PCM notices at block of flats

BallOfWhacks

Great..it's now been sent via post and email. We'll see what happens.

Thanks again, everyone.

BallOfWhacks

Of course, no response to my letter:- neither from the property managing agent or from Ian Cordingley as director of PCM.

I have however recently received letters from PCM (Re: Parking Charge: Notice to Keeper), asking for £100 payment for each of the notices they affixed to my car. (As I have mentioned earlier, I probably gave myself away as RK in previous correspondence with them, so I do not know if they actually got this through DVLA. These were addressed specifically to me).

Here is part of the letter:

Under the Protection of Freedoms Act, Schedule 4, you are now required to do one of the following, by not later than the last day of the period of 28 days beginning with the day after the date on which this notice to keeper is given:

*Pay the outstanding amount outlined on the right, if you were the driver of the vehicle. OR:
*If you were not the driver, provide us with the full name of the driver of the vehicle and their current address where a notice can be served on them. (You are also required to pass this notice to the driver.) OR:
*Make a representation against/challenge the issue of the PCN.

If at the end of the period of 28 days beginning with the day after the date on which this notice to keeper is given, you have not complied with the above, then you (as registered keeper of the vehicle) will become liable for the charge and we will have the right to take recovery action against you.

There is of course a payment slip on at the bottom of each of these notices.

Although I still irked about my RK details, am I safe in continuing to ignore? I suppose I am looking for encouragement and reassurance rather than anything else!

Thanks. :beer:

ManxRed

The Protection of Freedoms Act Schedule 4 does not require you to do anything, so that is a lie.

Ignoring them is perfectly safe.

The_Slithy_Tove

You can always try #3:
*Make a representation against/challenge the issue of the PCN.
on the same basis as your original appeal. Challenge its issue in that it was an act of trespass on your vehicle parked in YOUR PRIVATE space, they had no authority to do so, and any further communication from them or their agents will be deemed as harassment, and reported accordingly.

Or simply ignore them. Personally I would attempt to make trouble for them, but that's just my belligerent nature.

surfboy1

You could appeal every invoice, one by one, and ask for a POPLA code for each.

Paperbird

Appeal each one not as your original appeal save that for POPLA but with a reason they will probably refuse and ask for a separate POPLA code for each one.
Would be nice to see what POPLA say about a ticket on your car in your space.

BallOfWhacks

I like this idea, but report as harassment to whom? This would have to be as much a waste of police time as it is my time!

BallOfWhacks

My letter to Cordingley, cc'd to the management agency, did in fact request POPLA codes for these tickets. None was provided.

ManxRed

If that's the case then either write back and insist, or let them know that as they have not complied with the due process associated with implementation of the Protection of Freedoms Act then they can no longer automatically pursue the registered keeper.

Don't tell them who the driver was.

BallOfWhacks

ManxRed, do you mean they've not complied with the Protection of Freedoms Act since they have ignored my previous request for POPLA codes?

And what difference does the driver make? As the car was parked, there is no driver! :-)