Parking fine from CP plus - overstay at motorway car park £90, £50 if paid in 14 day

atilla

At least it's got their own VAT number on it. That makes a change.

Driver_29

The bit about the 14 day chance to appeal is a bit cheeky,as the first letter said nothing about any such deadline.

What will they send me next???


See you all tommorow, time to hit the road.

prosnap

Dave_TH wrote: »

prosnap, regarding your footnote

I thought it was 1.9 million tickets issued and 500,000 failed to pay, will stand corrected if in error

My footnote has been checked by the forum staff and found to be the most accurate figures for 2011.

prosnap

fisherjim wrote: »

He's referring to this> http://www.combinedparkingsolutions.com/news-update-december-2012/

I understand what utter tripe he is referring to ... The CPS website!

They obviously have no reason to lie!:rotfl:

I challenge anyone to provide proof of this case ..... I'm willing to bet it is pure fabrication.

Stroma

prosnap wrote: »

My footnote has been checked by the forum staff and found to be the most accurate figures for 2011.

But those are for apnr tickets that link directly to the dvla, as it says in this article, your figures are therefore incorrect as it doesn't take into account the firms who don't use apnr or manual applications for RK details

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/news/9154161/DVLA-1-million-drivers-get-private-car-parking-fines.html#

And as the home office has confirmed 1.8m tickets in total were estimated to have been issued in 2011. And as it was estimated that 1.5m were issued the year before, these figures are hardly going decrease

http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/public/ingear/article1036194.ece

Coupon-mad

I think the BPA Code of Practice says they have to allow 28 days to appeal? I thought you had appealed, are you up for insisting on a POPLA decision at their expense (and which you can ignore)? As explained here:

http://forums.pepipoo.com/index.php?showtopic=46975

and here:

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/4263959

HTH

Driver_29

I was going to go flat out and ignore, but the line about 14 days to pay a reduced charge, or challenge its issue, despite the 28 day rules annoyed me slightly, so i sent off an appeal via email.


Ive received a reply today ( 7th jan ) its an automated response with the sender being listed as MOTO in the from box moto @ appelpcn.co.uk

Thank you for your email.

Your appeal has not yet been read, you are receiving this email automatically because you have just submitted an appeal by email. Please read the below carefully and wait to hear from us unless one of the below points applies to your situation.

In order for us to respond to your representations it's essential that you provide your 13 digit charge reference number and that your reference number is typed correctly.

Should your representations be supported by any documentary evidence, please ensure this is forwarded with your initial appeal.

When all the required information is received we will hold any action on your Charge Notice until we have replied to your representations.

However, if the above has not been provided, please re-send your email with the required 13 digit charge reference number or evidence as this will accelerate the appeals process.

We aim to write back to you within 5 working days, but certainly no more than 14 days after your representation is received. Please wait to hear from us during this period.

If you were not the driver (or had sold/hired the vehicle) at the relevant time, and have not already done so, please provide us with the driver's full name and address so that we may transfer liability.

Payment of your notice can be made by credit card on the automated payment line: 0844 371 8784, or by cheque forwarded to: PO Box 599, Borehamwood, Herts, WD6 4ZL.

Read more like semi authoritative bollox, trying too hard to be official sounding.

I will see what the response is.

The_Slithy_Tove

Driver_29 wrote: »

I will see what the response is.

That's an easy one.
"Your appeal is rejected. Send us all your money now."
Don't know why you bothered, really, following all that has been said to you. Hope you insisted on getting a POPLA reference [STRIKE]if[/STRIKE] when they reject your appeal.

PilotGee

PilotGee wrote: »

Thanks for the advice! I will write to the hospital and ask them to cancel the parking invoice. Should they refuse, I will simply ignore any further communications from CP Plus Ltd.

A conclusion from me (apologies again for hijacking this thread - perhaps a mod can move these few posts out to a new thread?):

I wrote to the hospital and they wrote back asking for the date and registration number of the vehicle which I responded to.

They then wrote back confirming that the PCN was cancelled!

Thank to everyone who helped!

bumblesquat

I searched for CP Plus on the forum after receiving a fine for overstaying my 2 hours at a motorway services and this was the latest thread. I'm so glad I did. I also checked out this watchdog clip out on youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1bsrLFAdmk. I was slightly concerned that the rules have changed recently but it seems this is mostly to do with clamping etc so I shall now be taking all of your advice and ignoring it and the other letters that will no doubt follow. Cheers everyone.