Petition · past parliament

Reduce the period parking companies have to chase tickets from 6 to 1 year.

Closed 709 signatures

What the petition asks

Currently, private parking companies have 6 years to persue motorists who, they alledge, have breached the terms of parking a vehicle in car parks they own or manage.

We feel this period should be reduced to 12 months from the date the alledged event took place.
The 6 year period is not to persue unpaid monies within the courts system, it is the period they have available to them before they actually write to the registered keeper asking for payment under threat of litigation.

We feel this is wholly unreasonable, given that motorists will probably not have the original parking ticket, may have moved or even sold the vehicle.

Timeline

5 Jun 2019 Petition opened for signatures
6 Nov 2019 Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 709
Status Closed
Opened 5 Jun 2019
Closed 6 Nov 2019

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.