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14 or 28 days ?
Dropping_off
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Sorry if this has already been discussed, but I hope somebody can help me.
I received a PCN from APCOA for dropping off in an unauthorised zone at Bham Airport.
They notified me outside of the 14 day requirement of POFA para 9- so following advice from the forums I appealed. Today, I received a letter rejecting my appeal on the grounds that under BPA guidelines (June 2014), the maximum permitted time to notify is 28 days. I have checked the guidelines and they are correct. They have sent me the appeal nos for POPLA and I have found a template, which states that I am appealing as the coy were out of time, but were they? Also, I am I now out of time to qualify for the 50% discount? Thanks
I received a PCN from APCOA for dropping off in an unauthorised zone at Bham Airport.
They notified me outside of the 14 day requirement of POFA para 9- so following advice from the forums I appealed. Today, I received a letter rejecting my appeal on the grounds that under BPA guidelines (June 2014), the maximum permitted time to notify is 28 days. I have checked the guidelines and they are correct. They have sent me the appeal nos for POPLA and I have found a template, which states that I am appealing as the coy were out of time, but were they? Also, I am I now out of time to qualify for the 50% discount? Thanks
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APCOA no longer alleges keeper liability at its airport sites so the PoFA timescales are irrelevant.
Your options now are:
(i) ignore them (assuming you haven't disclosed the identity of the driver); there is no keeper liability so they can only pursue the driver, and if they don't know who that was...
(ii) appeal using the PoPLA code and all the usual appeal points, except don't bother with "out of time or non-compliant NtK", that one will not fly.
Whether you are out-of-time for the 50% discount is irrelevant since 50% of the £0.00 you owe them is £0.00. Pay them nothing, they are powerless.Je suis Charlie.0 -
Personally I would go for option 2 as it saves the hassle of debt collectors letters etc. Just use a standard airport appeal linked to from post 3 of newbie thread.Newbie thread: go to the top of this page and find these words: Main site > MoneySavingExpert.com Forums > Household & Travel > Motoring > Parking Tickets, Fines & Parking. Click on words Parking Tickets, Fines & Parking. Newbie thread is the first post. Blue New Thread button is just above it to left.0
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What are you talking about 'they are correct'? You checked guidelines by the BPA as if it makes a difference?! Anyway as already said there is no keeper liability at an Airport so obviously you will win this if using a recent Airport POPLA appeal template. It would be rude not to cost APCOA £27 plus VAT to learn the truth (again).Dropping_off wrote: »Sorry if this has already been discussed, but I hope somebody can help me.
I received a PCN from APCOA for dropping off in an unauthorised zone at Bham Airport.
They notified me outside of the 14 day requirement of POFA para 9- so following advice from the forums I appealed. Today, I received a letter rejecting my appeal on the grounds that under BPA guidelines (June 2014), the maximum permitted time to notify is 28 days. I have checked the guidelines and they are correct. They have sent me the appeal nos for POPLA and I have found a template, which states that I am appealing as the coy were out of time, but were they? Also, I am I now out of time to qualify for the 50% discount? ThanksPRIVATE 'PCN'? DON'T PAY BUT DON'T IGNORE IT (except N.Ireland).
CLICK at the top or bottom of any page where it says:
Home»Motoring»Parking Tickets Fines & Parking - read the NEWBIES THREAD0 -
Yes, I should've mentioned the £27 it would cost them to be told, yet again, that they haven't a leg to stand on.Je suis Charlie.0
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