Windscreen PCN on company car

Scouse889

Hi, I didn't expect to be asking for advice again so soon but this time it's my partner's ticket and it's a different situation to mine. I can't find specific answers to this on the thread so apologies. (I have recently dealt with a PCN myself - with the help of you kind folk obviously - so have the first stage letter ready to go but I just have a couple of questions if anyone could help please!)


Partner legitimately drives a company car for personal use. He was visiting a friend in a city apartment block with an underground car park and parked in his friend's allocated space. When he returned 30 minutes later there was a windscreen ticket saying £60 if paid in 14 days, £100 28 days because he hadn't put his friend's badge on display.


The advice is to wait for the postal PCN, but this would go to the registered keeper, his boss. Even if he did wait for the postal PCN, he wouldn't be able to appeal as the registered keeper, he would have to admit he was the driver. Does anyone have any experience of this? Is he likely to still be successful if he admits he is the driver and appeals on the grounds of unclear signage, no contract entered, no GPEOL etc?


(There is a chance his boss will appeal on his behalf as long as he prepares all of the documents etc, but obviously he would like to avoid having to ask him to do this if possible!)

Redx

the advice for those is in the bottom of post #1 in that same NEWBIES thread, so clearly you have not read that part because we NEVER advocate waiting for the NTK when its a company / hire / rental car

Coupon-mad

The advice is to wait for the postal PCN

No it's not - that's why I give company/hire cars a special mention in the newbies thread! All bases are covered in the sticky; have another look.

Scouse889

Ok thanks I didn't see that bit sorry.

I can see it says to get it done quickly and follow the usual process, but before I send the first appeal letter do we keep in the part about "as keeper I decline to name the driver"? Because if he's the one appealing the ticket surely it will be obvious he is the driver?

Thanks

bod1467

No it isn't. A company car can be driven (usually) by many employees of a company.

Simply refer to yourself as "the usual keeper" and that "the driver on the day" handed you the windscreen PCN.

Scouse889

Fab thanks!

Scouse889

Just posting the result in case anyone searches for similar...

I sent off the first stage appeal letter and included photos of the parking permit along with the address of the person whos flat he was visiting and we got a letter back this week from UKCPS saying "we have decided to cancel your PCN as a onetime gesture of goodwill and stress this will not be repeated in future".

Good news on that front for my partner but I'm still waiting on my POPLA decision for an earlier PCN, which was due on or after the 12th September, but by the look of the forums I could be waiting a while...

Coupon-mad

One down, one to go, then!