Hi i think i need some help. I received 5 parking notices from total parking solutions, the notices were all over 14 days old for a period between mark and early june 2026. i spoke to the business owner who had the number plate i pad and he said that they were dealing with over 120 customers who had had the same issue, he asked my to send screenshots of mine and he would add them to the pile,these original 5 were cancelled when i checked the tps system. then i received a further 5 from the same date range (i do no use the car park anymore since i received the original notices) but these new 5 were all dated prior to the initial ones arriving, although not processed until later. I spoke to the business owner via message and he said it had been a complete nightmare (he doesn't own the car park, he just rents his building from the land owner, and has the ipad in his shop) he said that all of the 120 including mine he had send had been withdrawn due to faulty equipment, he told me to just appeal them (i think he's had enough of the issue) i have the message where he said the system way faulty. I have put in my appeal to TPs today within 14 days, im worried as its coming from me they will reject it and if i have to go to popla and appeal and then loose im going to have to find 500. Any advice, i have not said i was the driver just the registered keeper and put the POFA stuff in but the notice does not mention POFA so probably not much help. I can upload the letter i have sent. i am awful at this stuff i have adhd and my brain doesn't comply.
I am the registered keeper of the above vehicle and am appealing all five of the above Parking Charges together, as they raise identical issues.
Under paragraph 4(2)(a) of Schedule 4 to the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012, the right to recover an unpaid parking charge from the registered keeper applies only where the conditions in paragraphs 5, 6, 11 and 12 of the Schedule are met. For the following reasons, the condition in paragraph 6 has not been satisfied in respect of any of these five charges, and the right under paragraph 4 has accordingly not arisen.
Ground 1: The notices do not contain the warning required by paragraph 9(2)(f)
As no notice to driver was given at the time of any alleged event, paragraph 6(1)(b) required a notice to keeper given in accordance with paragraph 9. Paragraph 9(2)(f) requires the notice to warn the keeper that if, after the period of 28 days beginning with the day after the notice is given, the unpaid parking charges have not been paid in full and the driver remains unidentified, the creditor will have the right to recover from the keeper “if all the applicable conditions under this Schedule are met.” None of the five notices contain this warning. As the notices do not comply with the requirements of paragraph 9, they cannot satisfy the condition in paragraph 6(1)(b), and keeper liability has not been established.
Ground 2: The notices were not delivered within the relevant period
Paragraph 9(5) requires that a notice to keeper must be delivered within 14 days of the day after the parking period ended, where no notice was given to the driver at the time. No notice was left on the vehicle on any of these occasions.
Under paragraph 9(6), a notice sent by post is presumed delivered on the second working day after the day on which it is posted. The printed issue date on all five notices is 26 June 2026, which was a Friday. The earliest presumed delivery date is therefore Tuesday 30 June 2026. I did not in fact receive any of these notices until 1 July 2026, which rebuts the statutory presumption and establishes the actual date of delivery.
Using the actual delivery date of 1 July 2026, all five notices were delivered well outside the 14-day relevant period:
I invite TPS to provide proof of posting — including the actual date each notice was posted — for each of the five charges. In the absence of such proof, the actual delivery date of 1 July 2026 stands as the only evidenced date on which the notices were given.
Ground 3: Reliability of charges generated at this site
It is noted that TPS have already cancelled five previous Parking Charges relating to this same vehicle (MJ14TXC) at this same site, references 9015726122642, 9015726136424, 9015726138385, 9015726142618 and 9015726147344. It is further noted that in excess of 120 charges relating to this site have been cancelled following representations made regarding the reliability of the vehicle registration system operated at the premises during the relevant period. This raises serious doubt about the validity of any charge generated at this site during that period, including the five charges that are the subject of this appeal.
For these reasons, keeper liability has not been established for any of the five charges. There is no legal obligation on me to identify the driver on any occasion, and I decline to do so. I require that all five charges be cancelled immediately, with written confirmation that no further action will be taken against me as keeper.
Should you reject this appeal, please provide:
1. Confirmation as to whether you are relying on Schedule 4 of the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 to establish keeper liability.
2. A full explanation of how you contend that keeper liability has been established despite the notices being issued outside the statutory timeframe and without the warning required by paragraph 9(2)(f).
3. A copy of all evidence on which you intend to rely, including proof of the actual date each notice was posted.
4. The POPLA verification code for each charge, so that I may escalate to the independent appeals service.
sorry for the long message and thank you for any help and guidance you can offer
Sounds like they'll be out of time.
Can you post up one of the PCNs?