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APCOA - Parking Charge (No payment) - Middleburg Square, Folkestone
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Hi all,

I have received a parking charge notice and would like some advice.

The car in question is a company car so the notice has been sent to the company and passed onward.

On the 26th October the driver drove into the carpark, stopped to read the tariff sign and upon not liking the look of the cost or location opened the Ringo app to see how much the Folkestone Harbour was and left the car park to head there instead.

The car can't have been in the carpark for more than 5 minutes and no one from the car got out of the car at any point. The car was then parked at the Folkestone Harbour carpark until payment was made at exit. The ticket wasn't kept for this, however a bank statement with when the harbour carpark was paid for and how much should hopefully be accessible.

Here is the car park location: https://maps.app.goo.gl/dFLsjd5ETrh9XZux6

Just looking for advice on if there is anything that can be done other than just paying the notice.

Thank you.


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« Last Edit: November 11, 2025, 09:47:47 am by whittome »
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Re: APCOA - Parking Charge (No payment) - Middleburg Square, Folkestone
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Is this PPN for the first or second car park?
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This is for the first one that was only briefly stopped at.

Everything with the second one (the harbour) is completely fine.
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Do you have the original PCN?
« Last Edit: November 11, 2025, 11:28:02 am by InterCity125 »
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The 2 pages in the google drive links are the only things I have at the moment.
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So reading through everything... this could be the PCN.

There isn't enough time for a third party debt collector to have become involved.

The PCN is not PoFA compliant so the keeper cannot be held liable and they do not know who the driver was.
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I won't pretend to be that clued up.

Does that mean my next cause of action should be to appeal it on the grounds of not actually parking at the carpark in question?
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The first thing we need to confirm is who the notice is addressed to - you mention this being a company car, is the notice addressed to the company? If so, they must respond, or, if you have their permission, you can fight it on the company's behalf.

If it is addressed to the company then ideally, the company should name you as the hirer of the vehicle, resulting in you receiving a notice in your own name.
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The letter is currently addressed to the company rather than an individual person. It was forwarded on by the company when they received it.
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No, the OP cannot be the 'Hirer" if it is a company vehicle. The OP is the day to day keeper. They can only appeal if the company give them a Letter of Authority (LoA) to do so. Once they have an LoA, they can appeal as the day to day Keeper without identifying the driver.

Many companies that give company cars, allow the employee to have other members ion their family to drive and make use of the vehicle. Just because the employee is the day to day keeper does not mean that they were the driver. No one knows that and as the Notice to Keeper (NtK) is not PoFA compliant, only the driver can be liable.
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Yes, quite right.

That many 'company car' type arrangements are now convoluted lease agreements that I get them mixed up.
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