“I appealed on the same grounds and it was rejected. Now wondering if it's even worth appealing to POPLA??”
We hear this most. mse3001, MoneySavingExpert forum, 16 May 2026 — not about this company, but about this stage of the process.
Total Parking Solutions fine — pay it, or appeal it?
Two things are true before you decide anything. A "Total Parking Solutions fine" is legally an invoice, not a fine — only a court can make you pay it. And Total Parking Solutions Ltd is a British Parking Association (BPA) member, which is what decides where your free appeal goes if they say no.
Day 14 — the discounted rate usually closes — most operators cut the charge by around 40% inside this window.
Day 28 — your free appeal to Total Parking Solutions Ltd. Appealing inside this window does not cost you the discount: the industry Code holds the reduced rate for a further 14 days after a rejection.
Then 28 days — the free independent appeal to POPLA, counted from the rejection code and not from the original notice.
You are not alone, and for this operator that sentence has a number behind it. POPLA decided 462 appeals against Total Parking Solutions Ltd in the year to 30 September 2025 and allowed 12.1% of them in the driver's favour, against an all-operator average of 21.5%, with a further 219 withdrawn before any ruling. The full table, and how POPLA counts it, is below.
What to do tonight
Fifteen minutes, tonight, with the notice in front of you.
- Write day 14 and day 28 on the notice itself, in pen, counting from the date printed on it. Then put the date into the calculator and it will give you all three, including the 28-day POPLA window that applies to Total Parking Solutions Ltd specifically.
- Photograph the signage while you still can — every sign at the entrance and at the bay, close enough to read, and again after dark if you parked at night. Unclear or obscured signage is the single most common ground that gets a charge cancelled, and the car park can be resigned next week.
- Write the appeal to Total Parking Solutions Ltd as the registered keeper, and do not name the driver. Quote the reference on the notice, keep it factual, attach your photographs and any payment receipt, and send it in writing so there is a record. A phone call leaves you nothing to rely on later.
None of that costs anything, and appealing does not close off paying later. Paying first does close off appealing.
The clause that actually applies to this operator, quoted, with your dates and its published odds. No signup, nothing stored.
Association and appeals route · verified 03/08/2026
What is on the public record for Total Parking Solutions Ltd
20 facts about this operator specifically, each carrying the source it came from and the date we checked it. Where a fact does not exist, the table says so — nothing here is filled in.
| Fact | Total Parking Solutions |
|---|---|
| Trade association | British Parking Association (BPA) (British Parking Association Approved Operator list · checked 26/08/2026) |
| Independent appeals body | POPLA — 28 days from the rejection code (Follows from the membership above · checked 26/08/2026) |
| Registered company | TOTAL PARKING SOLUTIONS LTD — company number 05676135, incorporated 16 January 2006 (20 years on the register), status: active (Companies House public register, checked 2 September 2026) |
| Registered office | Eastcastle House, 27/28 Eastcastle Street, London, England, W1W 8DH (Companies House public register, checked 2 September 2026) |
| Phone line | None published on its own website (Machine-read from the operator's own website · checked 26 August 2026) |
| Website | www.totalparking.co.uk (British Parking Association Approved Operator list · checked 26/08/2026) |
| Published complaints policy | Yes — linked below (The operator's own website · checked 26 August 2026) |
| Appeals POPLA decided | 462 (year to 30 September 2025) (POPLA Annual Report 2025 Appendix · checked 25/08/2026) |
| Decided in the driver's favour | 56 — 12.1% (POPLA Annual Report 2025 Appendix · checked 25/08/2026) |
| Against the all-operator average | 21.5% — this operator is 9.4 points below it (POPLA Annual Report 2025 Appendix, computed · checked 25/08/2026) |
| Busiest-operator rank | 19th of the 79 operators POPLA decided any appeal against (POPLA Annual Report 2025 Appendix, computed · checked 25/08/2026) |
| Success-rate rank | 62nd of 79 by share allowed (POPLA Annual Report 2025 Appendix, computed · checked 25/08/2026) |
| Share of every POPLA decision | 0.7% of the 67,680 appeals POPLA decided that year (POPLA Annual Report 2025 Appendix, computed · checked 25/08/2026) |
| Withdrawn before any ruling | 219 (POPLA Annual Report 2025 Appendix · checked 25/08/2026) |
| Withdrawals per decided appeal | 0.47 (POPLA Annual Report 2025 Appendix, computed · checked 25/08/2026) |
