Parking Charge Exceeds the £100 Legal Limit
Under the code of practice that private parking operators in the BPA and IPC must follow, a parking charge must not be more than £100, and for an ordinary parking charge, paying within 14 days must be offered at a reduction of at least 40%. A notice asking for more than £100 from the start breaks that code — unless the operator is chasing an unpaid parking tariff that is higher than the discounted charge, where the code allows the full tariff plus up to £60. Separately, once a charge is overdue the code allows up to £70 to be added — that is not part of the starting charge.
Legal basis
Private Parking Sector Single Code of Practice v1.1 (in force 17 February 2025), clause 8.2.1 — "Parking charges must not exceed £100"; clause 8.2.2 (minimum 40% discount for payment within 14 days); clause 9 (where a parking charge becomes overdue a sum of up to £70 may be added). The £100 cap binds BPA and IPC members as a condition of accreditation; it is not a statutory limit. ParkingEye Ltd v Beavis [2015] UKSC 67.
How to identify this in your case
PCN states a charge greater than £100, or initial demand bundles 'admin fees' before any debt collection step.
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Scan my ticketSources
- Private Parking Sector Single Code of Practice v1.1 (BPA/IPC), in force 17 February 2025
- ParkingEye Ltd v Beavis [2015] UKSC 67
- Private Parking Sector Single Code of Practice v1.1 (BPA/IPC), in force 17 February 2025 — published PDF:
- https://www.britishparking.co.uk/write/Documents/AOS/Sector%20Code%20Templates/sectorsingleCodeofPracticeVersion1.1130225.pdf
- ParkingEye Ltd v Beavis [2015] UKSC 67 — reported on Find Case Law under the joined appeal Cavendish Square Holding BV v Talal El Makdessi:
- https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/uksc/2015/67
- Contains information licensed under the Open Justice - Licence v2.0.
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