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They HC, I was not there at that time (13:34). I arrived at 12 and left just before 1pm which is why I paid £1 for parking. The ticket machine (pay on exit) did not have paper for receipts but I paid by contactless card and the entry is clearly marked on my bank statement for that day in question. If I had stayed until 13:34 as they claim, my fee would have been £2 or so £1 is for stays up to 1 hour. The time is therefore wrong, or falsified at best. What are your thoughts? If I was to tell them to provide me with photographs that have exact time stamps they would not be able to provide this legitimately.

So just to clarify, would the pcn need to have been issued the day after the event (and not on the event) at the earliest as d789 explained? They were only ever able to issue a notice to the keeper because they sent the pcn via post (so couldn’t be a notice to the driver). Please correct me if I am wrong

Thanks a lot! I am writing the letter now as we speak. I will update as soon as I have received a response.

wow, I am so impressed by your knowledge b789! So that basically means there is no way they issue date can be the same as the date of the event in cases where the notice was sent via post to the keeper - is that my correct understanding? In terms of GDPR, is the potential breach based on the fact that they are meant to only access your data on the day they issue the ticket (and not before) so in this case that cannot be the 28th of March as they claim? Sorry if I am asking silly question but I really want to understand the legal basis.
Btw, my appeal rejection was received about a week ago, so I am still in time to submit a POPLA case but I wanted to hear from this group first as to what the next best course of action would be.
I am not sure if I mentioned it before but even the timing of the event stated is false because my appointment was at 12:00 and we were done within less than an hour, therefore by 13:34 we were not on site anymore.

The notice was sent out by post and I received it in the mail on the 7th of April. The date of event was indeed the 28th of March. It definitely was not issued on the day. Please explain how this would help in fighting these b@stards?
I also attach the pcictures that they uploaded onto their portal as evidence.

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any update??? did your case progress to a hearing?

Hi all! I took my young daughter to an out patient appointment to Lincoln County Hospital and we received a PCN saying we "did not park within a bay". The bay we parked in had faded lines on the left and a solid line to the right. My car is a 4x4 and hence bigger than a standard car, I also have 2 children who need enough space to come out of the car in order not to damage the next car when opening the door. One of my daughters has a medical condition in one of her foot meaning she can find it difficult to manoever her foot so she needs even more room to come out of the car. Moreover, I have a chronic back condition (osteoarthritis) meaning I myself need sufficient space to come out safely. I parked in good faith don't believe this is a fair parking charge. I appealed and complained to PALS and they said: "Thank you for the additional information – I have liaised with my colleagues in the facilities team who have confirmed that you would need to appeal due the car being parked outside the lines. I am sorry but we would be unable to help further." After pressurising them further, they wrote the following: "PALS are not able to support any parking fines- we are advised to ask the motorist to appeal. I would suggest waiting to hear from the appeals team first – as this may be cancelled. If you do wish to raise this further – although the information may be the same the complaints team email xxx.

One discrepancy that I also noticed on the ticket is that it stated the event time as 13:34 meanwhile I was no longer at the hospital at that time because I paid for only 1 hour of parking (pay on exit) meaning I would have left at 1pm.
Parkingeye have rejected my appeal without addressing any of my points (they just sent a generic response letter).I have gone back to the hospital and complained saying that they the fact they do not provide bigger bays for people with mobility issues or small children put this group at disadvantage by being more likely to receive fines - this is discriminatory. The hospital complaint team insist that I must now appeal with POPLA and though they admitted that they will conduct an assessment to see the impact of not having child and parent bays on patients, they are still unwilling to cancel the charge saying that by not having parked in a bay I deprived others from parking space. This is not true as from their pictures, only my right tyre was slightly out of the bay not the entire car and there was enough space for another car to park next to me.
Shall I just give up and pay or is it worth fighting?

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