few that still issues excess charges notices and I didn't know they had driver liability.
The driver should have got the windscreen notice as per the pictures which would have had a discount offer.
What happened. The contravention:
(https://i.ibb.co/Lhsv5G4N/Screenshot-2026-01-17-at-17-01-11.png)
(https://i.ibb.co/FccPf0v/ox3.jpg)
(https://i.ibb.co/JjVz66hf/ox2.jpg)
(https://i.ibb.co/mrY9zbQ1/ox1.jpg)
Thank you - that's helpful. There was nothing on the windscreen when the driver came back to the car. Is there any scope to challenge due to this? As the potential to pay a discounted fine has been lost. Or whether there are cameras to show that it wasn't there.
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Oxford City is one of the few that still issues excess charges notices and I didn't know they had driver liability.
The driver should have got the windscreen notice as per the pictures which would have had a discount offer.
What happened. The contravention:
(https://i.ibb.co/Lhsv5G4N/Screenshot-2026-01-17-at-17-01-11.png)
(https://i.ibb.co/FccPf0v/ox3.jpg)
(https://i.ibb.co/JjVz66hf/ox2.jpg)
(https://i.ibb.co/mrY9zbQ1/ox1.jpg)
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It's just a department of the council (note the gov.uk email address).
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Hello,
I'd appreciate any help/guidance. I've only ever had a yellow PCN before so wanted to check this was legit and that they did everything correctly when sending this letter. I'm not very savvy but it seemed odd to me, didn't say what was done wrong, times etc, it's come from Oxford Direct Services but I'm pretty sure it's a council run car park.. Also it states it's an 'Excess Parking Notice' but when looking online, only results about Oxford come up so are they using a term that they shouldn't be to confuse people?
Photo of letter:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1J3UxNtMjUKNd3gWz0mZR9D9w7hO9Lkah/view?usp=sharing