As far as I know, you do not have to do anything if it's a "private" ticket, rather than a council sort of one. I shall be interested to hear whether anyone disagrees with this.
The basis for the issuing of these "penalties" is that you have broken a contract, and caused some loss to someone. The payment is for damages. If you have not caused loss, you aren't liable to pay damages, and that's that.
I overstayed my welcome in a supermarket car-park a while ago, and wanted to test the above, after receiving my "ticket" - however, I mentioned it to the "branch manager", who cancelled the ticket, as "I'd been/continued to" shop there, so I could do no more. I would have said, had they "sued me", that no damages were caused or payable, since no-one had been forced park or shop elsewhere during my visit, and there was no loss - there were still many freee spaces. Had there been no or few spaces, they may've had a point, but that was not the case.
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