County Parking Enforcement Agency

Broydy

Hi there

Looking for some advice please. Notice received on windscreen on 27th April 17 from County Parking Enforcement Agency for £100 (14 day £60 option), made an appeal as directed to Parking Collection Services on the same day (as driver). Only in retrospect did I read the advice here on leaving it one month and then going straight to the IPC as keeper after NTK (which itself was issued 31st May - some 34 days after the notice).

Received an email a week after submitting the appeal explaining that the attachments sent with it couldn't be opened (photo evidence of poor signage). Reattached and sent back same day but have heard nothing since - I have evidence of all communication.

Received NTK today stating on the back that the appeals process was not initiated when clearly it has been and now the notice is stating £120. Does it help my case that my appeal has been ignored/lost/forgotten and remains essentially outstanding?

Is the NTK out of date/time (issued 34 days after windscreen notice)?

Should I just go to the IPC now or should I contact Parking Collection Services and highlight the fact I still have an appeal outstanding without an answer?

Any advice welcome. Newbie here so hoping that all makes sense.

Umkomaas

Should I just go to the IPC now or should I contact Parking Collection Services and highlight the fact I still have an appeal outstanding without an answer?

With an IPC operator, the answer to any appeal is a rejection. I wouldn't waste any further time on this.

If you read the NEWBIES FAQ sticky, post #3, it will also explain why the forum recommends no further appeal to the IAS.

Ignore everything now short of a Letter Before Claim from the parking company (or their Solicitors), or real court papers.

CPEA are small-fry parking operators with no history of litigation. I wouldn't lose any sleep over them.

https://bmpa.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/203682202-County-Parking-Enforcement-Agency-Ltd

http://www.bmpa.eu/companydata/County_Parking_Enforcement_Agency.html

Coupon-mad

Same as all IPC cases, nothing different about any of them. No appeal works. No-one pays.

All covered in the NEWBIES thread.

Broydy

Thanks for the replies. I've read the newbies posts and many other helpful threads from both of you and am now in this 50/50 over whether to appeal to IAS.

If I do decide to put in an appeal, should I first go back to PCS (on behalf of CPEA) and highlight the fact that I've not had an answer to my original appeal with them - surely I need at least the rejection to then go to IAS? The IAS say they will not deal with an appeal that hasn't had resolution attempted through the operator.

I'd anticipate an appeal rejection with IAS but then weighed this up in line with the BMPA data over likely litigious action by CPEA and The Deep's arguement about the flawed IPC system and the unlikely event of this ever going to court.

Presumably with this lot (CPEA) I can just expect a bunch of debt collection letters which I can ignore?

Thanks for your help.

Umkomaas

There's no right/wrong answer to whether to further contact PCS. But why waste any further time dealing with this when the outcome will be a rejection - both from PCS (if you manage to get any response), and from the IPC?

Coupon-mad

am now in this 50/50 over whether to appeal to IAS.

99% of the time, not worth it. So don't. They all send debt letters, it's no big deal, but don;t hand them an IAS *win*.