Overview
- The MHCLG consultation explores prohibiting extra debt recovery fees and reassessing the £100 private parking charge cap with a 40% early-payment discount.
- The British Parking Association says removing recovery fees would leave operators turning to the courts more often and could create a 'parking free for all.'
- BPA warns towns and cities could face gridlock and that an already stretched court system could be overwhelmed if deterrents are weakened.
- The RAC argues the threat of the £70 add-on coerces drivers into paying potentially unfair tickets and wants debt recovery practices curtailed.
- Government data analysed by the Press Association shows a record 15.9 million private tickets were issued in the year to September 2025, and officials say no final decisions have been made.