Hello, we have e mailed the following today. Willl update you with their response when we receive it. Without prejudice To whom it may concern Ref: Parking charge notice - *********** I acknowledge receipt of the above, dated 26.2.15 in relation to parking in Aire Street, Leeds. On 21.2.15 I parked at the above car park and paid what I thought to be the correct amount for what was advertised as ‘All day parking’ £3.50. My car was in the car park for 1 hour 18 minutes. I had no idea, and it was not clear from your signage, that staying beyond 6pm would incur a further charge of £5.50 for overnight stay. I failed to pay this extra charge and I consider this amount to be your consequential losses for what was a genuine mistake. You have written to me demanding that I pay a penalty of £100. I consider this charge to be excessive in comparison to your actual losses. According to recent Case Law, you do not have the authority to enforce such penalties and so your parking charge is null and void. I would also like to highlight the following; • You have not stated in your letter what you are charging me for. Your charges do not differentiate between complete non-payers, customers who have overstayed by a few minutes and customers who stay for the duration of the night. • Your Parking Charge Notice is actually an invoice and not a fine (something that you are not allowed to issue.) You are breaking the law by not including a VAT registration number. • The charge for overstaying does not comply to any losses suffered, which is all that would allowed in a court of law, as was found in Parking Eye v Smith 2011. I suggest these charges are solely for the purposes of making money out of drivers and their genuine parking mistakes. With these points in mind, I am offering you the amount of £5.50 for overnight stay, in full and final settlement. Your overnight fee starts from 6pm and my car left at 6.25pm. As my car only overstayed by 25 minutes, I consider this to be a more than fair and reasonable amount. As soon as this amount is acknowledged I will issue you with a cheque for the above amount. Yours Sincerely

Hello, please would you update us on the above. Were you successful with your appeal? We have recently had one of these 'parking charge notices' from the Aire Street car park in Leeds and are NOT happy at all!!!!! The information given and what we are being charged with is very unclear, but we are guessing we overstayed by 18 minutes and they want us to pay either £100, or £60 if paid within 14 days. Unbelieveable!!!