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Driver parked the car in the ASDA parking lot slightly beyond the bay line on one side due to a larger vehicle/obstruction next to it. The enforcement picture does not show the full picture due to the angle it was taken. The driver unfortunately has no phone footage to show this obstruction. I am surprised this is an issue they invested time and effort to send a PCN about. The parking bays here are so narrow, I am sure this issue has happened several times before.

Anything that can be done here would be greatly appreciated.

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Sorry, is that a real suggestion? Just asking. I would have thought the CEO of ASDA wouldn’t bother with such things

Thanks, I have appealed separately to ParkingEye and they have come back with a big no. They did not provide proof of obstructive parking nor did they respond to to do difficulty regarding larger vehicle parked badly.

By the way, I have also written to ASDA CEO, and customer support, on June 15th, but they haven't responded.

Should I take it forward to POPLA?

Appeal outcome -

This was what I said -

I am appealing this Parking Charge Notice.

On the date in question I was a genuine customer of ASDA and can provide evidence of my purchase by way of a bank card transaction made during my visit.

The allegation is that my vehicle was not parked within the marked bay. However, the position of a neighbouring vehicle significantly affected the available parking space at the time. I parked as reasonably and carefully as possible in the circumstances presented to me.

The photographs supplied with the Parking Charge Notice do not show the full context of the parking situation and do not include the neighbouring vehicle whose positioning materially affected the available space. As a result, the images do not provide a complete or fair representation of the circumstances at the time.

I respectfully request that this Parking Charge Notice be cancelled.

Should you reject this appeal, please provide:

All photographs taken of my vehicle and the surrounding bays.
Copies of the site photographs showing the signage relied upon.
Evidence that the signage was present, visible and capable of forming a contract on the date in question.
A copy of the contract or authority permitting ParkingEye to issue and enforce parking charges at this site.

I look forward to your response.

Yours faithfully,

I don’t think I did. Sorry that sounds odd, but although the text above says so, that is not the same one I used in the appeal. I can’t seem to find the actual text I used. The ParkingEye website now has reopened the case as if I am appealing for the first time, so I can’t see any of the previous document already submitted

The only thing I have to say is that the enforcement evidence only show a certain snapshot of time when the enforcement officer visited the scene. It does not show the situation when the car was initially parked and what circumstances made it difficult to park within the bay. The larger vehicle in question is not shown in any picture by ParkingEye making it look like my car was at fault. I don’t think this is correct. Vehicles move and change positions constantly and the original offending vehicle which forced my car to park badly is not there when the picture was taken. Whether that defence will hold is a completely different question and the one I am keen to know.