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MK Elder Gate Train Station PCN - Car park split into different
private owners, wrong one paid for.
DIR By: baseballcoffee96
Date: March 24, 2026, 7:15 am
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Hi, the driver parked at Milton Keynes Train Station's Elder
Gate car park. For context it is now understood the car park is
split in 3 sections where the central aisle, in which you arrive
driving down is owned by a separate private parking company.
They parked unknowingly in Smart Parking Ltd's zone (not the
central aisle) for which the signage is a up on a post, angled
inwards making it hard to see as you turn into the zone and was
missed. The driver paid at the only machine, believed to serve
the whole car park (especially as the car park is all under the
same name), but this was for the central aisle only. It is now
now understood Smart Parking required RingGo payment, for a
different code to that on the machine. The registered keeper who
was not the driver at the time, received a PCN by Smart Parking
Ltd.
There is a large number of previous examples online of this
happening to people, and the appeal is always denied at least
the first instance, but could not find anything about taking it
further.
Any advice for this?
Cheers.
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Re: MK Elder Gate Train Station PCN - Car park split into
different private owners, wrong one paid for.
DIR By: RichardW
Date: March 24, 2026, 7:19 am
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What date was the alleged contravention?
Please post the PCN.
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Re: MK Elder Gate Train Station PCN - Car park split into
different private owners, wrong one paid for.
DIR By: baseballcoffee96
Date: March 24, 2026, 7:51 am
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The contravention was 05/3
The issue date was 16/3
And only received PCN today 24/3
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Re: MK Elder Gate Train Station PCN - Car park split into
different private owners, wrong one paid for.
DIR By: baseballcoffee96
Date: March 24, 2026, 6:56 pm
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Just bumping this as time to increased penalty is rather soon.
Would greatly appreciate any ideas. Cheers.
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