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• About wheel clamping and removal.
• Where is my car?
• Collecting your car from the pound.
• I can’t afford to pay for my car to be released.
• Representations against clamping or removal.
• Vehicles clamped or towed on the instructions of Transport for London (TfL)
• Wheel-clamping on private land.
• What is a reasonable de-clamping fee on private ground?
• Does the clamping company or bailiff require an SIA Licence to immobilise or clamp my car?
  
  
  

About wheelclamping and removal.

The number of cars that are clamped or removed to the pound is at the highest level that it has ever been.

London Boroughs of course have the highest number, with recently published figures showing that 221,540 vehicles were clamped of which 74,175 vehicles were removed to the vehicle pound.

The London Boroughs with the highest clamping and removal rates are:

Westminster: 60,700 vehicles
Camden: 30,903 vehicles

When your vehicle should not be wheelclamped etc.

If you return to your vehicle to find that wheel clampers are in the process of clamping your car, you should note the following:

• If you return to the vehicle before the padlock is closed, the clamp should be removed.

• If you return to the vehicle after the clamp has been removed, but before the wheels of the vehicle have left the ground, the vehicle must be returned to you.

• If you return to the vehicle while it is in the process of being lifted, the vehicle must be returned to you if any of the wheels of the vehicle are still on the ground. (If a “half-lift” vehicle is being used, the vehicle must be returned if either of the two wheels is still on the ground.) The PCN should still be enforced in the normal manner.