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Private parking tickets / Re: Civil Enforcement PCN – Exceeding free parking period – KFC, Langley Mill
« on: March 29, 2026, 08:28:27 pm »
Hi, thanks for your reply.

Point 25 in their response states

" 25. This Parking Charge Notice was issued under Schedule 4 of the Protection of Freedoms Act
2012. Please note that the Registered Keeper has appealed the Notice and identified
themselves as the driver on the day in question, therefore we are holding them liable in this
case. "

When I originally appealed with Civil Enforcement one of the questions asked if I was appealing as the driver and I said yes - sadly didn't about PoFA at this point :( I thought attaching evidence of my receipt for the meal would be enough and stupidly thought that would be the end of it

https://postimg.cc/SnwSGXqY


Back of the notice

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I have a few days left to respond, but my comments to the 'operator evidence' will probably just say they have provided images of a car without a clear view of the registration plate, or no view at all. The pictures provided of the signage (some of which are a few years out of date) highlight their locations being tucked away behind foliage, the carwash, industrial waste bin or are not lit up at all- none of which are clear to see when arriving in the dark.


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Private parking tickets / Civil Enforcement PCN – Exceeding free parking period – KFC, Langley Mill
« on: March 28, 2026, 04:20:53 pm »
Hi everyone,

Upon entering the car park, the driver found a space, parked up, and went into KFC for a meal and a catch up with a friend. The driver was unaware of any regulations in this car park and assumed it was just for customers and there would no be issue sitting in the restaurant for a meal.

However as the registered keeper of the vehicle, received a PCN for "exceeding the notified maximum free parking period of 60 minutes". I appealed this PCN with a receipt of my purchase in KFC thinking this would be a quick and easy fix as 60 minutes is a short time when chatting over a meal in a restaurant - it was of course rejected.

I then went into KFC to ask them if there was anything they could do and they said they could cancel the PCN no problem at all.. problem was, they could no longer cancel it as after waiting for the response for my appeal, was now over 28 days since the date of the incident so they weren't able to cancel it.

Had I not appealed and gone straight to KFC, they would have cancelled it immediately because I was a customer of the restaurant.

I have already appealed with POPLA, probably not very well as I didn't know how aggressively you need to prepare for these things it seems. My points in my appeal were the fact it's not ample time for customers to park and use the restaurant to sit in for a meal and the signs are not visible enough.


I've attached images that Civil Enforcement responded with, some of which are 3 years old. There are 3 signs lit up, one is in overgrown bush/trees, one is behind a large bin and one is down the side of a carwash that's on the carpark. The entrance to KFC is around the far left side where there are no signs. If arriving at night in the dark, these signs are not visible which I also stated in my appeal.

They attached images of the entrance and exit, registration is only visible if editing the brightness, exposure and contrast to the maximum if that counts for anything?

POPLA have asked for comments in response to Civil Enforcements response - is there any chance at all to win the appeal or will KFC's doors never be darkened at this location again by the vehicle in question.

Sorry that's quite a hefty message.

I appreciate any advice


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