Help with Parking Eye Ticket

Deaglez

Hello,
I recently visited the ODEON in Preston near the docks and parked outside in front of the cinema, I had no idea that the parking spot was operated by Parking Eye and the signs were unclear so I had no idea that a contract had even been formed. I rushed in to watch the two hour film and did not even know that I was parking on a non ODEON spot and that I would even be fined. I've read the Newbie Thread and am going to appeal and would like to ask for help in how I would go about this please?
I am also not the registered keeper on the vehicle, the vehicle is my dads but I am insured and driving on it. I'm not sure if this would make any difference?
Regards

Redx

its not a "fine", PE cannot issue a "fine" to anyone, they are not a legal authority

they have issued a private Parking Charge Notice, or PCN for short, by post , after using ANPR cameras onsite , this is commonly known as an INVOICE

you go to their website , choose the appeal a pcn option, choose KEEPER (and only keeper , nothing else, definitely not driver)

fill in any pcn ref details and personal details and maybe an email address

then you copy and paste the blue text template into their appeal box

hit submit and you are done

its that simple

Deaglez

Thank you for the help and replying. I've read around online and could gather that its not official and they have no legal right to fine me. Just to clarify though, I am not the registered keeper of the car so when I appeal do I leave out my name completely and use just the registered keepers?

Le_Kirk

How do you have a "ticket" then? Was it on the car windscreen (NtD - Notice to Driver) or has the registered keeper received one (NtK - Notice to Keeper)?

Redx

now that you added extra info in post #1 , its clear to me that you have not received any pcn at all - ie:- no pcn in your name (so initially you lied to us)

the RK has received the NTK , in their name, so it has nothing to do with you

the RK appeals it in the manner I described , OR they name the driver so the driver can then appeal it as a driver and therefore is responsible for the contravention occurring

Coupon-mad

You need to complain to the Odeon first, as the NEWBIES thread tells you.

Please don't knee-jerk reply ''but it wasn't an Odeon spot''. COMPLAIN.

Deaglez

Bare in mind, I have never done this before or received one of these so had no idea what I needed to put on the post so no, I was not purposely lying.
But thank you for the advice and help, so as I understand it now, the RK would need to deal with the situation if they do, is there anything specific I need to put, like the fact that they weren't driving the car?

Coupon-mad

The driver is irrelevant, if PE have put the POFA/registered keeper being liable after 28 days' paragraph on the back of the PCN and served it by day 15.

Forget the appeal for this next week or so.

COMPLAIN.

Deaglez

Oh don't worry, I'm going to complain. Although, I'm not quite understanding, so if that paragraph is on the back of the PCN I should just forget it?

Coupon-mad

That para on the back means there's no point saying the keeper wasn't driving, because the POFA means they can hold the keeper liable in law anyway.

It just removes one appeal point. It doesn't mean don't appeal at all.

Not that any of this matters at complaint stage - don't hang about.

COMPLAIN FIRST - APPEAL SECOND.

Deaglez

Will do, thank you for the advice