Pay your parking fine

Ways to Pay

A discount is offered if payment is received within 14 calendar days of this Notice of Charge and Intention to Prosecute (NIP).  Pay the charge in full within 28 days of the date of this NIP, and no further action will be taken.

1. You can pay online (this is the preferred method and is logged against your Notice on completion of the payment) - www.peakdistrict.gov.uk/parkingfine
2. Telephone – credit/debit cards only.  Automated payment line only 03301 642793 24 hours / 7 days a week.  Please ensure you have your card details and NIP number to hand before calling.
3. By post – Do not send cash, this cannot be accepted

Please allow at least 4 working days for the payment to be received; the Authority cannot be responsible for delays in transit.

Cheques should be made payable to “Peak District National Park Authority”.

Please ensure that your vehicle registration and NIP number are marked on the reverse for it to be allocated to the correct NIP.

Please complete the payment slip below and return with the cheque to Car Park Enforcement, Peak District National Park Authority, Aldern House, Baslow Road, Bakewell, DE45 1AE

How to appeal against this NIP

Any appeal must be made in writing, to be received as below within 28 calendar days of the NIP being issued.  Provided the appeal is received within the 14 day period, should the appeal be rejected a further 14 day discount period will usually be re-offered to complete payment.  Should you choose to pay the NIP prior to an appeal decision being issued, it will be assumed that you have accepted the contravention has occurred.  On payment any outstanding appeal will not be considered and the case will be closed.

1. Online using the form below (this is then preferred method and is logged against your Notice on completion of the form) - peakdistrict.zatappeal.com or www.peakdistrict.gov.uk/parkingfine
2. Email – carparks@peakdistrict.gov.uk
   Please allow at least 2 working days for your email to be acknowledged, if you have not received one within this time please resubmit.
3. By post – Please allow at least 4 working days for the appeal to be received, the Authority cannot be responsible for delays in transit.
   Appeals should be sent to Car Park Enforcement, Peak District National Park Authority, Aldern House, Baslow Road, Bakewell, DE45 1AE.  Please do not attend or telephone this office as appeals can only be dealt with in writing.

Please ensure that you have included the vehicle registration, NIP number, date of issue and your email and postal address in all contacts.

If the charge is not paid or NIP successfully challenged

If this charge is not paid on or before the end of the 28 day period as specified on the front of this NIP, or successfully challenged, the Peak District National Park Authority will obtain your details from DVLA and issue and commence proceedings in the Magistrates Court who may impose a fine not exceeding Level 2 on the Standard Scale.

For the purpose of proceedings it shall be presumed that the registered keeper of the vehicle was the driver at the relevant time of the alleged offence and accordingly that acts or omissions of the driver were those of the registered keeper.