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Thank you for the reassurance

Thanks for your reply Dave,Reading this forum, would the correct thing be to ignore any future email/letter from Debt Recovery Plus saying unless I pay up they will commence legal action?

Hello,I appealed the PCN using the following:QuoteHeathrow Parking PCNI am the registered keeper. APCOA cannot hold a registered keeper liable for any alleged contravention on land that is under statutory control. As a matter of fact and law, APCOA will be well aware that they cannot use the PoFA provisions because Heathrow Airport is not 'relevant land'.If Heathrow 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 APCOA is not the Airport owner and your 'parking charge' is not and never attempts to be a penalty. It is created for APCOA's own profit (as opposed to a bylaws penalty that goes to the public purse) and APCOA 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. APCOA have no hope at POPLA, so you are urged to save us both a complete waste of time and cancel the PCN.I have now received a second email asking for driver details. Looks like the next email will be from Debt Recovery if I don't reply.Advice on how to proceed from here will be appreciated. My situation is similar to that posted by CaptainG - I suspect I might be getting a debt recovery letter if I do not respond within 14 days.<br />..

I did message Hippocrates some time ago, but still waiting for a reply. I'm just worried about the 14 day deadline - if the letter was dated 23/2/2026 then the last day to pay £80 will be Monday 9/3/2026 (tomorrow)?

The letter was dated 23/2/2026. Not sure if that makes the 14 deadline to be today or tomorrow. Perhaps I should just pay up to avoid having to pay double the fine.....

Okay, thanks.

I'm hoping somebody will respond...

Received the following rejecting the appeal. Any advice on next steps would be appreciated

Would be grateful if you could cast your eye over this before I submit it, thanks.

Am wondering if the The "Date of Notice" vs. "Date of Service" Flaw could be used:The PCN states: "If we receive payment before the end of 14 days beginning with the date of the notice, the amount of the Penalty Charge will be reduced to £80.00." (The date of notice is 27/11/2025).Legally, a postal PCN is deemed served on the second working day after the date of the notice. The discounted payment period is generally considered to run from the date of service.The Flaw: If the PCN fails to correctly state that the statutory period runs from the date of service, or if it implies a false deadline based on the date of notice, it can be argued that it is not compliant with the regulations and therefore invalid.Google suggests case law on this point has become very strict, and many adjudicators now accept the wording on this PCN as compliant, as long as it correctly states the days (14 and 28 days).

Thanks for your help Hippocrates

Is that a pdf of the ETA Register of Appeals Case Details reference 2250221909 that I should attach?Not sure what to screenshot, maybe the Hounslow PCN site under 'Make a Representation' tab when I've entered all the required information before submitting?

So do I just copy and paste the text in the Hounslow PCN site under 'Make a Representation' tab? Do I need to upload any additional info?<br>Thanks<br>

Wow, thanks for your reply Hippocrates!

Was thinking of using suggestion by Hero Member posted on another thread:"I make these collateral challenges against the PCN in terms of its invalidity:1. Under If you do nothing the PCN wrongly states which action triggers the period in which the council may serve a charge certificate: “If the Penalty Charge is not paid before the end of the period of 28 days beginning with the date of service of this notice an increased charge of £240.00 maybe payable. We may then send you a Charge Certificate.” The law states at Schedule 1 5:1)Where a penalty charge notice is served on any person and the penalty charge to which it relates is not paid before the end of the relevant period, the enforcing authority may serve on that person a statement (in this paragraph referred to as a “charge certificate”) to the effect that the penalty charge in question is increased by 50 per cent.(2)The relevant period, in relation to a penalty charge notice is the period of 28 days beginning—(a)where no representations are made under paragraph 1 above, with the date on which the penalty charge notice is served;2. The PCN also fails to include mandatory information as provided at  Para. 4 (8 ) (v) ofhttps://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukla/2003/3/section/4/enacted(v)that, if the penalty charge is not paid before the end of the 28 day period, an increased charge may be payable.Clearly, this refers to Para. 4 (8 ) (iii):(iii)that the penalty charge must be paid before the end of the period of 28 days beginning with the date of the notice;In light of the above, please cancel the PCN."