Parking CCJ: set it aside, or get it off the register
A parking fine CCJ is a county court judgment over a private parking charge, listed for 6 years unless paid in full within a month. It can still be undone, in 2 ways. The court can cancel it under Part 13 of the Civil Procedure Rules. If it is paid in full within one calendar month, GOV.UK says it can also come off the register. Each route runs on its own deadline clock, with the rule beside every date.
The set-aside pack is £149 once. It holds 5 papers: the consent request, the draft consent order, the N244 wording, the witness statement and the defence. A machine drafts them from your papers. A person at Axion Labs reads the drafts against your papers before they are sent to you by hand. They come back by email within 2 working days. If the court refuses to set the judgment aside, send us its sealed order and the money is refunded. The dates and the 4-step free route on this page never cost anything.
Nothing is stored, and no email is asked for. The rule behind each date is named beside it, CPR 2.8 first.
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We read each question below as people typed it, on 23 October 2026. Each answer names its source and the day we read it, and never states a rule without that date.
“parking ccj removal”
A judgment stays on the register for 6 years unless you pay the full amount within a month. You can apply to cancel (set aside) a judgment if you do not owe the money, or if you did not receive or did not respond to the original claim. The set-aside pack is GBP 149, with the court fee paid to the court on top.
Sources, read 23 October 2026: GOV.UK, County court judgments for debt; appealsdesk.co.uk/parking-ccj (court fees from HMCTS EX50, updated 13 July 2026, as quoted there).
Your next step: Parking CCJ set-aside pack, GBP 149 one off, court fee (GBP 126 or 321) paid to the court on top, by email within 2 working days of the papers arriving.
“can you get a ccj for a parking ticket”
Yes, if a county court claim is not answered in time or is lost. GOV.UK says you might get a CCJ if you do not respond in time.
Source, read 23 October 2026: GOV.UK, Respond to a money claim.
Your next step: County court claim defence pack, GBP 79, by email within 2 working days of the claim form arriving; first section free on screen before paying.
“what happens if i ignore a parking charge notice”
POPLA's own guidance is that unpaid charges can increase or be referred to debt collection. After that the company can issue a county court claim, and GOV.UK says you might have to pay more or get a CCJ if you do not respond in time.
Sources, read 23 October 2026: POPLA, FAQs; GOV.UK, Respond to a money claim.
Your next step: County court claim defence pack, GBP 79.
The one-month register window
The register changes when you pay, but the judgment does not. GOV.UK sets out the 2 positions:
“If you pay the full amount within one month, you can get the judgment removed from the register.”
, County court judgments for debt: CCJs and your credit rating, GOV.UK, read at source 30/08/2026
“If you pay after one month, you can get the record of the judgment marked as 'satisfied' in the register. It will stay on the register for 6 years but people searching the register will see that you've paid.”
, County court judgments for debt: CCJs and your credit rating, GOV.UK, read at source 30/08/2026
Removal needs a certificate of cancellation, and the fee for that certificate is £19 (HMCTS EX50, updated 13 July 2026). You write to the court with proof of payment. The month is counted from the judgment date.
Cancelling the judgment: rule 13.2 or rule 13.3
Part 13 of the Civil Procedure Rules splits into a must and a may.
“The court must set aside a judgment entered under Part 12 if judgment was wrongly entered because, (a) in the case of a judgment in default of an acknowledgment of service, any of the conditions in rule 12.3(1) and 12.3(3) was not satisfied; (b) in the case of a judgment in default of a defence, any of the conditions in rule 12.3(2) and 12.3(3) was not satisfied; or (c) the whole of the claim was satisfied before judgment was entered.”
Civil Procedure Rules, Part 13, Setting Aside or Varying Default Judgment, rule 13.2, checked 31/08/2026
The first, rule 13.2, covers a judgment entered when it should not have been: an acknowledgment or defence filed in time, or the whole claim paid before judgment. Everything else is rule 13.3:
“In any other case, the court may set aside or vary a judgment entered under Part 12 if, (a) the defendant has a real prospect of successfully defending the claim; or (b) it appears to the court that there is some other good reason why, (i) the judgment should be set aside or varied; or (ii) the defendant should be allowed to defend the claim.”
