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Received a PCN, they sent it me, as the keeper. There is no mention about PoFA 2012 on the letter, but I think they fail it.

The driver exited the car park on 30/07/25.

Date of Issue of Notice: 13/08/25

I believe they have failed to comply with PoFA. The letter could not have been delivered within 14 days.

Is this correct? Does this mean I should win the appeal?

Thank You.

If that's when it is issued then yes, they have not complied with the requirements of Schedule 4 of the Protection of Freedoms Act.

But rather than leaving us in the dark, why not show us the notice? At what stage you will resolve the matter largely depends on which parking company is involved.

Here you go. The parking company is called Park and Control.

It is definitely not PoFA compliant. As long as the driver is not identified, they cannot hold the Keeper liable.

However, you are dealing with an IPC member which means that the only way this will be resolved is after they issue a county court claim which, when defended, will eventually either be struck out or discontinued.

So what youre saying is they are going to reject every appeal, even if I mention that they never complied with PoFA?

Looks like I'll be throwing away a lot of their garbage follow up letters, then.

So what youre saying is they are going to reject every appeal, even if I mention that they never complied with PoFA?

Still worth appealing, first to P&C and then to the IAS. Whilst the success rate at the IAS is very low, most of the small number of successful appeals I've seen have been cases like this where the notice was issued too late for PoFA compliance.