Britannia Parking & POPLA decision

Khabie786

This is my 1st post on this forum but couldn't contain my self so had to share my experience.
In September I Received a letter in the post from Britannia Parking saying I am the Registered keeper of the Vehicle in the Photo and was Liable for A Penalty Charge of £50 and if not paid going up to £85. I then done a bit of research using Forums like this I formulated a response to Britannia (Not declaring the Driver of the vehicle), This was rejected by them. Even though the Signs saying that there was ANPR were contradictory to the signs posted around the Car Park that was being Used, I then took it to POPLA I used material I found on-line & this Forum. I got a response from POPLA 09.10.16 saying that Britannia had forwarded all there material to them l and I had 7 days from the Letter date which was 06.10.2016 to respond. I contacted BP asking where my paper work was, I received a response later that day saying it was in the post sent on the 7th I had received nothing on the 10th, I complained to POPLA saying that I had not Received any material from Britannia so was unable to dispute anything within the required time frame. I was given a 7 day extension. After I did finally receive the evidence in the post from BP, It was clear that they had failed in some basic requests I had made, My vehicle was parked in the hours of Darkness the pics they showed were in daylight none of the signs in the Car Park have any lighting near them. They even managed to show a picture of 2 signs next to each other with contradictory signs 1 saying ANPR parking £85 charge and the older original sign no mention of cameras but £100 charge. They sent a picture with the sign saying ANPR and a drill next to it but was not date stamped. I then added extra information with regards this information. On 26.10.2016 I received a reply from POPLA telling me my appeal was successful on the grounds that Britannia parking had NOT followed the Protection of freedoms of information act when accusing the registered keeper of being liable for the fine.
Because I responded stating I as the registered keeper didn't want to name the driver, Britannia Parking did not Follow PoFA 2012 therefore only the driver can be held liable and because Britannia did not identify the drive the Charge was overruled.

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Khabie786 wrote: »

This is my 1st post on this forum but couldn't contain my self so had to share my experience.

In September I Received a letter in the post from Britannia Parking saying I am the Registered keeper of the Vehicle in the Photo and was Liable for A Penalty Charge of £50 and if not paid going up to £85.

I then done a bit of research using Forums like this I formulated a response to Britannia (Not declaring the Driver of the vehicle), This was rejected by them. Even though the Signs saying that there was ANPR were contradictory to the signs posted around the Car Park that was being Used, I then took it to POPLA I used material I found on-line & this Forum.

I got a response from POPLA 09.10.16 saying that Britannia had forwarded all there material to them l and I had 7 days from the Letter date which was 06.10.2016 to respond. I contacted BP asking where my paper work was, I received a response later that day saying it was in the post sent on the 7th I had received nothing on the 10th, I complained to POPLA saying that I had not Received any material from Britannia so was unable to dispute anything within the required time frame.

I was given a 7 day extension.

After I did finally receive the evidence in the post from BP, It was clear that they had failed in some basic requests I had made, My vehicle was parked in the hours of Darkness the pics they showed were in daylight none of the signs in the Car Park have any lighting near them.

They even managed to show a picture of 2 signs next to each other with contradictory signs 1 saying ANPR parking £85 charge and the older original sign no mention of cameras but £100 charge.

They sent a picture with the sign saying ANPR and a drill next to it but was not date stamped. I then added extra information with regards this information.

On 26.10.2016 I received a reply from POPLA telling me my appeal was successful on the grounds that Britannia parking had NOT followed the Protection of freedoms of information act when accusing the registered keeper of being liable for the fine.

Because I responded stating I as the registered keeper didn't want to name the driver, Britannia Parking did not Follow PoFA 2012 therefore only the driver can be held liable and because Britannia did not identify the drive the Charge was overruled.

I've added paragraphs to avoid the curse of the 'wall of text' which people do not read. Thanks for posting this info for newbies to read, so they can see that cases can be won just by following the advice here an appealing as keeper, not driver.

Those signs sound shocking!

I helped a friend win an appeal v Britannia the other month. As well as saying that they had not complied with the POFA, I was able to point out the photos were all taken at the same time, around 1pm, by a hand-held camera... so there was no evidence of the 'overstay' from 11am till gone 1pm that Britannia were alleging. They never take photos at the arrival parking time so alleging overstay is unprovable.

Oh, and at the site in question, Britannia have NO SIGNS AT ALL but I am content not to report them to the BPA as it is useful to have that as an appeal point for anyone who parks there. The appeal never even went to POPLA so nothing has changed!

Tappers1965

Just had a reply via email that my appeal was received but not accepted and that I had 28 days to pay £60 or it jumps to £100. I said I didn't know who was driving. It was anpr..
Think I just have to pay?? It took ages to be able to park... and then the tailor we were going to see (for sons wedding) had shut the shop due to medical grounds, so we had to wait for him to come in especially... I never mentioned all of the tailor bit as I just went for the no-idea driver angle.

Redx

just follow the above and appeal to popla using the usual legal arguments, including grace periods where driving round is not parking

please start your own thread if you need further help

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Tappers1965 wrote: »

Just had a reply via email that my appeal was received but not accepted and that I had 28 days to pay £60 or it jumps to £100. I said I didn't know who was driving. It was anpr..
Think I just have to pay?? It took ages to be able to park... and then the tailor we were going to see (for sons wedding) had shut the shop due to medical grounds, so we had to wait for him to come in especially... I never mentioned all of the tailor bit as I just went for the no-idea driver angle.

You have not said if this was POPLA stage or first stage appeal so please make this clear in your own thread. You just use the 'new thread' button and no, it's not here on this page because you can't start a thread on a thread.

NO reply here please but we suggest you please read the NEWBIES FAQs thread first.