Private parking charge notices

A private parking charge comes from a company managing land such as a retail park, hospital or housing estate. It is not a fine. The company says you broke the terms on the signs, and the way to resolve it is a process of appeals, not a bailiff visit.

Start here

• How to appeal a parking charge notice
• Should I ignore a parking charge?
• Notice to Keeper and POFA 2012
• Grace periods
• Hire and lease cars

Independent appeals

• POPLA appeals for operators in the British Parking Association
• IAS appeals for operators in the International Parking Community

If it escalates

• Debt collector letters
• Letter of Claim and court claims

Other topics

• The new private parking code (2026)
• ANPR, double dips and keying errors
• Scotland and Northern Ireland

Tools: check my ticket · letter generator · deadlines.