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Should I appeal my Parking charge uk
DIR By: Chris F
Date: March 2, 2026, 11:18 am
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I recently entered a car park belonging to Napier parking in
Shrewsbury. Parked then went to read the notices re charges etc.
When I realised the charge was a fixed charge £6 for the whole
day I got back in my car back in my car and quickly searched on
my phone for a nearby car park which I could pay by the hour as
I was only visiting the town centre for an hour. A week later I
received a notice of a parking charge for £100. The letter
detailed I had stayed in the car park for 8 minutes. I wrote
to Napier Parking appealing against the charge, saying it seemed
unfair as I had not stayed very long and asked was there not a
grace period to cover these circumstances. They replied to say
my appeal had failed, since I had exceeded their 'consideration
period' This period was not given or displayed on the parking
notices. I researched that parking in the Britain is governed
by by the British Parking Association (BPA) and that parking
companies are bound to offer at least 5 minutes consideration
period and that they also have to offer a grace period of 10
minutes which seems to refer more to people who were late in
getting back to the car park following their time period.
Is it worth my taking my appeal to the next stage (Independent
Appeals Service)? I believe I might have a case in that they
have failed to display the information about their
'consideration period'. I understand the law of consumer
contract says that consumers need to know all the required
information in order to make the contract.
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Re: Should I appeal my Parking charge uk
DIR By: Brenda_R2
Date: March 2, 2026, 11:21 am
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READ THIS
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Re: Should I appeal my Parking charge uk
DIR By: ixxy
Date: March 2, 2026, 12:46 pm
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Simply put no.
Consideration period is part of the combined code of practice
for both BPA and IPC members. There is no requirement to display
the consideration period on the signage as by definition it isnt
part of the contract. You are right, the grace period only
applies to parking in line with the terms and conditions on the
signage so not applicable in your case.
As for appealing to IAS, even with strong grounds for appeal
they rarely side with the motorist. There may be better grounds
to appeal but we need to see both sides of the PCN.
I'm assuming from your post you identified yourself as the
driver?
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Re: Should I appeal my Parking charge uk
DIR By: Chris F
Date: March 2, 2026, 2:48 pm
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Just struggling to copy and paste the PCN here. How do I attach
a pdf letter?
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Re: Should I appeal my Parking charge uk
DIR By: ixxy
Date: March 2, 2026, 3:11 pm
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Re: Should I appeal my Parking charge uk
DIR By: Chris F
Date: March 2, 2026, 3:18 pm
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Re: Should I appeal my Parking charge uk
DIR By: DWMB2
Date: March 2, 2026, 3:21 pm
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You might wish to upload a copy that doesn't have your full name
and home address visible, unless you are happy for these to be
publicly available on the internet.
Ideally use an image, but if a PDF, host on DropBox or a similar
site and provide a URL.
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