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Live cases legal advice => Private parking tickets => Topic started by: cookiechip on June 09, 2025, 04:24:58 pm

Title: Re: APCOA parking charge - Manchester Airport, drove through drop off zone when lost
Post by: DWMB2 on June 09, 2025, 04:32:23 pm

Congratulations, I think 57 seconds might be a new record.

As Manchester Airport is subject to byelaws, it is subject to "statutory control", and as such, not relevant land for the purposes of Schedule 4 of the Protection of Freedoms Act, meaning they cannot hold the keeper liable. You could therefore appeal along the lines of the below:

Dear Sirs,

I have received your Parking Charge Notice (Ref: ______) for vehicle registration mark _______, in which you allege that the driver has incurred a parking charge. I am appealing as the registered keeper of the vehicle. There is no obligation for me to name the driver and I will not be doing so. I note from your correspondence that you are not seeking to hold me liable as the registered keeper, under Schedule 4 of the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 ("The Act").

Even if you were seeking to do so, as the Manchester Airport Lower Drop Off Forecourt T1 is not "relevant land" as defined by The Act you are unable to recover the charge from me, the keeper.

I am therefore unable to help you further with this matter, and look forward to your confirmation that the charge has been cancelled. If you choose to decline this appeal, you must issue a POPLA code.

Yours,

Any appeal is submitted as the registered keeper only!

Title: APCOA parking charge - Manchester Airport, drove through drop off zone when lost
Post by: cookiechip on June 09, 2025, 04:24:58 pm

Hello

While driving to the drop and go car park at Manchester Airport where the driver had parking booked for a holiday. The driver got confused around all the airport roundabouts and drove through the Pick up / Drop off zone by accident. The driver did not notice they had done this and the driver did not identify any signs to say tell them they were entering a paid for zone. The driver followed the road they were on, identified the correct route to follow and proceeded to the Drop and Go parking booked.

The registered keeper has received APCOA parking notice for entering the Pick up / Drop off zone for 57 seconds.

Can the notice be appealed? Or can it be ignored? The registered owner received the notice (9 June) seven days after the issue of charge (2 June). The contravention occurred on 27 May.

Thank you very much in advance for your help. Images attached of parking notice as required.



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