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Live cases legal advice => Private parking tickets => Topic started by: LongTimeLurker on July 26, 2025, 02:50:46 pm
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b789, you're a star. I've referred to 'relevant land' previously thanks to other posts of yours, but it never occurred to me that this would fall under the same bylaws.
Many thanks
LTL
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No Keeper liability.
Appeal with the following and wait for the rejection then you can appeal to POPLA. Easy one to deal with… as long as the unknown drivers identity is not revealed. There is no legal obligation on the known keeper (the recipient of the Notice to Keeper (NtK)) to reveal the identity of the unknown driver and no inference or assumptions can be made.
The location is within the boundary of Stansted Airport which means it is not relevant land for the purposes of PoFA. As long as the unknown driver is not identified, they cannot transfer liability for the charge from the unknown driver to the known keeper.
Use the following as your appeal. No need to embellish or remove anything from it:
I am the registered keeper. ParkMaven cannot hold a registered keeper liable for any alleged contravention on land that is under statutory control. As a matter of fact and law, ParkMaven will be well aware that they cannot use the PoFA provisions because Stansted Airport is not 'relevant land'.
If Stansted Airport wanted to hold owners or keepers liable under Airport Bylaws, that would be within the landowner's gift and another matter entirely. However, not only is that not pleaded, it is also not legally possible because ParkMaven is not the Airport owner and your 'parking charge' is not and never attempts to be a penalty. It is created for ParkMaven's own profit (as opposed to a bylaws penalty that goes to the public purse) and ParkMaven 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. ParkMaven have no hope at POPLA, so you are urged to save us both a complete waste of time and cancel the PCN.
You will be able to refer to this official map of Stansted Airport which shows the boundary and the location of the Premier Inn within it. All land within the boundary is under statutory control of airport byelaws and is therefore "not relevant" for the purposes of PoFA:
(https://i.imgur.com/xY7qyzS.jpeg)
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Need to see the reverse of the PCN.
Any clues what the 'authorised parking session' was? I would assume the driver had to register with the hotel?
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Good afternoon all,
I am keeper of the vehicle mentioned in the attached notice. I received this notice a little while ago but have only recently been home to open it.
Are you able to advise the best course of action here? Please let me know what additional info you may require!
Many thanks,
LTL
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