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I, recently, received a Notice To Keeper for a vehicle parked on yellow lines/hatched area. (Images Car Parking 1, 2 and 3)

The alleged breach of contract took place at the Broadwalk Centre, Edgware,
Station Road, HA8 7BD on 20/03/2026 at 10:57:46.

The Notice To Keeper was issued on the 25/03/2026 (see images Notice To Keeper Front and Back).

A Notice To Keeper Reminder, demanding full payment, was issued on the 08/04/2026 (see images Notice To Keeper Reminder Front and Back).

I am the registered keeper of the vehicle.

I intend to appeal this parking charge on the following grounds:

1. The Notice to Keeper was not served within 14 days of the alleged breach of contract to allow liability transfer to the driver.
The alleged breach occurred on the 20/03/2026, the Notice To Keeper was issued on the 25/03/2026, but I only received it,
in the post, on the 09/04/2026 (see image Notice To Keeper Front).

2. The company - UKPC - alleging the breach of contract failed to comply with the British Parking Association's Code of Practise.
The Private Parking Sector Single Code of Practise states that for a premises which holds more than 500 parking spaces a minimum
consideration period of 10 minutes be must given before a parking charge can be issued (see Annex B pages 34-36 and images Parking Code
Annex B 34, 35 and 36). The visit to the Broadwalk Centre began at 10:49 and the alleged breech of contract occurred at 10:57 - 2 minutes
before the consideration period ended. Compare the time on the Entry Ticket with the time of the alleged breach of contract on the Notice To Keeper -
see images Entry Ticket and Notice To Keeper Front.

The link to the full code of practise is provided below.
https://www.britishparking.co.uk/write/Documents/AOS/NEW%20Redesigned%20Documents/sectorsingleCodeofPractice.pdf

3. There was no opportunity to pay the reduced parking charge of £60 since the 14 day window to do so had already passed
when the Notice to Keeper was received, in the post, on the 09/04/2026.

4. The terms and conditions displayed on the parking signage are ambiguous. Next to the statement 'No parking on yellow lines
or in an area with Hatched markings' a pictorial representation of yellow lines is displayed, but no representation of hatch markings
is shown. It is, therefore, not clear what exactly constitutes a breach of contract with regard to hatch markings (see images Sign and Terms and Conditions).

Please can you advise me on this and let me know if you need any further information.

Kind regards

John

Below is the draft of the appeal I intend to send to the car parking company - I decided not to include point 4.


Dear Sir or Madam,

Re: Parking Charge Notice number []

I dispute your 'parking charge', as the keeper of the vehicle. I deny any liability or contractual agreement,
and there will be no admission as to who was driving and no assumptions can be drawn.

1. The Notice to Keeper was not served within 14 days of the alleged breach of contract to allow liability transfer to the driver.

The alleged breach of contract was recorded on 20/03/2026, the Notice To Keeper was issued on 25/03/2026, but only delivered,
by post, on 09/04/2026.

2. UKPC failed to comply with the British Parking Association's Code of Practice.

The Private Parking Sector Single Code of Practice states that for a premises which holds more than 500 parking spaces a minimum
consideration period of 10 minutes be must given before a parking charge can be issued (see Annex B pages 34-36). The vehicle
entered the Broadwalk Centre at 10:49, while the Notice to Keeper states the alleged breach of contract occurred at 10:57.
This is 2 minutes before the end of the minimum consideration period.

3. There was no opportunity to pay the reduced parking charge of £60 since the 14 day window to do so had
already passed when the Notice to Keeper was delivered.

As stated in paragraph 1, the Notice to Keeper was delivered by post on 09/04/2026. This is after the Notice To Keeper
Final Reminder, demanding full payment, had been issued on 08/04/2026.

Yours sincerely


John Taylor

There’s nothing to stop you using your point 1, of course, but the notice was deemed to be delivered on 27 March, the sender can not be responsible for delays in the postal service.

Thank you for your advice. I will submit the appeal and let you know what happens.