Civil Procedure Rules, Part 13, Setting Aside or Varying Default Judgment, rule 13.3(1), checked 31/08/2026
“In considering whether to set aside or vary a judgment entered under Part 12, the matters to which the court must have regard include whether the person seeking to set aside the judgment made an application to do so promptly.”
Civil Procedure Rules, Part 13, Setting Aside or Varying Default Judgment, rule 13.3(2), checked 31/08/2026
“It went to my old address.” A claim form sent to your usual or last known address counts as served (CPR 6.9(2)). That puts the argument under rule 13.3(1)(b). Rule 6.9(3) requires a claimant with reason to believe you had moved to take reasonable steps to find your current address. That makes what the claimant knew the question, and your witness statement is where it is asked.
Promptness under rule 13.3(2). There is no number of days set. The court counts from the day you found out, and weighs each week after it.
What it costs at court
| Application | Court fee |
|---|---|
| Set-aside by consent (the claimant agrees) | £126 |
| Set-aside on notice (the claimant is asked to answer it) | £321 |
| Certificate of cancellation (paid within the month) | £19 |
Asking the claimant to agree costs a stamp, and consent brings the fee down from £321 to £126. Fees from HMCTS EX50, read 26/09/2026. If your income is low or you receive certain benefits, Help with Fees (form EX160) can reduce or waive the fee.
The free route
- Get the judgment and the claim form from the court office, quoting the claim number printed on the judgment.
- Write to the claimant's solicitors asking them to agree to the judgment being set aside, and keep a copy: consent is the £126 route.
- Before filing, talk to Citizens Advice or National Debtline, who charge nothing and sell nothing.
- File form N244 with the fee: £126 by consent, £321 on notice. The rules quoted in full.
The set-aside papers, written for a judgment we made up
SAMPLE. An invented claim, no real person, no real case. Yours is written to your own judgment and papers.
Open the sample: the consent request in full and the N244 boxes for a rule 13.3 application
1. The consent request, in full
To Example Claims Solicitors LLP, acting for Example Parking Ltd. Dated 9 September 2026.
Claim issued on 23 June 2026: Example Parking Ltd against me. Judgment in default entered on 18 August 2026.
I learned of this judgment on 2 September 2026, when a letter from a credit reference agency reached me at my current address. The claim form was sent to an address I left in March 2026. I did not receive it, and I had no chance to acknowledge it or to file a defence.
I intend to apply to the court under CPR 13.3 for the judgment to be set aside. I have a realistic prospect of defending the claim, and my defence is enclosed.
Will your client agree to the judgment being set aside? If so, please sign and return the enclosed draft consent order within 14 days of the date of this letter, and I will file it with the court at the lower fee for an application by consent. If I do not hear from you by then, I will apply on notice and ask the court to consider the costs of that application.
3. The N244 wording, box by box, for a rule 13.3 application
- The order you are asking the court to make, and why: That the judgment in default entered on 18 August 2026 be set aside under CPR 13.3, because the Defendant has a realistic prospect of defending the claim and applied promptly once the judgment came to light; and that the Defendant's defence, attached, stand as filed.
- The draft order: Attached, in the terms above, with the consent order offered to Example Claims Solicitors LLP on 9 September 2026.
- How the application is dealt with: At a hearing, so the Defendant can answer any point the Claimant raises.
- Who is served with it: Example Parking Ltd, through Example Claims Solicitors LLP, at the address for service on the claim form.
- The evidence relied on: The Defendant's witness statement and its exhibits: proof of the move in March 2026, the credit reference letter received on 2 September 2026, and the consent request of 9 September 2026.
Also in the pack, written to your papers: the draft consent order, the witness statement and the defence.
Your pack follows this shape; its length and its points depend on your particulars. The forums give this shape away, and so do we; what the pack sells is a machine draft of yours from your own papers, read by a person at Axion Labs against those papers before it is sent to you by hand.
