The British Parking Association (BPA) and the International Parking Community (IPC) confirmed the newly reviewed version of the Private Parking Code of Practice will come into force from February 17.
Drivers will be given more time to pay for parking in a private car parking after a new voluntary code of practice was introduced today.
AA head of roads policy Jack Cousens said: “This change to the self-authored code by private parking operators only highlights the urgent necessity to implement the Government-backed code of practice alongside a truly independent single appeals process and oversight board.
It comes as drivers are being hit by an average of more than 41,000 parking tickets a day by private companies, with 3.8 million tickets handed out between July and September 2024, according to analysis of Government data by the PA news agency and motoring research charity the RAC Foundation.
But motoring groups are calling for a legislation-led code of practice to be introduced, after a Bill that was designed to bring in a Government-backed code for private parking companies was withdrawn in June 2022.
