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Private parking fines to be capped at £50

Published 07 February 2022
By David Mullen
The majority of private fines are to be capped at £50 in England, Scotland and Wales under a new parking code of practice.
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Should parking fines be payable in instalments?

Drivers who have been handed parking tickets should be able to pay their fines in "affordable instalments", according to a debt advice charity.
Published 18 September 2019
Millions of addresses sold to cowboy parking firms

Millions of addresses sold to cowboy parking firms

Drivers will be hit by a record six million penalties by private parking companies this year, up by more than a quarter in 12 months, fuelling de
Published 06 February 2018
Reader Letters: Roadster heaven, weaving motorbikes, used car mileage, parking tickets and Flummox FM

Reader Letters: Roadster heaven and Flummox FM

The car that beats the Mazda MX-5 and Fiat 124 Spider, the dangers of filtering, how used cars are like dating apps, a parking problem...
Published 13 December 2016
My parking ticket lists the wrong car — is it still enforceable?

My parking ticket lists the wrong car — is it still...

My parking ticket (issued on private land when I thought it was free to park) lists the wrong model and number. The car is on film. Is the ticket...
Published 28 June 2016
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Fraud bureau opens file on parking firm’s ticket...

A parking company whose wardens doctored photographic evidence in order to issue tickets has begun refunding motorists who were wrongly charged
Published 21 September 2015
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Parking wardens doctored photos to ticket innocent...

Rogue parking wardens have been caught doctoring photographic evidence so they could issue innocent motorists with £100 tickets.
Published 07 September 2015
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News: Donors fund Supreme Court parking ticket challenge

Hundreds of motorists have crowdfunded a legal challenge to private parking firms
Published 05 May 2015
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My car was towed while my residents' parking permit...

Q. This year I renewed my residents’ parking permit online, calling to confirm the payment had been received. A week later the permit had still...
Published 18 January 2015
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News: Ladyland blogger creates traffic warden Hallowe'en...

This Hallowe'en forget zombie, werewolf and ghost costumes for your children. If you want to give people a proper scare while trick-or-treating, knock...
Published 30 October 2014
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Is parking ticket valid if the numberplate was recorded...

Q. When issuing me with a parking ticket, the enforcement officer wrote out the number of my registration plate incorrectly — the two numbers in...
Published 14 October 2014
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News: Vicar turns tables on wardens as she snaps their...

A vicar who claims that traffic wardens are preying on her congregation has photographed them parked on double yellow lines, reports The Times.
Published 06 May 2014
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How do I appeal a parking ticket?

Motorists receive more than 8m parking tickets each year from councils and more from private operators, running supermarket car parks or motorways...
Published 28 March 2014