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Oxford City Council/Oxford Direct Services, Excess Parking
Notice, Gloucester Green car park
DIR By: LunarMango
Date: January 17, 2026, 6:42 am
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Hello,
I'd appreciate any help/guidance. I've only ever had a yellow
PCN before so wanted to check this was legit and that they did
everything correctly when sending this letter. I'm not very
savvy but it seemed odd to me, didn't say what was done wrong,
times etc, it's come from Oxford Direct Services but I'm pretty
sure it's a council run car park.. Also it states it's an
'Excess Parking Notice' but when looking online, only results
about Oxford come up so are they using a term that they
shouldn't be to confuse people?
Photo of letter:
HTML https://drive.google.com/file/d/1J3UxNtMjUKNd3gWz0mZR9D9w7hO9Lkah/view?usp=sharing
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Re: Oxford City Council/Oxford Direct Services, Excess Parking
Notice, Gloucester Green car park
DIR By: davidmcn
Date: January 17, 2026, 6:54 am
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It's just a department of the council (note the gov.uk email
address).
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Re: Oxford City Council/Oxford Direct Services, Excess Parking
Notice, Gloucester Green car park
DIR By: stamfordman
Date: January 17, 2026, 11:02 am
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Oxford City is one of the few that still issues excess charges
notices and I didn't know they had driver liability.
The driver should have got the windscreen notice as per the
pictures which would have had a discount offer.
What happened. The contravention:
HTML https://i.ibb.co/Lhsv5G4N/Screenshot-2026-01-17-at-17-01-11.png
HTML https://i.ibb.co/FccPf0v/ox3.jpg
HTML https://i.ibb.co/JjVz66hf/ox2.jpg
HTML https://i.ibb.co/mrY9zbQ1/ox1.jpg
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Re: Oxford City Council/Oxford Direct Services, Excess Parking
Notice, Gloucester Green car park
DIR By: LunarMango
Date: January 17, 2026, 11:35 am
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--- Quote from: stamfordman link ---
>
> Oxford City is one of the few that still issues excess charges
notices and I didn't know they had driver liability.
>
> The driver should have got the windscreen notice as per the
pictures which would have had a discount offer.
>
> What happened. The contravention:
>
>
HTML https://i.ibb.co/Lhsv5G4N/Screenshot-2026-01-17-at-17-01-11.png
>
>
HTML https://i.ibb.co/FccPf0v/ox3.jpg
>
HTML https://i.ibb.co/JjVz66hf/ox2.jpg
>
HTML https://i.ibb.co/mrY9zbQ1/ox1.jpg
>
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Thank you - that's helpful. There was nothing on the windscreen
when the driver came back to the car. Is there any scope to
challenge due to this? As the potential to pay a discounted fine
has been lost. Or whether there are cameras to show that it
wasn't there.
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Re: Oxford City Council/Oxford Direct Services, Excess Parking
Notice, Gloucester Green car park
DIR By: stamfordman
Date: January 17, 2026, 11:58 am
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OK so this is by the site admin so I've tagged him.
[member=1]cp8759[/member]
HTML https://www.ftla.uk/announcements/excess-charge-notices-guidance-for-those-giving-advice
#Post#: 106396--------------------------------------------------
Re: Oxford City Council/Oxford Direct Services, Excess Parking
Notice, Gloucester Green car park
DIR By: ivanleo
Date: January 18, 2026, 10:30 am
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Hi [member=8030]LunarMango[/member], it is entirely illegal for
Oxford City Council to enforce at all and I'm more than happy to
help you fight this, however this will likely require a trip to
the magistrates' court, but you won't be alone. The last time we
dealt with something like this, this was the result:
HTML https://www.greatyarmouthmercury.co.uk/news/24411882.police-falsely-accuse-man-illegal-parking-yarmouth/
HTML https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1rrx1170qyo
For very much the same reasons why Norfolk constabulary can't
enforce parking under the criminal law, Oxford City Council
cannot issue ECNs either, they just ignore the law because so
far nobody has held them accountable for their illegal
behaviour.
Please contact me directly at ivanleo@gmail.com if you'd like to
pursue this.
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Re: Oxford City Council/Oxford Direct Services, Excess Parking
Notice, Gloucester Green car park
DIR By: Phantomcrusader
Date: April 22, 2026, 12:47 pm
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Has there been any progress with this case? Similar to Oxford,
Exeter Council back in 2010 were enforcing the local hospital
car park with excess/standard charge notices with threats of
magistrate court despite the car park falling within a civil
enforcement area. After seeking advice from a QC they realised
they were in the wrong.
Council meeting minutes here
HTML https://committees.exeter.gov.uk/mgIssueHistoryHome.aspx?IId=12375&Opt=0.
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Re: Oxford City Council/Oxford Direct Services, Excess Parking
Notice, Gloucester Green car park
DIR By: ivanleo
Date: April 22, 2026, 12:58 pm
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No, but I have taken action to ensure that the legal advice
doesn't get deleted before 2030, at which point it will be a
historical record and they will be compelled to disclose it.
#Post#: 116755--------------------------------------------------
Re: Oxford City Council/Oxford Direct Services, Excess Parking
Notice, Gloucester Green car park
DIR By: Phantomcrusader
Date: April 22, 2026, 7:52 pm
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I'd be very surprised if Oxford CC has not discussed this matter
internally since they were made aware of it many years ago.
Obviously they have a financial interest in denying any wrong
doing. Have you CP8759 made any FOI requests from either Oxford
or the communications between DfT and Oxford CC concerning this
matter?
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Re: Oxford City Council/Oxford Direct Services, Excess Parking
Notice, Gloucester Green car park
DIR By: tincombe
Date: April 23, 2026, 4:12 am
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IMO, if you qualify the issue should be raised with the
council's external auditor. Contact the council and find out
when their accounts are published and how objections to these
may be raised with the external auditor- there's a 30-day
window.
HTML https://www.nao.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Council-accounts-a-guide-to-your-rights.pdf
This is not for objecting to your PCN as such, it is a means of
focusing attention on the principle.
If you're successful, and it appears that the legal position is
clear, then the external auditor would include this in their
report to the COUNCIL.
You get to the highest level of responsibility and decision
making and bypass the foothills/molehills of self-interested
officers in the parking hierarchy.
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