Euro Car Parks parking charge: how to appeal

Who Euro Car Parks is

• Member of the British Parking Association (BPA), so the independent appeal is to POPLA.
• Pay-and-display and camera car parks across the UK.

The trade body can change, so check the name of the appeals service printed on your own notice or rejection letter.

How to appeal

1. Use the appeal details printed on your notice. Appeal within 28 days, in writing, and keep a copy.
2. If Euro Car Parks rejects your appeal, its letter should give you a POPLA verification code. You then have 28 days to appeal to POPLA.

Appealing to POPLA is free, and Euro Car Parks has to accept the decision. If you were the registered keeper, you don't have to say who was driving.

Worth knowing about Euro Car Parks

If you paid but entered the wrong registration, or the machine or app failed, send the proof of payment with your appeal. Once the new government code applies, some of these errors must be cancelled or reduced to £20.

Check the notice before you appeal

• The 14-day rule: a posted notice for camera parking has to reach the keeper within 14 days, or only the driver can be pursued.
• Whether it contains the wording the law requires to make the keeper liable.
• Grace periods: time to read the signs, and time to leave after your parking ends.
• Whether the signs were clear and visible, and whether you can show you paid.
• Whether it's really a private charge. A Penalty Charge Notice from a council or TfL follows different rules.

Our free check looks at all of these. See also how to appeal a private parking charge.