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Hi everyone.

I live in an apartment block with limited parking, as such a lot of the residents park on the road outside of our apartment (20-30 cars are parked there day and night)

On this road there are "no parking" signs on one side of the road, along with double red lines. On the other side, there are no yellow or red lines, and no "no parking" signs.

People have been parking here since the apartments were build, I believe around 7 years ago. As of yesterday, many of us received one ore more "parking charge notices" from Parkingeye out of the blue, apparently there were ANPR cameras there all along but they haven't been switched on until last week.

My car was parked on the side of the road with no lines, I've received the one "parking charge notice" so far. I haven't responded to them yet. Letter is attached, it states that I was there for 17 hours and that I was parking without authorisation on a private road.


I won't be parking on this road anymore, but I would like to appeal the charge.


Is the fact that there are no double yellow/red lines on the road something I can use in an appeal?

There are double red lines on both sides, but it starts much further up the road (see photo labelled 4)

The signs are also confusing as it's not clear where the "service road" begins and ends (at the beginning of this road is the main entrance to a huge retail park). There are actually two different signs, and the one at the start of the road has different wording and mentions not parking where there are yellow lines (see photo labelled 3)

I also don't believe the photos in the letter show the car parked, it just shows it driving in down the road one way on the 4th Aug, then driving the other way on the 5th of Aug.


Here is the road in question: https://goo.gl/maps/GrJCgUTnEiE8h8nu9

I was parked on the left side (where you can see all the parked cars). Note that they have added double red lines on the right hand side of the road since google street view was last updated.

Here are images of the road, a map, and the letter:

https://ibb.co/znR41wk
https://ibb.co/H2M25st
https://ibb.co/1n45r2h
https://ibb.co/kqsgqqt
https://ibb.co/jVGLt14
https://ibb.co/Zzx8T6D
https://ibb.co/xSNMpW5
https://ibb.co/zfF1Xb3
https://ibb.co/C2cp9w1
https://ibb.co/B3rJ5DN
https://ibb.co/YB978kc

If anyone can please help me with the correct wording of appealing this I would be really grateful. There are at least 10 other apartment residents in the same position as me so I'll be helping to appeal theirs as well.
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Re: Signs on one side of the road only and no yellow lines, Imperial Park Bristol - Parkingeye
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Lines on unadopted (private) roads have no meaning in law.
ANPR only records when the vehicle arrived and left, not where it parked beyond the placement of the cameras.

Private parking "penalties" are generally issued as liquidated damages for breach of a contract, where one party communicates an offer of something of value (such as a limited right to park) in exchange for a promise from the driver to provide something of value.

I am struggling to find any offer being communicated in the sign stating "No parking".
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Hi Andy thank you for your reply.

Apart from the bit about the lines, I don't really understand a lot of what you've just said to be honest (this is all a whole new world for me)

What would be your next steps if you were in my shoes?
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Andy can probably explain better than me but I'll give it a go... The way private parking charges work is that they are essentially contracts - the signs contain the terms and conditions of the contract, and the driver accepts the terms and enters the contract by performance (i.e. By parking).

A key component of a contract is an 'offer'. For example, in a pay and display car park, the 'offer' might be that you can park for 2 hours, in exchange for purchasing a ticket for £5, or if you do not purchase a ticket, the charge is £100.

In the above example there's a clear offer there, an offer of parking, in exchange for money. Both parties are providing something of value (either parking, or money).

In your case, the sign just says 'No Parking'. What are ParkingEye offering you? Nothing, all the sign does is prohibit. It doesn't offer parking on certain terms.

So your argument here would be that no contract was offered, and as no contract exists, no money is owed. So that you're going into this with your eyes open, this isn't an argument ParkingEye will agree with, and POPLA tend not to either, so you may have to argue it in court.
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