Euro Car Parks: The £473,000 CMA Penalty, High Court Case and New Consumer Investigation
An independent examination of the regulatory action, court proceedings, customer complaints, parking-charge practices and public records surrounding Euro Car Parks Limited.
Two CMA Cases. One Parking Company.
Euro Car Parks is involved in two separate and distinct matters before the Competition and Markets Authority. Confusing them misrepresents the record. Here is the difference.
The £473,000 information-notice penalty
- → CMA issued a statutory information notice (July 2025)
- → CMA concluded the company failed to respond without reasonable excuse
- → £473,000 fixed penalty imposed (December 2025)
- → High Court publication dispute — injunction refused (Feb 2026)
- → Appeal ongoing — status to be verified
Consumer-law infringement finding: No. This case concerns compliance with an information notice, not a substantive consumer-law finding.
Compare the two casesThe 2026 consumer-protection investigation
- → CMA opened a separate consumer investigation (15 July 2026)
- → Examining petrol-station parking charges and forecourt use
- → Examining Euro Car Parks' wider appeals processes
- → Information-gathering period: July 2026 → Spring 2027
- → No final finding yet
Status: Under investigation. A CMA investigation does not mean wrongdoing has been established.
Read the investigation fileEuro Car Parks went to the High Court to try to prevent the CMA identifying it
In February 2026 Euro Car Parks Limited applied for an urgent interim injunction to stop the CMA publishing its Final Enforcement Notice in a way that named the company. Mrs Justice Eady DBE, sitting in the King's Bench Division, refused the injunction.
Euro Car Parks did not seek to prevent publication of the entire notice indefinitely. Its application sought to prevent publication identifying the company pending determination of related applications and appeal matters. The Court weighed the company's concerns about reputational consequences and possible abuse against the public interest in open justice and regulatory transparency — and refused the interim relief.
The fact that Euro Car Parks sought to protect its identity does not, by itself, establish misconduct. It is a recorded part of the proceedings.
- Case
- Euro Car Parks Ltd v CMA
- Citation
- [2026] EWHC 471 (KB)
- Court
- King's Bench Division
- Judge
- Mrs Justice Eady DBE
- Hearing
- 11 February 2026
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