Private PCN received, advice needed

I think you are wrong

GRACE PERIODS before and after a parking event are always valid if the overstay is under 20 minutes

the popla appeal points in post #3 are typical appeal points , especially the NO LANDOWNER CONTRACT , because unless these companies own the land (they rarely do) they need a valid contract in place that traces back to the actual landowner

I do not believe you have seen this valid contract as they rarely show it , especially not until they are in court (they claim its confidential)

the signage must have clear terms of the parking contract entered into by the victim , so if there was no contract to park then that is another appeal point

clearly the signage is a valid appeal point (it almost always is)

I doubt that it was a paying car park, it probably needed permits to park and so the signage was probably forbidding signage , so the grace period point would apply (park , read signs , realise you cannot park there , depart)

I also find it hard to believe that NPS complied with POFA2012, to hold a keeper liable , plus I doubt they met all the points !!!

not sure how you can be so confident that this PPC have followed each and every one of the points I outlined , it is rare for a PPC to have full compliance in all areas

I doubt that they have met all the points in the BPA CoP

PE did when they beat BEAVIS , but I doubt NPS have done so

of course they would say that 15 minutes exceeds the BPA CoP , so if the vehicle was prevented from parking or leaving this would add to the time of the stay

saying its a first "offence" wont wash though

nor will saying the driver was waiting for a passenger

the typical waiting time is usually 10 minutes or less

but the keeper can still put them to strict proof of this grace period time as some sites let you have 20 or 30 minutes for example (or even up to one hour)

you focus on these items in the popla appeal, the newbies sticky thread tells you this and suggests a template in blue text for the initial appeal, which is CANCEL OR ISSUE A POPLA CODE

surely you read this ?

you are correct that they rely on people just caving in and paying , usually due to a lack of knowledge about this topic , hence the NEWBIES FAQ sticky thread

as you said however , you do not know about this topic and so you query everything and accept nothing at face value (or what their response might be)

if you do not query something with popla , it wont be considered , hence why you throw everything in and make it as hard as possible for the PPC

this is why you ASSUME that all their compliance issues have failed and you query each and every issue , including signage , its is for them to prove their case on each and every point , you only have to win on a single point

ITS EITHER PAY , OR APPEAL , your choice

clearly you have some issue about paying or you would not be here asking about appealing (and the initial appeal is already written for you)

you should also be checking the timeline by looking at the postmark on the pcn and the date the pcn was issued, then check if it came in the correct time period (by day 15 for an NTK if no windscreen ticket was issued)

and you check the wording on the NTK meets schedule 4 of the POFA2012

if it fails either or both , then it fails POFA2012 and the keeper is not liable