| Reported by POPLA under | England and Wales (1 reporting line) (POPLA Annual Report 2025 Appendix · checked 25/08/2026) |
| Allowed rate by year | 2023: 17.2% · 2024: 19.5% · 2025: 12.1% (POPLA Annual Reports 2023, 2024 and 2025 Appendices · checked 25/08/2026) |
| Appeals decided by year | 2023: 483 · 2024: 313 · 2025: 462 (POPLA Annual Reports 2023, 2024 and 2025 Appendices · checked 25/08/2026) |
| Movement over that span | -5.1 percentage points (POPLA Annual Reports 2023, 2024 and 2025 Appendices, computed · checked 25/08/2026) |
| POPLA reports naming it | 3 of the last three (POPLA Annual Reports 2023, 2024 and 2025 Appendices · checked 25/08/2026) |
TOTAL PARKING SOLUTIONS LTD is company 05676135 at Companies House, incorporated 16 January 2006 — 20 years ago, and is active on the register as at 2 September 2026. It is a British Parking Association member, which is what decides where a rejected appeal goes. POPLA decided 462 appeals against Total Parking Solutions Ltd in the year to 30 September 2025 — 19th busiest of the 79 operators it decided any appeal against, and 0.7% of every appeal it decided that year — and allowed 12.1% of them, 9.4 points below the 21.5% all-operator average. A further 219 were withdrawn before any ruling — 0.47 withdrawals for every appeal that reached a decision. Across POPLA's 3 reports that name it, the allowed rate has gone from 17.2% in 2023 to 12.1% in 2025 — -5.1 points. Its own website published no phone line when we last read it, in August 2026 — the written routes below are the ones that exist.
Already appealed and been rejected? Rejected car parking appeal — what now — the free independent stage, and the clock that starts at the rejection.
Not sure this is your operator? Use the free checker — type the name printed on your ticket and it returns the right appeals body, your dates and the odds.
Should you pay it, or appeal it?
One fact decides it before any of the others, and it is not printed on the notice:
- The odds are published. In POPLA's own record for the year to September 2025, 12.1% of the 462 decided appeals against Total Parking Solutions Ltd went the driver's way — and a further 219 were withdrawn before a ruling, which across the industry is overwhelmingly the operator folding. Full figures below.
POPLA's record for Total Parking Solutions Ltd: 681 appeals concluded in the year to 30 September 2025 — 56 allowed for the driver by an adjudicator and 219 withdrawn before any ruling, so 32.2% of everything concluded ended in a withdrawal rather than a decision. POPLA's per-operator table does not say which side withdrew; across all operators the split was 34,502 by operators to 5,020 by motorists. POPLA Annual Report 2025 Appendix.
The arithmetic, from POPLA's own appendix: POPLA decided 462 appeals against Total Parking Solutions Ltd in the year to 30 September 2025 and allowed 56 of them for the driver, which is 12.1% of the appeals it decided.
Counted by us from the POPLA Annual Report 2025 Appendix, its table of appeals decided by operator, checked 24/08/2026.
POPLA allowed 12.1% of the 462 appeals it decided against Total Parking Solutions Ltd in the year to 30 September 2025. Writing the appeal yourself costs nothing: the grounds are set out on how to appeal and there is a free template letter to start from. If you would rather answer eight questions than face a blank page, the free builder puts your own facts into the wording an assessor reads, on screen and as a download, at no charge.
The order that costs you least: check the grounds below first. If any of them matches your facts, appeal — you risk nothing and keep every later option open. Paying straight away only makes sense when no ground fits and you want the discounted rate; paying is also the one move that cannot be undone, because a paid charge cannot then be appealed.
POPLA's own record for Total Parking Solutions Ltd
Of the 462 appeals against Total Parking Solutions Ltd that POPLA decided in the year 1 October 2024 to 30 September 2025, 56 were allowed — 12.1% found for the driver, against an all-operator average of 21.5%. These figures count only appeals an adjudicator actually decided.
A further 219 appeals involving Total Parking Solutions Ltd were withdrawn before POPLA reached a decision. POPLA's own definition: either party withdrew — the motorist (typically because the charge was already paid), or the operator, "because the motorist has provided compelling evidence, or the landowner has asked them to withdraw". Across all operators last year, withdrawals ran 34,502 by operators to 5,020 by motorists — nearly 7 in 8 were the operator folding. The per-operator table does not split the two, so we publish the count, the definition and the all-operator split rather than guessing.
