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Parking eye PCN for waiting in car park
DIR By: Fired23
Date: April 14, 2026, 3:43 pm
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Hi, I’ve today received a parking charge for entering a car park
to pick up someone from the gym. The driver didn’t park, just
waited for him. The letter shows the driver was there for 5
minutes.
I have been back to the site today, there is a sign on the way
into the car park (on the opposite side of the road) stating no
parking outside of the hours stated. The driver collected him
late at night in the dark and didn’t park. The letter states
that a parking charge is applicable if the vehicle remains on
site for 0 hours and 0 minutes.
The letter has a photo of the car but you can’t even tell the
car is white it was so dark and the number plate is only legible
when they’ve zoomed in showing the signs would have been
impossible to notice/read assuming someone did even get out of
the car.
The car park was Gallagher retail park, Caerphilly and the
driver was collecting someone from Puregym.
Do I have grounds to appeal?
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Re: Parking eye PCN for waiting in car park
DIR By: RichardW
Date: April 15, 2026, 4:11 am
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Please show the PCN, and if possible the signage at the site.
What is the arrangement for gym users normally? Prohibitions ae
incapable of forming a contract, and you appear to be within a 5
min consideration period, so there are grounds for appeal -
whether Parking Eye will see it that way is another matter...!
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Re: Parking eye PCN for waiting in car park
DIR By: Fired23
Date: April 15, 2026, 8:49 am
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Thanks for your response
Please see the PCN and sign on the way into the car park, I
believe the ones with the terms and conditions that say you
can’t stop are actually in the car park itself in the small
print at the bottom which you would have to get out of the car
to read especially in the dark.
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Re: Parking eye PCN for waiting in car park
DIR By: Fired23
Date: April 15, 2026, 3:41 pm
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Gym members must enter their reg number on entry into the gym or
link it to their membership. The person we were dropping off is
without a car currently and several people who have picked him
up have received a PCN.
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Re: Parking eye PCN for waiting in car park
DIR By: ixxy
Date: April 18, 2026, 5:48 am
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Do you have grounds to appeal, no, at least not strong ones. Its
the drivers responsibility to be aware of and comply with the
contract they have entered into. Unlit signs, didn't know there
were restrictions, didn't actually park won't get a PCN
cancelled at appeal stage. Claiming forbidding signage therefore
no contract won't either but may have some traction in court.
It may say five minutes on the PCN but in reality it will be 5
minutes and some seconds so outside of the consideration period
so that won't work. Not being able to see the car in the images
isn't unusual at night, the camera picked up the plate going in
and out and that's what mattered unless you are disputing being
there or your plates were cloned which you are.
You might get it cancelled if you explain you were picking up a
gym member who forgot to register you, but it's far from a
given.
In reality appeals are unlikely to succeed from what you've
given us so far, they will be followed by debt collectors and a
letterof claim. There's a good chance it won't proceed to court
if it's defended but that means engaging with the legal process
later.
Personally I'd be having a long hard conversation with the gym
goer, especially if several people's generosity has resulted in
PCNs.
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