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Live cases legal advice => Private parking tickets => Topic started by: Mikaykay93 on June 09, 2025, 05:47:34 pm
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The discount rate is only relevant if you're planning to pay up, which it seems you are not.
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Thank you so much for coming back to me, I have definitely taken your advice and appealed. I was on holiday for the past two days so I have just appealed now. I also noticed the discounted rate is only applicable from the parking charge date which was 24.05.2025 where as I thought it started from the parking charge issue date (28.05.2025) so the amount has now gone up to £100 - shake my head. Either way, I have appealed to UKPC this evening and wrote exactly what you had advised. I was unable to appeal on APCOA as I do not have a ticket reference number for that - unless I am doing something wrong.
Once again, thank you for taking time out of your day to come back to me and provide me with advice. It is highly appreciated and I will definitely keep you updated every step of the way.
Many thanks
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As stated, the driver breached the contextual terms of parking. However, if you don't want to pay penny to UKPC, then follow this advice...
All appeals, initial and POPLA will be rejected. I wouldn't even bother with a POPLA appeal. Simply appeal to APCOA with the following:
I am the keeper of the vehicle and I dispute your 'parking charge'. I deny any liability or contractual agreement and I will be making a complaint about your predatory conduct to your client landowner.
As your Notice to Keeper (NtK) does not fully comply with ALL the requirements of PoFA 2012, you are unable to hold the keeper of the vehicle liable for the charge. Partial or even substantial compliance is not sufficient. There will be no admission as to who was driving and no inference or assumptions can be drawn. UKPC has relied on contract law allegations of breach against the driver only.
The registered keeper cannot be presumed or inferred to have been the driver, nor pursued under some twisted interpretation of the law of agency. Your NtK can only hold the driver liable. UKPC have no hope at POPLA, so you are urged to save us both a complete waste of time and cancel the PCN.
AS I said, don't bother with a POPLA appeal. Ignore all debt recovery letters. Debt collectors are powerless to do anything except to try and persuade the low-hanging fruit on the gullible tree pay up out of ignorance and fear.
When you receive a Letter of Claim (LoC) from DCB Legal (not DCBL), then come back and we will tell you what to do next.
Eventually you will receive a Claim but with our advice and defence template, the claim will either be struck out or discontinued in due course.
So, you have a couple of choices... pay the charge at the mugs discount rate, try and appeal your way out of it and end up paying the full charge or go through the process of them initiating litigation and eventually having the claim struck out or discontinued. Your choice!
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Do I have a chance to appeal this?
No. They will reject all day long.
However, you did overstay by 20 minutes - on what basis would you appeal? (They only have to give a 10 minute grace period after an allowed period of parking)
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Hi,
I have received a parking fine due to the fact I have breached the terms and conditions of the car park (according to the letter) The letter states I arrived at 12:58:39 and left at 14:21:39 however, I do have proof that I paid from 13:01 - 14:01.
I always use this car park and always pay for a ticket, this time for some reason, it just slipped my mind to extend.
Do I have a chance to appeal this?
I am quite short for time as I didn't recieve the letter until last week saturday but the issue date is 28.05.2025 so I have until tomorrow to appeal.
I appreciate your help in advance.
I have attached relevant images as well as the google address for where the car park is. (26 Power Ct, Luton LU1 3LJ)
All help highly appreciated
Many thanks,
Mikala
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