Total Parking Solutions Ltd at POPLA, 2023 to 2025
Across POPLA's last three annual reports, the share of decided appeals allowed in the driver's favour against Total Parking Solutions Ltd was 17.2% in 2023 (483 decided), 19.5% in 2024 (313 decided), 12.1% in 2025 (462 decided). Over that span it has fallen by 5.1 percentage points. The all-operator average moved 2023: 22.4% · 2024: 20.4% · 2025: 21.5%.
Each year is counted from that year's own POPLA appendix, and each year's parse is checked against the grand total that report printed for itself. See which operators moved most →
Counted from the POPLA Annual Report 2025 Appendix; every parse is checked against the report's own printed totals.
POPLA Annual Reports 2023, 2024 and 2025 Appendices · per-operator tables · checked 25/08/2026 See every operator ranked →
Where your appeal actually goes
If Total Parking Solutions Ltd rejects your appeal, your free independent appeal goes to POPLA — not the other one. POPLA handles appeals for British Parking Association members.
Put my notice date in and get my three dates — freeNo signup, nothing stored. The calculator applies the 28-day POPLA window automatically.
Where do you pay a Total Parking Solutions parking charge?
If you do decide to pay: payment goes to Total Parking Solutions Ltd directly, using the reference on your notice — normally through their own website, www.totalparking.co.uk, or the payment route printed on the notice. There is no government payment site for private parking charges — a demand pointing anywhere other than the operator named on your notice deserves suspicion.
Paying closes the case: once paid, the charge cannot be appealed. That is why the deadline check comes first — appealing inside the window keeps the discounted rate available anyway. Check your dates before you pay, free →
How to contact Total Parking Solutions
- Phone: Total Parking Solutions Ltd publishes no phone line on its website that we could verify. The written routes below are the ones that exist — and for an appeal, writing is what you want anyway: a call leaves no record.
- Website: www.totalparking.co.uk
- Complaints policy: their published policy
- Your notice carries the reference number and the postal or online contact route for this specific charge — quote the reference in everything you send.
Appealing to Total Parking Solutions directly — the route they publish
Read on Total Parking Solutions Ltd's own website on 07/09/2026. Your notice still outranks this page: if it names a different address or a shorter window, use the notice.
- Their own appeal page: www.totalparking.co.uk/online-payments/appeal — it carries a form you fill in on the page.
Total Parking Solutions Ltd's own published pages · read 07/09/2026
If they do not answer, that is not the end of it — the Code gives them 28 days to respond or to acknowledge and tell you when. What to do when an operator ignores your appeal →
How to appeal your Total Parking Solutions parking charge, step by step
- Appeal to Total Parking Solutions Ltd first. You must use the operator's own appeals process before the independent stage. Their published complaints policy: policy document. Operator website: www.totalparking.co.uk.
- Keep everything. Photos of the signage, your payment receipt or ticket, the times you arrived and left, and the notice itself.
- If rejected, they must give you a code for the independent appeals service. For Total Parking Solutions Ltd that service is POPLA (www.popla.co.uk).
- The independent appeal is free to you. You do not pay to appeal at this stage.
Grounds that actually get Total Parking Solutions Ltd charges cancelled — with the clause to quote
Each ground below names the paragraph Total Parking Solutions Ltd is bound by, in the words that paragraph uses. That is deliberate: an appeal that says “the Code requires a grace period” invites a form-letter rejection, and one that says Code of Practice v1.1 §5.2 and then quotes it has to be answered on its own terms. Their trade association runs Total Parking Solutions Ltd under this one document.
- Signage. Terms must be clearly displayed and readable at the point you park — including at night. Unclear, obscured or contradictory signs are the most common successful ground. Code of Practice v1.1 §3.1.3(a):
be placed within the controlled land, such that drivers have the chance to read them at the time of parking or leaving their vehicle
And on lighting: Code of Practice v1.1 §3.1.6:Signs must be designed and installed so as to be conspicuous and legible in all lighting conditions during which the controlled land may legitimately be accessed
- Grace periods. A period to read the signs and decide on arrival, plus a period to leave after your paid or permitted time ends. Code of Practice v1.1 §5.2:
A grace period as set out at Annex B to this Code must be allowed by the parking operator in addition to the parking period. A parking charge must not be issued during a Grace Period.
- Keeper liability (POFA). To pursue the registered keeper rather than the driver, the operator must follow the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012, Schedule 4 to the letter — including strict wording and timing on the notice. Where no ticket was put on the windscreen, the deadline is short: PoFA 2012 Sch 4 para 9(5):
The relevant period for the purposes of sub-paragraph (4) is the period of 14 days beginning with the day after that on which the specified period of parking ended.
