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Hi, new to this site, the registered keeper of this vehicle has recently received this parking charge notice from parkingeye.



The driver was visiting the college at the time.



There is a terminal for visitors of the college, which we were at the time,  to enter their plate however we were not allowed, this was after 6pm however.



Phone service both inside and outside was not great (1 bar signal) and the payment system required an app to be downloaded and information entered which took some time.

There was also an incident inside the college with an epileptic passenger which slowed things down when leaving.



Can anything be done about this or should i, who has been asked to deal with this for the registered keeper, pay up?

Looks like paid parking after 6 from the sign above, probably why the driver wasn't allowed to use the terminal. Plan A is a good idea but as they lost your parking charge they may not be too sympathetic. You'll need to convince them you tried to pay but couldn't for good reason, mobile signal might not cut it.

You can probably avoid paying this but it'll be a long haul and you'll have to keep engaging. If the college won't cancel it, you'll need to appeal to Parkingeye who might cancel it if you refer to the medical emergency. You've redacted the date of issue but as they appear to relying on POFA it was probably sent in time.

If / when they reject your appeal you'll need to appeal to POPLA, again chances of winning based on what you've told us so far aren't great. Debt collector letters will follow which can be ignored. This will probably be followed by a letter of claim you can't ignore. At that point you'll need to engage, attend a mediation session, submit a defence and witness statements and it's likely they will drop it before the court date. Up to you really whether you've got the stomach to draw it out or not.