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       #Post#: 122047--------------------------------------------------
       Euro Car Parks PCN - exceeded 10 minute stay after 22:00 but am
       paying customer
   DIR By: Roaduser34
       Date: June 17, 2026, 1:10 am
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       Uploading on behalf of a friend.
       Looking for advice on a Euro Car Parks PCN.
       I received a parking charge after visiting a retail park petrol
       station late at night. I was a genuine paying customer at the
       petrol station and have a receipt showing I bought items from
       the shop.
       My understanding is that the site normally allows a much longer
       stay, but at night there is apparently a 10-minute limit. The
       petrol station was open and trading, so I feel 10 minutes is
       unreasonable for a customer to enter, park, browse, queue, pay,
       and leave safely.
       One of my main concerns is that the signage was not illuminated
       and I couldn’t read the terms in the dark. The 10-minute
       restriction seems to be a significant term, but I don’t think it
       was clearly visible at night.
       Do these sound like valid grounds for appeal, and is there
       anything else I should include? Has anyone had success
       challenging a PCN in similar circumstances?
       To clarify, they bought fuel and cigarettes from the petrol
       station then parked in the car park for the supermarkets - not
       the petrol station.
       #Post#: 122050--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Euro Car Parks PCN - exceeded 10 minute stay after 22:00 but
       am paying customer
   DIR By: ixxy
       Date: June 17, 2026, 1:18 am
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       So the petrol station is a red herring  you parked in a
       supermarket car park after store closing times and got a PCN.
       Using the pet4ol station and then driving into the main car park
       isn't going to work as a defence. Neither is it was dark so I
       couldn't read the signs. Parking signs are rarely lit and you
       have 2 very powerful spot lights on the front of your car.
       You need to post up both sides of the PCN and read the newbies
       thread, that might provide procedural avenues for defence.
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