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Oh crikey, yes, you are absolutely correct. Force of habit perhaps (as I do drive sometimes), haste or more likely a senior moment Attention to detail is not a forte! Fortunately in the appeal I made to LPS I made it abundantly clear that I was not the driver. That said, they dismissed this out of hand without even addressing the issues raised.

Thanks for the clarification on the POFA question.

I've just been on to Motability who have sent me a copy of the V5C by email.

In the first paragraph of your first post you wrote:

This was the case only as the car parked to my left was encroaching into the space I had parked in and the car park was full leaving me with no option but to park how I did (emphasis added for clarity).

The notice doesn't even purport to hold the keeper liable under POFA.  Apart from any other POFA failures it does not contain the mandatory warning required by POFA paragraph 9(2(f).

It's irrelevant that Motability holds the physical V5C registration certificate.  What's important is whose name and address appear on the register at the DVLA. My understanding is that Motability usually registers the hirer's name and address with the DVLA, and this is borne out in your case by the notice to keeper being addressed to you rather than Motability.

On 03/01/2024 I received the attached (dated 22/12/2023) from London Parking Solutions. They allege that I was parked outside a designated parking space. My vehicle was parked with the nearside wheels slightly encoaching into the yellow hatched zone of an oversized disabled parking bay. This was the case only as the car parked to my left was encroaching into the space I had parked in and the car park was full leaving me with no option but to park how I did. I, myself, am a Blue Badge holder and my badge was correctly displayed for the duration of the time I was parked.

I submitted an appeal to LPS via the PayMyPcn website setting out my mitigation and promptly received a response to the effect that the driver is responsible for this matter and as I had appealed in my capacity as the RK, they would not be considering it and indeed that it would be deleted from their systems.

I had wanted to take care of this matter myself as the person driving me on the day in question has rather unexpectedly had to relocate abroad due to family problems and will not be returning to the UK.I have contacted the driver and he has said that he is (somewhat reluctantly) agreeable to my passing his name/address details to LPS. Is this a reasonable thing to do now?

I was under the impression that I had 28 days from the date of "service" of LPS's NtK in order to pay, appeal of provide drivers details. Their notice gives the impression that it is 28 days from the date the NtK was issued. Can you advise on this please?

Thank you in anticipation of your helpful advice and guidance.

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Okay. Thanks for clarifying. If I were to name them, would that restart the clock and reinstate the early payment discount? If so it might be worth it to get it out of the way. I'm just concerned that if I, as RK, appeal they'll just write back saying that I've failed to name the driver as requested and as such they won't be responding to the issues raised until such time as the driver is named. As I said, that's seems to be their MO based on posts I've seen on other forums

Thanks again both for your knowledgeable input. I'll redraft and repost shortly. One further question ahead of that though. Is it okay to name the driver now as it appears that UKPC always use the failure to name the driver (and that alone) as reason not to address any substantive issues raised when they respond to appeals? Thanks

Thank you very much for your advice.

Since my last post I have received a FINAL REMINDER from UKPC dated 23/11/23

I have contacted ALDI customer services centre and await their reply. I have also contacted a company called KIER GP Sydenham who I believe may be the landowner.

Meanwhile this is my first draft of an appeal to UKPC... Be grateful for any comments, suggestions for improvement etc.

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I refer to your Notice to Keeper dated 09/11/23 not received by me until 25/11/23. I refer also to your Final Reminder dated 23/11/23 received 27/11/23.

My current and valid disabled persons’ Blue Badge was placed clearly on display on the dash of my vehicle LV70 *** when it was parked by my driver at Bell Green Retail Park at 5 pm on 07/11/2023. When we returned to the vehicle having completed our shopping in Aldi, it was noted that the Blue Badge had fallen to the floor. It was a very windy evening and we can reasonably assume that the badge blew off whilst we were exiting the car.

You will be aware that the Equality Act 2010 requires organisations such as UKPC to make reasonable adjustments in the provision of their services to accommodate the particular needs of people with disabilities. This includes providing dedicated disabled parking bays.

Moreover, you will also be aware that whereas the UK’s Blue Badge scheme covers a majority of roads provided by public authorities, it does not apply on private land such as Bell Green Retail Park. As such I contend that there is no legal obligation on disabled persons to display a Blue Badge whilst parked in a designated bay at this site. That said, I acknowledge that it is a useful vehicle for differentiating between those entitled to use disabled bays and those that are not.

The above, notwithstanding, I maintain my position that my valid Blue Badge was displayed at the point at which I and my driver exited the vehicle at 5 pm on 07/11/23.

Given the above, I kindly request that you cancel the invoice (Notice to Keeper) in question and take no further action in this matter.

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Please show us both sides of the PCN. Redact your name, address, vehicle number and any reference number but leave all dates visible

The NTK is attached as a PDF together with a JPEG of the parking signage. Are they not visible? (I've attached an imgur link too just in case)