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Unethical £100 PCN.
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Hi all,

I received a £100 PCN from NCP, the location of the supposed contravention being Birmingham Airport, England. I was using their 10 minute free drop off car park, controlled solely by ANPR. This area is notoriously awful for congestion as the exit sits on a busy roundabout.

The congestion was that bad, the person I was dropping off just left the car while we were stuck in the near standstill traffic. I didn’t even pull into a bay, I literally entered the car park and left all in one process, the 14 minutes and 37 seconds it took me was as fast as physically possible I could have left that car park.

Do they have grounds to reject my appeal? I believe it’s awfully unfair to penalise me for something that is completely out of my control, and this is borderline unethical. I have done some research and I believe there are some clauses in the BPA code of practice that can assist my case, but I do not beleive they have to rigidly follow them.

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Many thanks

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Re: Unethical £100 PCN.
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If you haven’t already appealed, see https://www.ftla.uk/private-parking-tickets/ncp-birmingham-airport-drop-off-lease-car/msg88083/#msg88083

Put

NCP Birmingham

into the forums’s search box and there are similar cases and their outcomes.
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Re: Unethical £100 PCN.
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Although NCP is one of the less bad parking companies, they don’t do ethical and reject valid appeals all the time because lots of people then pay up. However NCP should cancel if you follow the advice in other threads such as the one I linked to.
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I've seen your mod report - post an edited version of your post below and I'll change the original for you.

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With regard to the PCN in question - it's always better if you can please show us the notice. Whilst they're all essentially identical, it's still good to see them so we know when companies are changing their boilerplates, or if there is something unusual about the case in hand.

However, if you're the registered keeper of the vehicle, an appeal along the lines of the below should do the trick. If you're not the keeper (a lease car for example) then tell us:

Dear Sirs,

I have received your Parking Charge Notice (Ref: ______) for vehicle registration mark _______, in which you allege that the driver has incurred a parking charge. I am appealing as the registered keeper of the vehicle. There is no obligation for me to name the driver and I will not be doing so. I note from your correspondence that you are not seeking to hold me liable as the registered keeper, under Schedule 4 of the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 ("The Act").

Even if you were seeking to do so, as Birmingham Airport is not "relevant land" as defined by The Act you are unable to recover the charge from me, the keeper.

I am therefore unable to help you further with this matter, and look forward to your confirmation that the charge has been cancelled. If you choose to decline this appeal, you must issue a POPLA code.

Yours,

If appealing online, make sure there are no drop down boxes etc. that force/trick you into revealing who was driving - you are appealing as the keeper, and saying nothing about who was driving.