Where a windscreen ticket came first, the window is a later one: PoFA 2012 Sch 4 para 8(5):The relevant period for the purposes of sub-paragraph (4) is the period of 28 days following the period of 28 days beginning with the day after that on which the notice to driver was given.
Errors here defeat the claim. - You paid, or had a permit. Keystroke errors in a registration number are routinely cancelled where payment for the stay is evidenced, and the Code lists that case by name. Code of Practice v1.1, Annex F, F.1(h):
where the driver has paid the tariff but made a minor keying error when registering their vehicle (for example, 0 instead of o; I instead of L; 1 instead of I)
- The charge is disproportionate or the operator lacks standing to enforce on that land. The Code caps it outright: Code of Practice v1.1 §8.2.1:
Parking charges must not exceed £100.
- The operator broke the Code itself. A breach by Total Parking Solutions Ltd in how the notice was issued is a listed ground for cancellation, not merely a complaint. Code of Practice v1.1, Annex F, F.1(i):
where the parking operator has breached an obligation in this Code relating to the issue of a notice, or such that the driver was unable to adhere to the relevant obligations.
Every quote above is the The private parking sector single Code of Practice, Version 1.1 as published, read at source on 2026-09-05. Clause numbers come from the Code PDF itself; Protection of Freedoms Act 2012, Schedule 4 from legislation.gov.uk.
What it costs if you do nothing
This is the escalation ladder for a private parking charge. Only the first row goes down in price, and only one row costs nothing at all.
| What you do | When | What it costs you |
|---|---|---|
| Pay at the discounted rate | Within 14 days of the notice | The reduced amount — most operators cut the charge by around 40% |
| Appeal to Total Parking Solutions Ltd | Usually within 28 days of the notice | Nothing — but the discount window can close while it runs |
| Appeal to the independent service | 28 days (POPLA) or 28 days (IAS) from the rejection code | Nothing. The independent stage is free to the motorist |
| Pay after the discount window closes | After day 14 | The full charge |
| Ignore the reminders | Once the operator passes it on | The full charge plus the operator's debt-recovery costs |
| Ignore a county court claim | If the operator issues proceedings | The charge, the debt-recovery costs and the court fee — and an unanswered claim can end in a judgment against you |
Appealing is the row that costs nothing and closes off none of the others. If the appeal fails you can still pay; if you pay first, the appeal is gone.
Complaining about Total Parking Solutions Ltd — the receipt an appeal does not give you
A complaint is not an appeal, and it does not extend your 28 days. It is worth sending alongside one for a plain reason: an appeal need not be acknowledged at all if they decide it inside 28 days, and a complaint must be acknowledged whatever happens. The BPA publishes a link to it beside Total Parking Solutions Ltd on its Approved Operator list, and we read the document itself on 07/09/2026.
- They must acknowledge it in 14 calendar days.
Once the complaint has been received, we will acknowledge the complaint within 14 days and provide the unique reference code.
— their own policy - They must answer it in full in 28 calendar days.
We will respond to complaints within 28 days of receipt.
— their own policy - They promise you a reference for it. Ask for it if it does not arrive — it is the piece of paper an appeal on its own never gives you.
Once the complaint has been received, we will acknowledge the complaint within 14 days and provide the unique reference code.
— their own policy - They promise to treat a complaint that disputes the charge as an appeal too. So heading one letter as both costs you nothing.
If a complaint is received that is considered to be or includes an appeal against the validity of an Parking Charge, we will treat it as an appeal and advise the customer of this, unless we are informed that the customer does not wish it to be so handled.
— their own policy
Their policy also says the complaints route is not the way to appeal a parking charge — The complaints policy is not intended to be used as a method for motorists to appeal a Parking Charge Matters relating specifically to appeals must be made in writing as instructed on the charge itself.
— their own policy. Both sentences are in the same document, and both are true: use the appeal route to dispute the charge, and head it as a complaint as well if you want the acknowledgement in writing.
Total Parking Solutions Ltd's published complaints policy →
Total Parking Solutions Ltd's own published complaints policy · read 07/09/2026
What the two clocks are, and what the operators' own policies promise: complaining about a parking company →
Questions people ask about Total Parking Solutions Ltd charges
How often do POPLA appeals against Total Parking Solutions Ltd succeed?
