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UKPC fine - Parked in a permit area without displaying a permit.
By: afroditi Date: March 10, 2026, 9:06 am
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Hello,
A parking fine was issued by UKPC on the grounds of having
parked in a residential permit area without displaying a permit
While there are designated car spaces behind the building
clearly indicating that they are "for residents only" and
therefore imply the restriction - there are no signs whatsoever
on the other side which is part of the road accessing the area.
The driver looked before leaving the vehicle and made sure there
was no sign on that side of the road (the entire side, not just
that spot).
The vehicle was parked at the side of the road and NOT at a
designated resident parking space - please see attachment
showing the position.
Adding to it that it was a Sunday after 6pm where no parking
restrictions are in place even in most of London's councils, let
alone a road with zero signage on its side.
Nobody wants to risk a ticket on a Sunday when parking is free
everywhere - this is clearly a case where there was lack of
signs indicating that the side of the road is part of the
private land and it was not just the resident parking bays.
HTML https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1xNIp4-IbEX-yOaH-AQCCa5s6facVnBng?usp=drive_link
In the Google folder link:
- pictures of the fine received by letter
- images from Google Maps showing location and signage
- images from the online UKPC platform showing the evidence they
attached to the ticket
Unfortunately the wording on the sign cannot be read, neither in
their picture provided as evidence, nor from Google Maps.
I would think this has strong grounds for appeal but I would
welcome your advice and feedback from any previous experience
with UKPC fines and how enforceable they are.
Thank you very much.
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Re: UKPC fine - Parked in a permit area without displaying a per
mit.
By: DWMB2 Date: March 10, 2026, 9:12 am
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You need to change the access permissions on the Google Drive
folder so that we can view them without requesting access.
In the meantime, if you look around on this forum you'll see
that UKPC are one of the most active parking companies in the
UK. It's usually a drawn out process, but they can usually be
beaten.
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Re: UKPC fine - Parked in a permit area without displaying a per
mit.
By: afroditi Date: March 10, 2026, 9:18 am
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Thank you for the response and apologies for the permissions,
you should be able to see the pictures now.
I did read around a bit before creating this, I read mixed
comments, some people saying don't pay them it doesn't matter,
some others approaching this as an enforceable fine.
They can be beaten by going to POPLA or they are easier to
accept the appeals because they make usual mistakes like in this
case with signage?
#Post#: 112702--------------------------------------------------
Re: UKPC fine - Parked in a permit area without displaying a per
mit.
By: InterCity125 Date: March 10, 2026, 9:31 am
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The NtK is not PoFA compliant - this won't cut any ice with the
parking operator.
The signage is highly questionable - especially the entrance
signage which demonstrably insufficient.
#Post#: 112708--------------------------------------------------
Re: UKPC fine - Parked in a permit area without displaying a per
mit.
By: afroditi Date: March 10, 2026, 9:50 am
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Thank you for your comment.
You say it's not compliant because it fails to explicitly
mention the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012?
I googled the compliance rules and spotted that this one is
missing.
Please let me know if you noticed something else.
It might not cut any ice with them but hopefully it will do if I
end up appealing with POPLA.
What I do want to question though is the note that "if you
choose to appeal with POPLA, the charge will automatically
increase to the higher rate". Is that even legal? It sounds like
an indirect threat to discourage people from appealing tickets??
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Re: UKPC fine - Parked in a permit area without displaying a per
mit.
By: DWMB2 Date: March 10, 2026, 10:31 am
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[quote author=afroditi link=topic=10185.msg112708#msg112708
date=1773154200]
"if you choose to appeal with POPLA, the charge will
automatically increase to the higher rate". Is that even legal?
It sounds like an indirect threat to discourage people from
appealing tickets??
[/quote]
Yes. The charge is £100. The 'discount' is offered essentially
for those who feel that they owe the money and don't want to
challenge it. In theory, it prevents people submitting frivolous
appeals simply to be a pain, which they could do risk-free if
there was no discount. It's a similar set up with penalty
charges issued by councils, where the 'discount' is lost when
you appeal to the tribunal, and indeed criminal motoring
offences, where costs increase if you plead not guilty and go to
court vs accepting a speed awareness course for example.
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Re: UKPC fine - Parked in a permit area without displaying a per
mit.
By: afroditi Date: March 10, 2026, 10:58 am
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Thank you all for your responses.
I will appeal this tomorrow on the grounds of insufficient signs
- not sure if I should add anything about non compliance.
If anybody has any advice or template wording with any helpful
legal references, I would be most grateful to be pointed to them
so I can make it stronger and minimise the chances of rejection.
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Re: UKPC fine - Parked in a permit area without displaying a per
mit.
By: InterCity125 Date: March 10, 2026, 11:57 am
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Yes, use the signage issue with the operator appeal.
We can sex up the appeal for POPLA stage.
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