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Welcome. This is how it is going to unfold and you must accept that there is unlikely to be any other option unless you decide to pay the scammers and become part of the problem.

You will appeal to NPM and it will be rejected. You won't bother with the kangaroo court that is the IAS secondary appeal service.

You then ignore the wave of useless debt collector letters that will come your way until eventually, you receive a Letter of Claim (LoC) and then an N1SDT Claim Form from the county court.

With our advice and a valid defence, you go through the motions of acknowledging service of the claim and defending it. Eventually, the claim is discontinued once they realise you are not some low-hanging fruit on the gullible tree that is going to capitulate at the first sign of litigation.

So, for now, you appeal to NPM with the following:

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Appeal Against Parking Charge Notice [PCN Reference Number]

Dear NPM,

I am writing to challenge the Parking Charge Notice referenced above. The allegation is that the driver "failed to park within a marked bay," based on an observation period of just 3 minutes.

This notice is completely baseless and in breach of the Private Parking Single Code of Practice (SCoP), Annex B1. For locations where parking is restricted to permit holders, a minimum consideration period of 5 minutes must be allowed for drivers to read and accept the terms and conditions. Issuing a PCN after only 3 minutes is a blatant violation of this requirement, rendering the PCN invalid.

It is obvious that no breach of terms could possibly have occurred within the mandated consideration period. Your actions demonstrate either ignorance of the SCoP or an intentional disregard for its rules in an attempt to extort money from drivers.

This PCN must be cancelled immediately. I will not waste my time engaging with the IAS, an organisation that exists solely to shield operators like you from accountability. Should you be so vexatious as to pursue this matter further, I will relish the opportunity to defend against your spurious claim in court, where your disregard for the Private Parking Code of Practice and your predatory practices will be laid bare.

Yours,

[Your Full Name]

Thank you for outlining the process clearly. I completely agree with your approach and that this is the best action to address the situation effectively.
I am fully prepared to follow the steps you have recommended and will ensure that everything is handled as advised.
Thank you again for your support.

Has anyone got any spare crayons. I'm going to need lots of them.

You received an SJPN on 23/04/2024.  For some reason known only to yourself, you decided that it would be helpful to upload a scan of the first page, but not the second. Perhaps you were not aware that notices can have more writing on the back. This would explain a lot. The second page would invariably have included instructions to provide identification details to the Fixed Penalty Clerk - although the police seem to like to call it something else - basically name, date of birth and licence no. (if UK licence holder) - although your licence number incorporates your date of birth, so arguably that is not a separate requirement.

You apparently have proof that you provided the required information on 02/04/2024. That is 3 weeks before you received the COFP. I suspect that your proof is somewhat less compelling than you might otherwise have thought.

Did you follow all the instructions on the subsequent pages of the fixed penalty offer? We've seen a few where people paid but didn’t submit their licence details when taking up the fixed penalty.