Drivers are to get a five-minute grace period and a £100 cap on private parking fines in Burnham's 'rip-off' crackdown
Motorists who mistype a numberplate or forget a permit will pay no more than £20 on appeal, and will get a 10-minute window to leave once their session ends. Firms that flout the code risk losing access to DVLA keeper data. Private operators issued a record 16.9 million tickets in 2025-26. Consumer body Which? warned the 'long overdue' rules fall well short of what drivers need.
One Derby woman faced a £1,906 court claim for taking over five minutes to pay.
A 2022 code was withdrawn within six months after legal challenges from parking firms.
The code is to be laid in Parliament on Tuesday, but no start date has been set.
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