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Parking charge notice euro car park
DIR By: Demeaux
Date: August 18, 2026, 8:35 am
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Driver and passsenger went to Bromley. Parked at sainsburys. Ran
an errand first. Then went to sainsburys to buy stuff. Left
within 1 hour. Was always planning on buying things from
sainsbury after running errand.
Receives notice. Didn’t realise it was a validate purchase
affair. Have lodged an appeal to euro car park with a screen
shot from bank app and nectar showing they were there making a
purchase.
What are the options ?
Do they need to email the branch.
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Re: Parking charge notice euro car park
DIR By: jfollows
Date: August 18, 2026, 8:40 am
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Please read and act on
HTML http://www.ftla.uk/private-parking-tickets/read-this-first-private-parking-charges-forum-guide/,<br
/>including posting your appeal as well, did you identify the
driver in your appeal, for example by saying “I”?
Otherwise our answer is likely to be “three inches”.
#Post#: 128185--------------------------------------------------
Re: Parking charge notice euro car park
DIR By: Demeaux
Date: August 19, 2026, 3:26 am
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Relationship to vehicle: I am the registered keeper.
What happened:
The driver and a passenger visited Sainsbury’s, Bromley, and
parked in the car park. On arrival, the driver first went to run
an errand elsewhere before entering the store. The driver then
went into Sainsbury’s and made a purchase, having always
intended to shop there after the errand. The driver left the car
park within an hour of arrival.
The driver was not aware at the time that the car park operated
on a “spend to validate” basis rather than a standard
pay-and-display or ANPR-timed system.
Action taken so far: An appeal has been lodged with Euro Car
Parks, including a bank app screenshot and Nectar receipt
showing the purchase was made at Sainsbury’s during the stay.
#Post#: 128187--------------------------------------------------
Re: Parking charge notice euro car park
DIR By: DWMB2
Date: August 19, 2026, 3:30 am
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Please act on the previous reply by reading the linked "Read
this first" thread and providing the required information.
#Post#: 128190--------------------------------------------------
Re: Parking charge notice euro car park
DIR By: Dave65
Date: August 19, 2026, 4:24 am
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Not great but, still need details.
Have you approached Sainsbury`s?
#Post#: 128193--------------------------------------------------
Re: Parking charge notice euro car park
DIR By: Demeaux
Date: August 19, 2026, 4:29 am
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here's my appeal to ECP:
I am writing to appeal this Parking Charge Notice issued at
Sainsbury's, Bromley, on 04/07/2026.
I arrived at 15:43. After parking, I was occupied dealing with
my child and another matter before entering the store at around
16:15. I then shopped in Sainsbury's, spent £29.80, paid by
card, and left shortly afterwards.
This was my first time using this car park and I was unaware
that, despite shopping in store, I also needed to validate my
stay at a kiosk.
I'm contacting Sainsbury's today....
I appreciate there was a gap between arrival and entering the
store. However, I parked there to shop at Sainsbury's, and did
so. I was not using the car park for any other purpose. I can
provide evidence of my purchase if required.
I didn't look for signs/take any pictures and Bromley isn't
local to me.
#Post#: 128198--------------------------------------------------
Re: Parking charge notice euro car park
DIR By: InterCity125
Date: August 19, 2026, 6:08 am
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Don't submit that.
Never reveal the driver.
ECP notices are not POFA compliant so the keeper can never be
held liable.
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Re: Parking charge notice euro car park
DIR By: Demeaux
Date: August 19, 2026, 7:23 am
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> ECP notices are not POFA compliant so the keeper can never be
held liable.
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What if it's already been submitted?
Sainsbury's help desk are "no mate, have to go through ECP"
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Re: Parking charge notice euro car park
DIR By: jfollows
Date: August 19, 2026, 7:30 am
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Please post the original NtK, as already requested twice..
Without this we can't help you because we don't know what you're
being "accused" of doing.
Clearly your identification of the driver cuts off some avenues
for an appeal, but we need to understand the whole story in
order to give you the best advice we can.
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