Thanks for the responses. If/when the letter lands with me I will respond politely suggesting they stick it somewhere else.

That would be a lot of speculative invoices then. I'll do that. Thanks.

Nope. I drove in, made the phone call for 25 mins, drove out. Didn't get out the car. I assumed they must have some sort of system where Lidl verifies you were a customer.

But I'd be classed as a 'non-customer' as mentioned on the sign? - A charge of £90 applies to the driver of vehicles that exceed these time limits and all non customers'. And then there is the bit below about those who do not properly register their vehicle at checkout.

I am expecting a civil PCN to land any day now after being told it had been received by my employer (I drive a company car). I have read quite a lot of previous posts but seem to see half saying ignore the PCN, and another half saying don't ignore it, appeal it. As a lot of these previous posts go back months/years, I dont know if the best way of handling them has changed so am hoping for a more up to date suggestion of a response. I pulled into a car park (Lidl) while on a hands free phone call, knowing it was going to go on for ages so thought it best to just stop and pick it up. 25 minutes later, I finish the call and leave the car park. Must admit, I was completely oblivious to the fact it wasn't a free car park. I worked on the assumption that if a car park attendant needed me to move, I am sitting in the car so can do so. There were loads of free spaces so I wasn't taking up a valuable space. I have since been back and there are signs dotted around to say max of 60 mins for Lidl (and another store) customers but they cant be that obvious as I didn't notice them when I went in (see attached). So my questions are: 1. Should I ignore any correspondence I get? 2. Do I have an explanation good enough to make a legitimate appeal? 3. Should I just pay the fine and forget about it (even though I think its disgusting). Thanks in advance for any help.