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Private parking tickets / Re: Parking on pavement in front of shop (Cake Box, Small Heath, Coventry Rd)
« on: February 24, 2026, 04:52:05 pm »
Ok, thanks.
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Private parking tickets / Re: Parking on pavement in front of shop (Cake Box, Small Heath, Coventry Rd)
« on: February 24, 2026, 04:09:31 pm »
A little help from ChatGPT. Does this look ok?
Subject: PCN [number] – Formal Keeper Appeal
Dear Sir or Madam,
I am the registered keeper of vehicle [VRM].
I dispute your Parking Charge Notice.
Your Notice to Keeper fails to comply with the mandatory requirements of Schedule 4 of the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 and therefore you have not established keeper liability.
In particular (but not limited to):
You have failed to specify the required period of parking as required by Schedule 4 paragraph 9(2)(a). Merely stating observation times is insufficient.
Your notice does not contain fully compliant keeper liability wording required by the Act.
The alleged observation period of approximately six minutes also fails to allow the mandatory grace periods required under the British Parking Association Code of Practice.
As you have not met the strict statutory conditions, liability cannot be transferred from the driver to the keeper.
For the avoidance of doubt:
The driver has not been identified.
I am under no obligation to name the driver and will not be doing so.
Please now either:
Cancel the Parking Charge Notice, or
Provide a POPLA verification code so that I may refer the matter to Parking on Private Land Appeals.
I do not consent to debt recovery action while this charge is in dispute.
Yours faithfully,
[Name]
Registered Keeper
Subject: PCN [number] – Formal Keeper Appeal
Dear Sir or Madam,
I am the registered keeper of vehicle [VRM].
I dispute your Parking Charge Notice.
Your Notice to Keeper fails to comply with the mandatory requirements of Schedule 4 of the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 and therefore you have not established keeper liability.
In particular (but not limited to):
You have failed to specify the required period of parking as required by Schedule 4 paragraph 9(2)(a). Merely stating observation times is insufficient.
Your notice does not contain fully compliant keeper liability wording required by the Act.
The alleged observation period of approximately six minutes also fails to allow the mandatory grace periods required under the British Parking Association Code of Practice.
As you have not met the strict statutory conditions, liability cannot be transferred from the driver to the keeper.
For the avoidance of doubt:
The driver has not been identified.
I am under no obligation to name the driver and will not be doing so.
Please now either:
Cancel the Parking Charge Notice, or
Provide a POPLA verification code so that I may refer the matter to Parking on Private Land Appeals.
I do not consent to debt recovery action while this charge is in dispute.
Yours faithfully,
[Name]
Registered Keeper
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Private parking tickets / Re: Parking on pavement in front of shop (Cake Box, Small Heath, Coventry Rd)
« on: February 24, 2026, 03:50:06 pm »
Thank you, very much appreciated.
I will send this tomorrow.
I will send this tomorrow.
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Private parking tickets / Re: Parking on pavement in front of shop (Cake Box, Small Heath, Coventry Rd)
« on: February 24, 2026, 11:04:33 am »As suspected, the notice does not meet the requirements of PoFA.
Hi,
Could you point me in the right direction/advise me on how I should challenge this?
Thank you
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Private parking tickets / Re: Parking on pavement in front of shop (Cake Box, Small Heath, Coventry Rd)
« on: February 23, 2026, 06:17:45 am »
Thanks for the response.
The letter is dated 04 February 2026.
It was recieved 13 February 2026.
Here are the other photos.
https://ibb.co/pBHHjht3
https://ibb.co/5WZ7Y3rM
The letter is dated 04 February 2026.
It was recieved 13 February 2026.
Here are the other photos.
https://ibb.co/pBHHjht3
https://ibb.co/5WZ7Y3rM
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Private parking tickets / Parking on pavement in front of shop (Cake Box, Small Heath, Coventry Rd)
« on: February 23, 2026, 12:19:31 am »
Advice required please -
Driver parked the vehicle on a pavement in front of the shop, in between cars, and visited a neighbouring shop for around 10 mins.
Did not notice the signage as it was placed in window and could have been obstructed by another vehicle/bins. No bays, no signage on post when entering etc. Signage on a cluttered wall.
Letter also arrived late.
Any help is much appreciated.
Will upload photos.
https://ibb.co/dsGpSzWt
https://ibb.co/q3rF2F8r
https://ibb.co/C3TVjY1B
Driver parked the vehicle on a pavement in front of the shop, in between cars, and visited a neighbouring shop for around 10 mins.
Did not notice the signage as it was placed in window and could have been obstructed by another vehicle/bins. No bays, no signage on post when entering etc. Signage on a cluttered wall.
Letter also arrived late.
Any help is much appreciated.
Will upload photos.
https://ibb.co/dsGpSzWt
https://ibb.co/q3rF2F8r
https://ibb.co/C3TVjY1B
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