Re permit only private carparks & POPLA ADR

FarrierMaher38

Help please with a couple of questions


First of all I received a PCN from PE for 'parking' on a permit only private carpark. I did not occupy a parking space, I waited in the general area of the carpark in the car for 15 mins, not blocking anyone and in fact moving the car elsewhere in the general area to ensure this. Subsequently PE want a wadge of money. From a pre-estimate of loss point of view what can PE claim as loss?


Secondly this incident happened some time ago. I appealed to PE, it was rejected, they provided me with a POPLA verification No. but I chose not to appeal to them. As an ADR can PE still refuse to allow POPLA to resolve this citing case beyond the 28 day limit?


Many thanks in advance for any help & advice

Redx

in basic terms , you were trespassing, but thats between you and the landowner

what you did on the day is irrelevant, your vehicle was on private property with no authorisation to be there, waiting , parking , upside down , engine on , engine off, nobody cares , it was there for the time they allege when it should not have been

popla appeals are based on legal arguments and fully explained and linked in the NEWBIES sticky thread, so please read it

if PE issued a popla code , it was valid for 28 days, a golden ticket, if it has expired you dont get a second chance ! popla rarely accept late appeals, especially without good reason (check their website for details)

check the popla expiry date using the parking cowboys code checker

PE take tens of thousands of people to court every year at the moment, so you really should have used that popla code , appealing on the usual like not a gpeol, no contract, poor signage etc

hoohoo

If you can, post up a copy of the signage. As Redx says, the likelihood was that you were a trespasser. In that situation, only the landowner can recover their losses.


If PE have their bog-standard signs there, then they will be trying to enforce a contract for which there is no consideration, and so will be stuffed.