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CEL POPLA APPEAL for parking at KFC - Help with reviewing!

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  • Coupon-mad
    Coupon-mad Posts: 157,619 Forumite
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    POPLA website probably tells you in the FAQS, that the operator has 21 days (ish).
    PRIVATE '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 THREAD
  • Bear75
    Bear75 Posts: 5 Forumite
    edited 26 September 2017 at 3:11PM

    ."..Now, of course CEL has not accepted my appeal. So I’m at POPLA stage".


    I just received my POPLA reply today telling me I was unsuccessful but now I have to pay £100 instead of the reduced £60?! That can't be right?
    Surely I have the right to question these extortianate charges without the full penalty amount applying?


    I actually had an email from KFC that stated "This operation has been put in place to deter non-KFC customers from parking there and forcing restaurant users to find an alternative"
    I was a patron and provided receipt proof that I was a KFC customer - still didn't matter.
  • KeithP
    KeithP Posts: 41,296 Forumite
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    edited 26 September 2017 at 3:26PM
    Bear75 wrote: »

    ."..Now, of course CEL has not accepted my appeal. So I’m at POPLA stage".


    I just received my POPLA reply today telling me I was unsuccessful but now I have to pay £100 instead of the reduced £60?! That can't be right?
    Surely I have the right to question these extortianate charges without the full penalty amount applying?


    I actually had an email from KFC that stated "This operation has been put in place to deter non-KFC customers from parking there and forcing restaurant users to find an alternative"
    I was a patron and provided receipt proof that I was a KFC customer - still didn't matter.

    You do not have to pay £100. Who told you that?

    If you want to discuss your case further then please start your own thread.
  • cromox
    cromox Posts: 11 Forumite
    Coupon-mad wrote: »
    POPLA website probably tells you in the FAQS, that the operator has 21 days (ish).

    Oh missed that bit, thank you for the info!
  • Bear75
    Bear75 Posts: 5 Forumite
    Apologies, I wasn't trying to hijack a thread.
    I will post this separately
  • cromox
    cromox Posts: 11 Forumite
    Hi all,

    very happy to say my appeal has been successful and CEL has not tried to provide evidence.

    many thanks for your help and hopefully this can be useful to future victims of CEL, even in case where driver was identified

    cheers

    Best,
  • Umkomaas
    Umkomaas Posts: 44,042 Forumite
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    Another ‘run away’ from CEL when faced with dealing with the truth.

    Well done. :T
    Please note, we are not a legal advice forum. I personally don't get involved in critiquing court case Defences/Witness Statements, so unable to help on that front. Please don't ask. .

    I provide only my personal opinion, it is not a legal opinion, it is simply a personal one. I am not a lawyer.

    Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day; show him how to catch fish, and you feed him for a lifetime.

    #Private Parking Firms - Killing the High Street
  • Ralph-y
    Ralph-y Posts: 4,787 Forumite
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    well done ..... you can still help the cause .....

    this is a copy of a post by Bargepole ....

    "Some action at last:

    http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2017-19/parkingcodeofpractice.html

    This Private Member's Bill has Government and cross-party support, and stands a good chance of making it into statute.

    The full text of the clauses will be published nearer the date of the second reading, but my sources tell me it's something we should support.

    Now would be a good time to write to your MP urging them to support it."


    Ralph:cool:
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