In POPLA's own record for the year to 30 September 2025, 12.1% of the 462 decided appeals against Total Parking Solutions Ltd were allowed — found for the driver — against an all-operator average of 21.5%. That understates drivers' overall position, because appeals the operator declines to contest end in the driver's favour without being counted as decided. Source: POPLA Annual Report 2025 Appendix.
Is a parking charge from Total Parking Solutions Ltd a fine?
No. It is a private invoice based on alleged breach of contract. Only councils, police and courts issue fines. That does not mean you can ignore it — unpaid charges can be pursued through the county court — but the language matters when you appeal.
What is Total Parking Solutions's phone number?
Total Parking Solutions Ltd does not publish a phone line on its website that we could verify (checked August 2026). Use the written routes instead — their site and published complaints policy are linked above — which is better for you anyway: a call leaves no record, and appeals run on evidence.
Where does my Total Parking Solutions Ltd appeal go if they reject it?
To POPLA, because Total Parking Solutions Ltd is a BPA member. Sending it to the wrong body wastes your appeal window. A rejection is not allowed to be a dead end: Code of Practice v1.1 §8.4.6: Where the parking operator rejects an appeal against a parking charge, they must present the person appealing with the option to: a) pay the parking charge; or b) appeal the decision to the relevant Appeals Service.
And once you lodge that appeal, Code of Practice v1.1 §8.4.7: enforcement proceedings and/or debt resolution must either not commence or, where commenced, must be suspended until the Appeals Service determines the appeal.
How long exactly do I have?
The discounted amount is usually available for 14 days from the notice. The appeal to Total Parking Solutions Ltd is usually 28 days from the notice. The independent appeal to POPLA is 28 days from the rejection code, not from the original notice. Work out your actual dates →
Does appealing cost me anything?
Appealing to Total Parking Solutions Ltd and then to the independent service is free at both stages. Appealing inside the reduced-rate window does not lose you the reduced rate either — under the industry Code the rate that applied when you appealed must stand for a further 14 days after they notify you of a rejection. What ends the discount is going on to POPLA and losing there. Work out what applies to your notice →
How do I complain about Total Parking Solutions Ltd itself, rather than the charge?
Use their published complaints policy first — that is the route their trade association expects you to have taken. A complaint about conduct or process runs alongside the appeal against the charge; using one does not give up the other. Total Parking Solutions Ltd's complaints policy →
What happens if I just ignore it?
It is not a fine, so nothing happens automatically — but the charge does not go away. The discount closes after about 14 days, the full amount stands, reminders follow, and the operator can pass it to debt recovery and then issue a county court claim. An unanswered claim can end in a judgment against you. Appealing costs nothing and keeps every later option open.
Where every number on this page comes from
- 462 appeals decided against Total Parking Solutions Ltd, 12.1% allowed, 219 withdrawn before a ruling, and the 21.5% all-operator average: POPLA Annual Report 2025 — Appendix (Parking on Private Land Appeals, 30/04/2026) — checked 20/08/2026. Period 1 October 2024 to 30 September 2025; our parse is checked against the report's own printed totals.
- The 14-day discount window, the around-40% minimum reduction, the 28-day operator appeal and the further 14 days the reduced rate is held after a rejection: The private parking sector single Code of Practice, Version 1.1 (British Parking Association and International Parking Community, 17/02/2025) — checked 20/08/2026 — clauses 8.4.1(a), 8.1.2(e) and 8.2.2.
- 28 days at POPLA from the rejection code: POPLA's own FAQ — popla.co.uk/faqs, checked 24/08/2026 — and, for the IAS, IAS FAQs — standard appeals (Independent Appeals Service, as published on 04/09/2026) — checked 04/09/2026: “A standard appeal is an appeal lodged within 28 days of the operator rejecting the appeal internally.”
- That Total Parking Solutions Ltd is a BPA member: the publicly published member lists of the British Parking Association and the International Parking Community, last compiled 03/08/2026.
- Company number 05676135 and its status: Companies House register, read 2 September 2026.
- The appeal route, window and address Total Parking Solutions Ltd publishes: Total Parking Solutions Ltd's own website, read 07/09/2026 with our own reader. Each field above links to the page it came from. Fields the operator does not publish are absent rather than filled in — how the read was done, and what it counted.
The line at the top of this page is not about Total Parking Solutions Ltd — it is a driver asking out loud whether the second appeal is worth the bother. It usually is: it is free, and losing it still leaves you able to defend a court claim afterwards. Paying is the only step on this page you cannot take back.
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