POPLA stage is it good to go?

dharm11

[FONT=&quot]So this is the email that I received today :j[/FONT]

[FONT="]Dear XXX [/FONT]

[FONT="]Thank you for submitting your parking charge Appeal to POPLA.[/FONT]

[FONT="]An Appeal has been opened with the reference XXXX.[/FONT]

[FONT="] Parking Eye Ltd have told us they do not wish to contest the Appeal. This means that your Appeal is successful and you do not need to pay the parking charge.[/FONT]

[FONT="]Yours sincerely[/FONT]

[FONT="] POPLA Team[/FONT]

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[FONT=&quot]I was preparing myself to take this to court. I contacted the planning office regarding their advertisement signs and they confirmed my suspicions:
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A visit to the site has found that the signs remain on display following the expiry of the advertisement consent for them in December 2018.
Therefore, it appears that there has been a breach of planning control. The breach can be resolved by making alterations or completely removing the subject of your concern. Planning law also allows submission of retrospective planning applications.

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[FONT=&quot]For anyone else who got stung by this car park the car park in question is Almond Road, Leicester (Freemans Common)
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[FONT=&quot]Thanks for all your help, without the vast amount of information and guidance from this forum I truly believe I wouldn't have been able to succeed
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Umkomaas

Well done on your POPLA success. Perhaps PE realised you'd rumbled them and crept away quietly, trying to keep this below the radar.

In terms of the response from the council - signs are not subject to planning permission, they are subject to advertising consent. There is no retrospection available in an advertising consent situation. It is a criminal offence to advertise without consent and the council should be pursuing enforcement via the courts.