Do you have to pay for private parking?
Do you have to pay for private parking?
Landowners such as shopping centres and supermarkets often sub- contract their parking facilities to private parking companies, who can charge for parking. If you use a private parking place you need to follow the rules of the car park and if you have broken the rules you should pay the charge.
How many people are charged for parking on private land?
Around 1.8 million parking charge notices are issued to motorists who have been deemed to be parked illegally on private land. But when it comes to fighting such charges, he is in the minority. Only 13,415 go through the official appeal procedures.
Who is liable for a private parking ticket in the UK?
With private parking tickets in England and Wales it’s the owner of the car, not the driver, who’s liable. Therefore parking companies will often send a ‘Notice to Keeper’ ( a formal parking charge notice) to the registered owner of the car.
What do you need to know about Parking Charge Notices?
What is a Parking Charge Notice? Parking Charge Notices are the result of a parking infringement on private land or in a car park which is operated by private organisations on behalf of the landowner, and are not enforced by the local highways authority or the police.
Landowners such as shopping centres and supermarkets often sub- contract their parking facilities to private parking companies, who can charge for parking. If you use a private parking place you need to follow the rules of the car park and if you have broken the rules you should pay the charge.
With private parking tickets in England and Wales it’s the owner of the car, not the driver, who’s liable. Therefore parking companies will often send a ‘Notice to Keeper’ ( a formal parking charge notice) to the registered owner of the car.
What’s the difference between a parking ticket and a penalty charge?
Official council parking fines are called ‘Penalty Charge Notices’, yet private parking tickets from supermarkets, hospitals and others do better impressions of these than Alistair McGowan. Look at the ‘Parking Charge Notice’ in the pic on the right to see how similar they can be.
What is a Parking Charge Notice? Parking Charge Notices are the result of a parking infringement on private land or in a car park which is operated by private organisations on behalf of the landowner, and are not enforced by the local highways authority or the police.
What to do if you get parking ticket on private land?
Call the police if your car’s clamped in a car park where no by-law is displayed. If heavy-handed ticketers start demanding money on the spot or threatening you to pay in cash, drive away or call the police. Any bona fide parking control company will allow payment by post or credit card after the event.
How to appeal a private car parking ticket?
How to Appeal a Private Parking Ticket 1 Write to the company 2 Make your case 3 Take pictures of the unclear (or non-existent) signs and road markings 4 Dispute the fine 5 Claim that it’s excessive 6 Perhaps include a cheque covering the price of parking, as a peace offering.
What does a parking fine look like from a private company?
But some private parking companies can make their parking charges look very similar to official penalty charge notices. When the police or local authority issue a fine, it will often be labelled as a PCN, a Penalty Charge Notice, and it may come in an official yellow cellophane wrapper.
Call the police if your car’s clamped in a car park where no by-law is displayed. If heavy-handed ticketers start demanding money on the spot or threatening you to pay in cash, drive away or call the police. Any bona fide parking control company will allow payment by post or credit card after the event.
Can a blue badge be used in a private car park?
For council-owned car parks and public roads, the blue badge scheme is run to enable holders to show that they have certain parking rights. However, the blue badge scheme does not apply on private land. Often private car parks have signs demanding drivers display a blue badge when using the disabled parking bays, or risk getting a parking ticket.
Is the car park on council land or private land?
Parking bays and car parks in town or city centres are likely to be council owned and therefore on public land. However, to be sure, read the signs before parking.