Parking charges 'valid' despite lack of permission for cameras

Parking Eye has been slapping shoppers with £100 parking charges for six years, despite the firm not having permission to use its ANPR cameras.

- by Matthew Calderbank

The Lancashire-based parking enforcer was hired to manage Booths car parks in Garstang and Poulton in 2019, but failed to apply for the necessary planning permission for its pole-mounted ANPR cameras and signage.

Despite not having permission for the surveillance camera, the firm continued to issue charges to those judged to have overstayed at the supermarkets, typically capped at £100.