UKPC 'parking charge' wrong registration deatails.

harj_90

Hi, spent the best part for 2 hours reading different posts from people. Already drafted an initial appeal (which I hear is usually pointless?) and a POPLA letter (incase it gets to these stages... I like to be prepared).

I've read that its now not recommended to ignore, i've read the newbie post thoroughly, its helped me understand the process (THANK YOU!). On the 'parking charge' it has the registration of the vehicle wrong....it missed out a letter from mine. I am not the registered keeper, my dad is. Do I just leave it and see if they contact first? They have the pictures of the car on the website showing the correct number plate.

Im pretty confident I would win an appeal in the end, I didn't even park on the car park, I parked on a footpath outside the car park from where no sign can even be seen nor was I preventing anyone from entering the car park. Yeah sure a council parking attendant could have ticketed me, perfectly fine...but not these guys!

Anyway, any advice in regards to the wrong number plate on the ticket would be great. Thanks

bluetoffee1878

If I understand you correctly, you have received a windscreen ticket on a vehicle that your dad is the RK of and they have written or printed the wrong reg. If so...

The advice is to wait for a notice to keeper (make sure your dad knows about this). This may not come if they do not have the reg, so they can only pursue the driver and they don't know who that is.

If a NTK does arrive, appeal as the RK using the template in the sticky that you are already aware of. Do not name the driver, forget mitigating circumstances, refer to the driver in the third person.

Either the appeal gets upheld or...
Appeal gets turned down and you appeal to POPLA and win with the help on here. Above all be patient and don't miss deadlines for the RK appeal and/or POPLA

fisherjim

UKPC staff often do this to trick you into appealing straight away stating they have the wrong registration number, this nabs the driver, and saves them the DVLA fee.
They will send the NTK, from details on the photo don't worry about that, follow the advice in the newbies thread don't tell them who was driving.

Zero_Gravitas

And you will have the additional appeal point that the information on the windscreen ticket has not been replicated correctly on the NTK.

ZG.

harj_90

bluetoffee1878 wrote: »

If I understand you correctly, you have received a windscreen ticket on a vehicle that your dad is the RK of and they have written or printed the wrong reg. If so...

The advice is to wait for a notice to keeper (make sure your dad knows about this). This may not come if they do not have the reg, so they can only pursue the driver and they don't know who that is.

If a NTK does arrive, appeal as the RK using the template in the sticky that you are already aware of. Do not name the driver, forget mitigating circumstances, refer to the driver in the third person.

Either the appeal gets upheld or...
Appeal gets turned down and you appeal to POPLA and win with the help on here. Above all be patient and don't miss deadlines for the RK appeal and/or POPLA

Yes you are correct, windscreen ticket on a vehicle that my dad is the RK, with the wrong reg number printed on the windscreen ticket. In regards to the deadline to appeal, if the NTK comes after 28 days, will this not pass the appeal deadline? Or is a new one set when a NTK letter arrives (if it ever does)?

bod1467

A keeper gets his/her own appeal period - 28 days after the date the NtK was sent. (So watch out for date received versus date stated on the NtK).

harj_90

bod1467 wrote: »

A keeper gets his/her own appeal period - 28 days after the date the NtK was sent. (So watch out for date received versus date stated on the NtK).

Okay, thank you. So just to clarify, it is 28 days from the date which is on the letter that comes...not the date which it arrives in the post?

bod1467

The NtK date and receipt date should be quite close. If they are more than, say, a week apart then you complain to the BPA about UKPC trying to encroach on your appeal timeline.

(Not that anything will happen, but it helps to stick the knife in. Even if you only have a couple of weeks to appeal to UKPC, that's still more than plenty as the appeal wording is already written).

harj_90

bod1467 wrote: »

The NtK date and receipt date should be quite close. If they are more than, say, a week apart then you complain to the BPA about UKPC trying to encroach on your appeal timeline.

(Not that anything will happen, but it helps to stick the knife in. Even if you only have a couple of weeks to appeal to UKPC, that's still more than plenty as the appeal wording is already written).

Thanks, i'll hold on to the windscreen ticket and wait for a NTK to arrive through the post and then take the next step. I will keep you updated and notify you when my NTK comes through.

harj_90

Hi guys, just an update (late one, sorry). Not heard a thing, not a single letter or other method of contact as of yet, and hopefully not at all