UKCPS Parking Fine, Appeal rejected

Gr3gftw

Hi all,

I got a parking charge notice at the beginning of January when parked in a private car park under a block of flats, which was empty and I had been parking there for a year or so beforehand and did't have any problems!

Anyhow, I had a good read of the sticky post relating to private parking fines and sent a letter to UKCPS enclosing a slightly altered soft appeal, however much to my disappointment, I received the following letter yesterday...:(

Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

"ISSUE NUMBER ****** REASON FOR ISSURE: Without valid permit or authority and all the other details etc.

APPEAL REJECTED

Dear ****

UKCPS can only address the factual issues of where and how you parked. We will not enter into discussions about the legality of parking on private land or of the right to impose parking conditions on their property. As your appeal has not been rejected for the reasons stated, you may now 1 Pay the Parking Charge Notice within 14 days. Please note that after this time any discounted rate, which may have existed, will not be applicable and the Parking Charge Notice will be 100GBP. 2 Make an appeal to POPLA. The Independent Appeals Service by making your appeal online at POPLA Website. If you opt to pay the parking charge you will be unable to appeal to POPLA 3 If you choose to do nothing, we will seek to recover the monies owed to us via our debt recovery procedures and may proceed with Court action against you. Your unique 10 digit reference is

**********

UKCPS provide national car parking solutions. We are DVLA and Data Protection registered; SIA approved and members of the British Parking Association (BPA)

Regards
UKCPS Appeals Department IL"


Like I said, any help or advice would be hugely appreciated!

Thank in advance...

Stroma

Have they given you a popla verification code to go to popla?

Gr3gftw

I thought the unique 10 digit code at the end of the letter may have been that, but I'm not 100% sure!

Stroma

Gr3gftw wrote: »

I thought the unique 10 digit code at the end of the letter may have been that, but I'm not 100% sure!

It is the code, just read the newbie thread for linked in popla appeals that you can use, once you've found what you need post a draft here so we can advise you on the wording if its needed

Gr3gftw

Thanks for the guidance Stroma, I'll have a read through them and let you know what I come up with tomorrow!

Thanks again, I appreciate your time

Coupon-mad

'How to win at POPLA' is a hyperlink in post #3 of the NEWBIES sticky thread and this should be fairly easy to win.

But can you show us a picture of the sign on site? I saw a case recently where UKCPS had worded the sign as if the charge was a contractually agreed fee for parking. Makes a difference to the POPLA appeal. If you can host a photo of it on photobucket you will need to post a broken link for us (remove the http:// and put a gap in the URL). We can then convert it back.

bod1467

Gr3gftw wrote: »

I thought the unique 10 digit code at the end of the letter may have been that, but I'm not 100% sure!

http://www.parkingcowboys.co.uk/popla-code-checker/

Check the code there to make sure it is a valid one.

Gr3gftw

Hi guys, sorry this has taken so long but didn't have the chance to get through to the car park until yesterday! Here is a photo of the sign:

http: //s748.photobucket.com/user/Gr3gftw/media/Mobile%20Uploads/image_zpsd4bc9105.jpg.html

Also, when I put the code in the code checker, it says:

"Grounds for complaint
This code was generated 2 day(s) before the date of your appeal rejection letter. This means that you have not been given the full 28 days to appeal that you are entitled to under the British Parking Association's Code of Practice. Please consider making a complaint."

ABN

http://s748.photobucket.com/user/Gr3gftw/media/Mobile%20Uploads/image_zpsd4bc9105.jpg.html

Gr3gftw

Hi all, would just like to say a big thank you to everyone, and a big shout out to Coupon-mad for helping with my appeal, as I received an email today saying that the parking ticket was to be cancelled!

Thanks again ever so much for all the input!

Coupon-mad

Yay!! I will use that POPLA appeal wording that I pm'd to you, for others with that same UKCPS sign. They can cancel them all if they are not up to the fight.