The set-aside pack, £149
Everything above is free and stays free. The 5 papers are drafted for £149, to your judgment, your claim form if you have it, and your own account of when you found out. A machine drafts them, with Claude, from our AI provider Anthropic: what goes to Anthropic. A person at Axion Labs reads the drafts against your papers before they are sent to you by hand.
- The consent request. Your letter to the claimant's solicitors asking them to agree to the judgment being set aside, so the application can go in by consent at the lower court fee.
- The draft consent order. Both sides sign it if they agree, and it is filed with the application.
- The N244 wording. What goes in each box of the application notice, for the route your facts point to: rule 13.2 or rule 13.3.
- The witness statement. Your statement, drafted from your own account: what happened, when you found out, what you did next and how quickly.
- The defence. Written to the particulars and, where POPLA holds one, to the claimant's own POPLA record, because a set-aside under rule 13.3 asks whether you have a real prospect of defending.
- A machine drafts it from your papers. A person at Axion Labs reads the draft against your judgment and papers before it is sent to you by hand. It comes back by email within 2 working days of those papers arriving.
- If the court refuses to set the judgment aside, send us the sealed order and the money is refunded.
- If anything in it does not fit your papers, reply to the receipt and it is fixed or refunded.
- Not what you needed? Reply to your receipt within 14 days and we refund in full, no questions asked, no reason required and nothing to return (one refund per customer). If something here is wrong, tell us and we fix it first.
- A claimant refusing consent is not a refusal by the court, and neither is an application you withdraw or never file.
- The court fee is extra and is paid by you to the court, not to us.
- You file, serve and sign everything in your own name. We never send the consent request, write to the court or to the solicitors, or go on the record for you.
- This is information and drafted documents, not legal advice, and nobody here acts for you in court.
£149 one off, with the £126 or £321 court fee paid by you to the court on top, and no subscription or account. Reply to the receipt with the judgment and your papers; written and answered by Axion Labs, hello@getaxionlabs.com.
Common questions
Does paying the judgment remove the CCJ?
It comes off only inside the month, and only on application. If it is paid in full within one calendar month of the judgment date, a certificate of cancellation (fee £19) can remove it from the register. Paid later, it is marked satisfied and stays listed for 6 years.
How much does it cost to set aside a parking CCJ?
The court fee is £126 if the claimant agrees and £321 if it does not (HMCTS EX50, updated 13 July 2026). On a low income the fee can be reduced or waived, as the fees section above sets out.
Can a parking fine turn into a CCJ?
A private parking charge can, though it is an invoice, not a fine. Its operator or solicitors issue a county court claim, with 14 days from service of the particulars to file a defence, or 28 if acknowledged. With no acknowledgment or defence filed in time, they ask for judgment in default. That judgment is the parking fine CCJ. A council PCN takes another road. The council registers an unpaid one at the Traffic Enforcement Centre, not as a county court claim.
I never received the claim. Is the judgment cancelled on its own?
No. A claim form sent to your usual or last known address counts as served. The court then decides under rule 13.3(1)(b) whether to set it aside, and weighs how promptly you applied.
Where the dates on this page come from
- The must and the may, rules 13.2 and 13.3: Civil Procedure Rules, Part 13 (setting aside default judgment), read at source 26/09/2026.
- Service at the last known address, rule 6.9: Civil Procedure Rules, Part 6, rules 6.9 and 6.14 (service), read at source 26/09/2026.
- The three court fees: Civil court fees (EX50), updated 13 July 2026, read at source 26/09/2026.
- How the days are counted: Civil Procedure Rules, Part 2, rule 2.8 (time), read at source 26/09/2026.
- The one-month register rule: County court judgments for debt: Cancel (set aside) a judgment, read at source 31/08/2026.
Other help on this site
Free on every page: the appeal letter builder, the deadline calculator, the discount checker and the operator check. These are the paid ones, each named once, so you can see which lane is yours:
- One operator's full POPLA record, £20 once, for when a private parking charge.
- A SEND appeal pack for the Tribunal, £11.99 once, for when a refused EHC plan or assessment.
- The county court claim defence pack, £79 once, for when a claim form has arrived.
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