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Hi All,

As the subject suggests. I have a charge sent to my home address. Charge is for Heathrow T5 Drop Off Zone.

Reg on photo is one digit out. Car (incidentally) is the same make and model as mine but not the same colour - which it often is in these cases.

The ANPR has read a "V" in the reg when it's clearly a "W" in their photo, hence sending the ticket to me.

Contravention dated 28/9 and letter send 6/10.

I'm guessing that the advice is that I should wait until around 4/10 to let let them know - making it "Out of time" for them to serve the correct ticket, thus giving the keeper the best opportunity to submit their challenge?

Thanks
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I had a little look and the timeline seems to be 14 days from parking that they have to serve. Hopefully I'm right on that score. Anyway. I "appealed" it today

"Thanks for you PCN which I shall file it onto a nail in my outside toilet.

You're probably in luck because if your ANPR hadn't have misread the registration and this ticket was indeed mine then I'd be quoting the Protection of Freedoms Act and the fact that we both know that Heathrow isn't relevant land anyway. As you know, as this is an airport it isn't classed as relevant land under the act - so the keeper has absolutely no obligation to tell you who was driving anyway.

Best of luck spending another fiver with the DVLA to ascertain a correct address for service, especially given the fact that you're now out of time to serve it.

On the subject of the DVLA. I'll be letting them know that your ANPR cameras are about as much use as a chocolate fireguard as I'm sure they'll be interested in suspending your Kadoe contract with them.

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If you're intending to complain to the DVLA, I'd recommend first complaining to APCOA and then the BPA. Not necessarily because you can expect them to do much, but because it reduces the chances of DVLA's response being "Complain to the BPA".
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Quote from: Warirngton75 on October 20, 2025, 06:04:51 pm
Best of luck spending another fiver with the DVLA to ascertain a correct address for service, especially given the fact that you're now out of time to serve it.
Not that it's your problem but the 14 days only applies if they are seeking to use PoFA.  (They could access the DVLA with the correct VRM and send a non-PoFA notice to that keeper)

They were supposed to perform a manual quality control of the photographic evidence BEFORE accessing the DVLA.  It seems someone didn't do this or their vision is equally as bad as the ANPR camera.
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