Taxi Driver Received Parking Fine APCOA

Afk

Hi,

Father received a PCN for parking on double yellow lines/hatched area by APCOA. Vehicle was actually stationary, ignition on, at the gates of a private car park there were no double yellow lines or a hatch area where it was. The gates were closed as this was late night.

As a taxi vehicle no one else can drive it. Please can you help advise if the route for appeal is similar to those in the newbie sticky thread.

Thank you in advance

Coupon-mad

Yes it is exactly as per the NEWBIES thread and tell him NOT to choose ''I was the driver'' in the menu of choices in the appeals page!

Such an easy one to win as long as he never says who was driving.

Railway car park I assume, or Airport?

The_Deep

If this land is covered by Railway bye-laws different rules may apply. This is explained in the stickies. Under no circumstances tell the scammer who was driving.

[FONT=Times New Roman, serif][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Nine times out of ten these tickets are scams, so consider complaining to your MP, it can cause the scammer extra costs and work, and has been known to get the charge cancelled.

Parliament is well aware of the MO of these private parking companies, many of whom are former clampers, and on 15th March 2019 a Bill was enacted to curb the excesses of these shysters. Codes of Practice are being drawn up, an independent appeals service will be set up, and access to the DVLA's date base more rigorously policed, persistent offenders denied access to the DVLA database and unable to operate.

Hopefully life will become impossible for the worst of these scammers, but until this is done you should still complain to your MP, citing the new legislation.

[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2019/8/contents/enacted[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]

Just as the clampers were finally closed down, so hopefully will many of these Private Parking Companies.[/FONT][/FONT]

Afk

Hi, thank you so much for taking the time out to help me with your responses, I am so grateful for your help. Im really sorry to be a pain. I've been reading the newbie thread and its slightly overwhelming. is it just the blue template I copy, but wait until the notice to keeper arrives to appeal online?

Ticket was issued at Proctor Way which is in close proximity to Luton Airport.

Shall I keep this thread going from start to finish? as I would love to show you how far your help has got us.

Redx

If his PCN arrived in the post , it's the NTK , so copy and paste the blue text template after choosing keeper (not driver) , no need to wait

However , if a windscreen ticket was issued , then do the above 26 days after the incident , meaning wait for 25 days before appealing with the blue text template

Apcoa will reject the appeal , so do not expect a cancellation , it won't happen

Then come back to this thread regarding the popla appeal once he receives a popla code, don't start a new thread

Le_Kirk

Make sure it is Father that appeals as his name is on the NtK. Don't be tempted (on his behalf) to add or alter anything on the blue standard appeal.

Coupon-mad

You only need to search the forum for APCOA Airport, and copy!! So easy.

Afk

Thank you everyone. I saw posts talking about by-laws in airports and thought this automatically disregarded where my father was as it wasn't the actual airport, I will re- read these with your (coupon mad) advise in mind.

Redx

If it's not airport land then ignore the airport threads advice

Coupon-mad

It doesn't matter.

It is APCOA...come on, can we just come back here when you've won?

They don't use the POFA so just copy any other APCOA thread, this is easy!

Afk

Hi all,

Thank you again for your guidance. Just wanted to let you know APCOA cancelled the parking charge after they were sent the first appeal template to them.