Private parking charge

Hi, I was parked in a private car park where a business had recently closed down as it is close to my uni and a few other people had also parked there. I did it for a month or two no issues until recently I received ~5 parking charge notices from the IPC/premier parking logistics. The photos they have attached just display the car parked in the bay and small signs attached to the walls behind above but you can't clearly make out that these are the 'contracts' /rules. The photos clearly show the businsss being shut down. I payed one like an idiot, but the others I've appealed and been rejected or I have ignored. Do I now go through the Ipa or do I continue to ignore them. Baring in mind these letters have come quite slowly in the post and they have bumped the fine up. Tia

Do NOT ignore them or you may find yourself up in court.

Should I go through the Ipa then? It's just that I expect these guys to reject the appeal

Should I go through the Ipa then? It's just that I expect these guys to reject the appeal

Yeah it was somewhere I wasn't supposed to be I just assumed I'd be fine leaving it there seeing as the business was shut down and you could barely notice the signs only if you walked up to them

Yeah it was somewhere I wasn't supposed to be I just assumed I'd be fine leaving it there seeing as the business was shut down and you could barely notice the signs only if you walked up to them

Yeah, whatever business there may have stopped trading, but them or someone else still owns and/or maintains the property, obviously a parking firm is still contracted, likely by the factor.

Sucks to be hit with the multiples but I don't see what you could say in defense..I have a suspicion the requirement for large, clear signage is inversely proportional to how much right you have to be there at all. Like a carpark open to the public needs to be kinda foolproof, so it will have big clear signs telling you who/when can park there and the consequences of a mistake. Whereas a private lot that offers no services will not need to take this into account as much.

As far as I can tell the parking place doesn't have to use the IPA dispute service If they don't want to, and as you've already accepted liability by paying 1 of them it likely has an impact on the others, certainly in terms of whether they are obligated to entertain an appeal :/

Thanks, do you reckon I have a chance if I speak to the new owner of the business as I've seen it being refurbished recently and ask if they could remove the fines or even reduce them? If not should I call premier parking logistics and convince them to allow me to pay the £60 if not just suck it up and pay £100 for each😭

Thanks, do you reckon I have a chance if I speak to the new owner of the business as I've seen it being refurbished recently and ask if they could remove the fines or even reduce them? If not should I call premier parking logistics and convince them to allow me to pay the £60 if not just suck it up and pay £100 for each😭

The owner of the business doesn't actually have much say in the matter, and as you weren't a customer I don't see why they would help anyway.


Try and see whether the parking company will accept a settlement for all of the fines.

Thanks, do you reckon I have a chance if I speak to the new owner of the business as I've seen it being refurbished recently and ask if they could remove the fines or even reduce them? If not should I call premier parking logistics and convince them to allow me to pay the £60 if not just suck it up and pay £100 for each😭

Your only real recourse is to appeal on the basis the business that used the car park was not active at the time and therefore the car park had no users, and therefore you don't think the charge is justified.