Letter to contest a parking ticket on private land.
Re: Penalty Charge Notice I am in receipt of the above which you have sent by post following the capture of my vehicle by a hidden CCTV camera. Firstly I should not have received a penalty charge notice issued by a CCTV camera at this location because you have issued it contrary to the statutory guidance issued to all local authorities earlier this year on the use of CCTV.
First steps. When you get a parking ticket, formally known as a Penalty Charge Notice, you have the choice of paying within 14 days, in which case the fine is halved, or appeal the ticket.
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This is a letter that can be used to appeal any private parking fine, imposed by a private parking operator or management company for alleged parking infringements on private land. Public parking fines, issued by a parking authority such as a local council, are a different matter, and different laws apply. If the person preparing this letter is dealing with a public parking fine, please use.
You can use this letter to challenge a ticket you've been given for parking on private land. This letter covers situations where you accept that you broke the car parking rules, but think you had a good reason for doing so. You can explain the circumstances in more detail and ask the parking company to use its discretion to waive the car.
If you get a ticket in a parking area owned by a private company, your first recourse is to write to them and contest the fine, but because they are private entities they might choose to ignore you, or try to bully you by saying their terms and conditions leave no room for appeal.
Private parking ticket appeal letter template Please note that this template is for use when disputing private Parking Charge Notices issued on private land. It does not apply to Penalty Charge Notices issued by local councils and transport for London nor the Police.