Right well I have an update to post.. It got cancelled. They sent a letter that came today. Just said it was cancelled - no reason for why. Only interesting thing about the letter was that it said 'dear lidl customer' which I wasn't. I did however bang on at lidl's uk twitter account and got a 'please let us know how your appeal goes' tweet. There was no POPLA process required. So all in all a success! Thanks for all the advice!

Ahh didnt realise! Dont worry I wasn't going to spam the forums to achieve the required 10posts. Attached photos. As I drive in: Opposite: Zoomed in: Please note at the time of the photos there was cars going past lighting up the area. Its quite a dead area when I was in the car park. 23:01 Reviewing the images I may want to get something a little less pixilated... The sign says: Lots of small print followed.

It would be great if you keep updating this thread too.

Interesting story - going through the same thing myself. I've sent a online appeal to athena parking - I am hoping for a POPLA code - but do i have to get it from them? if they play ****ty games and ignore my appeal and not sent me a POPLA code I will be annoyed. I did however in my appeal to them state that I was the driver and not my partner (who the notice was sent to) however this wasn't signed or posted merely sent online via their form on their website. Do I have anything to worry about?

Sorry for the mention of fine! its a notice, its a notice, its a notice I'm unable to post the signage just yet - need to have posted 10 times to share links and images. I will update this as and when things happen and also the signage.

Thanks for reply, yeah I've had a look through most of the relevant threads in your link. I've gone from thinking 'its just 45 quid' to 'nah im going to ignore' to suddenly 'I can win this as POPLA' because the car park was empty, lidl was shut and I doubt being in an empty carpark an extra 10 minutes constitutes to a £90 fine.

True, apologies.. its a 'civil parking charge notice' problem is im so tempted to just pay it.. purely for peace of mind.

Hi, I am a totally clueless newbie to this and genuinely somebody who likes to tell the truth and probably ends up getting advantage taken because of it.. I would love some help in dealing with my current issue. Short version: Girlfriend on way home from london to Wallington train station which is right next to lidl's car park. I am a worrier of partners and recently in the area we have had a few police incidents with regards to females attacked in the area. Nevertheless I get to the empty carpark a little early and enter the car park at 23.01. I didnt notice the signs but they are clear and in the open. my girlfriends train is late only by 3minutes but I leave the car park at 23:23 and drive home. This was 4 days ago. Letter was sent to my partner who's the owner of the car (im insured driver) and I decided to simply email them my justification and below is what I wrote: So after reading old threads on here that i googled I am worried that I've admitted I am the driver and even more worried that if I ignore the letters I will become that statistic whom pays through the nose. HELP PLEASE! Many Thanks.