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Private parking ticket day after hotel stay
DIR By: Joshai
Date: September 4, 2026, 8:51 am
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Hey. Today I opened a letter for a parking charge from 3 years
ago. First time finding out about it. Assume it was sent to a
wrong address.
The charge is for £170.
Date of contravention: 15/12/2023
Client: Parkmaven Limited.
Reason for Contravention: Vehicle Remained on Private Property
In Breach Of The Displayed T&Cs
Facts:
On the 14/12/2023 I attended a Christmas party at work. My
workplace paid for the hotel and the parking, with the
instruction to give my car registration in when getting my hotel
room and they would sort the rest. I did so and then departed
the next morning before check out.
My belief: because the contravention is only dated the next
morning and not the evening before when parking started, I’m
assuming this is some sort of clerical error on the hotel’s
part? My company would have paid for parking based on the car
registrations provided to them. Assuming something went wrong in
this process. But it’s strange it’s only dated for the following
day.
I’ve contacted the hotel. They say they don’t keep records from
3 years ago. I can evidence that I attended the hotel with my
company. They said they would “look into it and get back to me”.
Surely the contravention would start from the day I first parked
if I wasn’t on the list at all? Doesn’t make sense at all.
Anyway, would appreciate any advice as £170 is a lot of money.
Thanks,
#Post#: 129581--------------------------------------------------
Re: Private parking ticket day after hotel stay
DIR By: jfollows
Date: September 4, 2026, 9:14 am
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HTML http://www.ftla.uk/private-parking-tickets/read-this-first-private-parking-charges-forum-guide/
If you can’t post the original Notice to Keeper, request it with
a Subject Access Request for all personal information from
Parkmaven.
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Re: Private parking ticket day after hotel stay
DIR By: Joshai
Date: September 4, 2026, 9:19 am
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I’m on mobile and can’t find anywhere to attach photographic
evidence, apologies.
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Re: Private parking ticket day after hotel stay
DIR By: DWMB2
Date: September 4, 2026, 9:20 am
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If you read the post jfollows linked to above, it advises you
how to do this.
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Re: Private parking ticket day after hotel stay
DIR By: Joshai
Date: September 4, 2026, 9:26 am
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Links here:
[REMOVED BY MOD]
HTML https://ibb.co/HDbc5TFd
Second link is a message I discovered showing I left the hotel
the same night I checked in (14th Dec)
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Re: Private parking ticket day after hotel stay
DIR By: DWMB2
Date: September 4, 2026, 9:37 am
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I've removed that debt collectors letter - we don't really need
to see it, and you'd left your full name and home address
showing.
Those texts appear to have been sent on 15th...
At any rate, I'd get a Subject Access Request sent to the
parking company and see what comes back - ideally you need to
see the parking charge notice. In the meantime, keep on at the
hotel.
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Re: Private parking ticket day after hotel stay
DIR By: jfollows
Date: September 4, 2026, 9:37 am
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DCBL are powerless and useless debt collectors, and can be
ignored.
However, DCB Legal will likely issue a Letter of Claim followed
by a county court claim which needs to be defended. For which
the Notice to Keeper needs to be seen. Or is this is hire car or
similar? Please give us details without identifying the driver.
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Re: Private parking ticket day after hotel stay
DIR By: Joshai
Date: September 4, 2026, 9:57 am
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Will contact the parking ticket provider and request more
information. Yeah those messages are the morning of the 15th
after I got back from the hotel. I checked more messages and it
looks like I left the hotel around midnight (could be just after
midnight). Regardless, parking was paid for the night by my
company. So it’d be strange, but even if it applied a new charge
for a minute after midnight, that should have been covered by my
company when paying.
Will ignore the debt collection company as advised.
#Post#: 129593--------------------------------------------------
Re: Private parking ticket day after hotel stay
DIR By: InterCity125
Date: September 4, 2026, 10:14 am
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The hotel say that they do not keep records from three years
ago?
The law requires that businesses keep six years of records
minimum.
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Re: Private parking ticket day after hotel stay
DIR By: RichardW
Date: September 4, 2026, 10:26 am
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--- Quote from: Joshai link ---
>
> Will contact the parking ticket provider and request more
information.
>
--- End Quote ---
Send a Subject Access Request as keeper(*) only - do not confirm
or imply that you were the driver even obliquely, e.g. by saying
'I parked'.
* assuming you are - see question above from jfollows.
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