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As the registered keeper of the vehicle I received a PCN on 07/07/2025 from GroupNexus.

This states that "the charge has been issued as you either did not pay or validate your parking through the parking terminals, or you have exceeded the maximum stay".

So, they haven't stated specifically which term or condition has been broken. They are assuming I was the driver and I did not receive the notice until 07/07/2025, even though the alleged contravention/s was/were committed on the 18/06/2025, Which is 19 days since the alleged contravention/s.

The PCN is dated 30/06/2025, does this matter?

Please advise, thanks in advance.

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Thanks, I will try and rectify.

Nope. Can't see the images of the PCN. However, FYI, it matters not when you actually received the Notice to Keeper (NtK). What matters id the date it is deemed to have been "given", which is two working days after the date it is issued.

So, for the purposes of trying to figure out whether the NtK was given within the relevant period as defined by PoFA, if, as you say, the alleged contravention occurred on Wednesday 18th June and the NtK was issued on Monday 30th June, then it was deemed given on Wednesday 2nd July. By my calculation, that is exactly 14 days and within the relevant period.

However, you can put them to strict proof of the actual date the NtK entered the postal system as they are required to be able to show this, according to the PPSCoP section 8.1.2(e) Note 2 which states:

A notice sent by post is to be presumed, unless the contrary is proved, to have been delivered on the second working day after the day on which it is posted; and for this purpose, “working day” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or a public holiday in England and Wales. Therefore, parking operators must retain a record of the date of posting of a notice, not simply of that notice having been generated (e.g. the date that any third-party Mail Consolidator actually put it in the postal system.)

Considering that all these firms use mail consolidators and do not use 'first class' service which is guaranteed a 1-2 day service (2 day service) but rather a second class service which only guarantees a 2-3 day service (3 day service), then they would struggle to show that the NtK was given within the relevant period.

Then again, we have not seen the NtK so this is all hypothetical for now.

Thank you so much, that is a great relief. I will send the appeal tomorrow and post a response when received. Again thanks.

Fishing exercise to get you to reveal the driver.

If you do nothing your appeal will be rejected “after careful consideration” and you’ll get a POPLA code.

Reply with the following:

Subject: Re: Parking Charge [Reference Number]

Dear CP Plus Ltd,

I am the registered keeper and have already made my position abundantly clear. Your NtK is non-compliant with PoFA 2012, and as such, you have no lawful basis to pursue the keeper.

Your request for the driver’s identity is noted as a transparent attempt to circumvent your own procedural failure. There is no legal obligation to assist you in patching up a defective notice, and no assumptions or inferences can be drawn.

You are urged to cancel this charge immediately or issue a POPLA code without delay. Continuing to pursue a keeper in the absence of PoFA compliance is not only futile but reflects what appears to be intellectual malnourishment.

Yours faithfully,

[Your Name]

Hi, latest reply for my PCN from GroupNexus

"Dear Sir/Madam,


Thank you for your correspondence relating to your Parking Charge


Further to your representations, we have investigated your claims and can confirm that your Charge has subsequently been cancelled in full and no further action will be taken.


Please disregard any letters received, that relate to this Parking Charge, that predate this correspondence.


Yours faithfully,

CP Plus Ltd"

I would like to thank jfollows but especially b789 for their help in getting this PCN cancelled. Such a relief, again thanks.