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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 - we need to see all the PCN, and without the relevant details redacted

Why do you need documents

The 'READ THIS FIRST' thread that I linked to above explains what we need to see and why. We work on the basis of looking at the whole case and advising accordingly. You'd be surprised how often apparently trivial details provide a good avenue of defence.

I may not want to admiot publically that I have received this Parking Charge Notice!

You don't have to, seeking advice from this site is not mandatory. If you are concerned about sharing details that the public could use to identify you (e.g. name and address), then as per the 'READ THIS FIRST' guide, you can (and indeed should) redact these.

You have also redacted the following, which a member of the public could not use to identify you:

• The entire back page of the notice (the contents of which determines whether or not ParkingEye can hold you liable as the registered keeper of the vehicle)
• Date of event
• Date issued
• Time of entry
• Time of exit

Thanks.

The date of the parking event and date of issue are one of the things that can determine whether or not you are potentially liable as the registered keeper under Schedule 4 of the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012. In this case I can see that the parking event took place on 13th May, so they're within the relevant period.

Whilst you are wise to be cautious, I wouldn't worry about identifying yourself to ParkingEye for 2 reasons. Firstly, they already know who you are. Secondly, they issue roughly 2,000,000 parking charges every year (1 every 15 seconds or so) - they're unlikely to be trawling these forums to try and catch out the small few who come here for advice.

The signage you've shown us looks pretty shoddy and could form the basis of a defence. If you're able to, it would be sensible to get some more photos, showing the route the driver took to reach that parking area, and any signage on the way (or lack thereof!).

Outside of any appeal process, it's also always a good idea to speak to the PALS department at the hospital, to see if they will assist.

The signage you've shown us looks pretty shoddy and could form the basis of a defence. If you're able to, it would be sensible to get some more photos, showing the route the driver took to reach that parking area, and any signage on the way (or lack thereof!).

Outside of any appeal process, it's also always a good idea to speak to the PALS department at the hospital, to see if they will assist.

In this case PALS are not likely to help as was not visiting Goodmayes Hospital but walking around the sports field and associated woodland.