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[Parking Charge] Overstay of 13 minutes, should I appeal to
Independent Appeals Service (IAS) ?
DIR By: msaleh
Date: July 14, 2026, 1:35 pm
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Overstayed of 13 minutes in total, took 4 minutes to pay after
entering the parking and exited 9 minutes late.
My understanding is that I have 10 minutes as grace period, but
also a "consideration" period, as explained in the International
Parking Community code of conduct
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HTML https://portal.theipc.info/uploads/SGw1VHlWQWJOU2grd0d2eUdmVll5UT09/Code%20of%20Practice%20V7%20November%202019-V1-V2.pdf)
My appeal is got rejected and they are insisting on accumulating
the before and after as the 10 minutes grace period. Should I
bother appealing to the Independent Appeals Service (IAS) , or
just pay the 60£, I'm worried if ISA reject it and I will have
to pay the full amount 100£.
My appeal would be the first 4 minutes for reading the terms and
conditions as the consideration period and the before exist 9
minutes part of the grace period. Per the code, they should not
accumulate both.
Appeal rejection:
HTML https://ibb.co/FjNvZKn
Thanks
#Post#: 124729--------------------------------------------------
Re: [Parking Charge] Overstay of 13 minutes, should I appeal to
Independent Appeals Service (IAS) ?
DIR By: jfollows
Date: July 14, 2026, 11:26 pm
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The IAS will reject an appeal.
The “consideration period” is to allow you to consider whether
or not to accept the terms of the contract, and leave if you
don’t. If you decide to accept them, it doesn’t apply. It’s to
prevent them ticketing people who enter and almost immediately
leave, for whatever reason.
The “grace period” allows time to find a space and park and pay
once you’ve been spotted by the entrance cameras.
You don’t get to add the two together, they are different things
for different purposes.
This is what the operator and the IAS will say, I’m sure, and
it’s also my understanding of these two different things, no
matter how helpful it might be to combine them to suit your
circumstances.
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