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Private parking tickets / Euro Car Parks PCN - exceeded 10 minute stay after 22:00 but am paying customer
« on: Yesterday at 07:10:26 am »
Uploading on behalf of a friend.

Looking for advice on a Euro Car Parks PCN.

I received a parking charge after visiting a retail park petrol station late at night. I was a genuine paying customer at the petrol station and have a receipt showing I bought items from the shop.

My understanding is that the site normally allows a much longer stay, but at night there is apparently a 10-minute limit. The petrol station was open and trading, so I feel 10 minutes is unreasonable for a customer to enter, park, browse, queue, pay, and leave safely.

One of my main concerns is that the signage was not illuminated and I couldn’t read the terms in the dark. The 10-minute restriction seems to be a significant term, but I don’t think it was clearly visible at night.

Do these sound like valid grounds for appeal, and is there anything else I should include? Has anyone had success challenging a PCN in similar circumstances?

To clarify, they bought fuel and cigarettes from the petrol station then parked in the car park for the supermarkets - not the petrol station.

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Civil penalty charge notices (Councils, TFL and so on) / Re: Received PCN today - I did pay for parking, but on the wrong car
« on: June 12, 2025, 07:18:46 pm »
Quote from: stamfordman on June 11, 2025, 11:11:04 pm
There's no need to hide any details on a wndcreen PCN.

Assuming you don't want us to see the council's pics or location which may possibly give some other info I would make a polite ask for discretion for a first time honest mistake that has no loss to the council, enclosing the receipt.

You can also point out that the parking charge was paid, whereas the PCN says it wasn't.

Thank you - I will make an appeal on this basis. Do you think it might also be worth saying that it was a major keying error, as someone told me elsewhere?

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Civil penalty charge notices (Councils, TFL and so on) / Re: Received PCN today - I did pay for parking, but on the wrong car
« on: June 11, 2025, 10:31:09 pm »
Quote from: stamfordman on June 11, 2025, 10:04:02 pm
Post the PCN.

Hi,

I have updated the details in the post now. Thanks for letting me know.

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Civil penalty charge notices (Councils, TFL and so on) / Received PCN today - I did pay for parking, but on the wrong car
« on: June 11, 2025, 09:17:36 pm »
Received a PCN today 11/06/2025 - as stated above, I paid for parking and have receipts to prove, however, I paid under the wrong reg as I recently changed car.

I paid via an app (PayByPhone) in Leeds. As soon as I typed in the streetcode, I paid using my saved details, I was unaware that I had done so with my old vehicle. I forgot to change the reg to my new one.

What are my options?

I will copy what the PCN says on the front as it will be easier than redacting personal details. I have attached a copy of the reverse.

The PCN reads:

Civil enforcement officer had reason to believe that the following contravention had occurred and that a Penalty Charge is now payable. 11 parked without payment of the parking charge.

A penalty charge of £50 is now payable and must be paid not later than the last day of the period of 28 days beginning with the date on which this PCN was served.

The penalty charge will be reduced by a discount of £25.00 if it is paid not later than the last day of the period of 14 days beginning with the date on which this PCN was served.

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