One parking solution PCN

Scrapit

Hello. 
First off, yes, I've read the stickies. Not the clearest between the DO NOT POST HERE, the posts immediately after (Why?!) and the sheer weight of info and TLA's (three letter acronyms). 
Any way I've received a PCN from One Parking Solution through the post. I've sent the initial appeal via their website and unsurprisingly received the generic decline to the appeal.
The car park used to be council and recently changed to private management. As such I cannot complain to a retailer but I can chuck.an email at the MP,  I presume it's still council land. 
So, what's next? The POPLA appeal?

KeithP

Scrapit said:

So, what's next? The POPLA appeal?

Yes, that's right.

Let the third post of the NEWBIES thread be your guide.

Where did this parking event take place?
What do they allege the driver did wrong?
You need to check whether it is council land or not.

Umkomaas

So, what's next? The POPLA appeal?

Yep, POPLA comes next as long as you've received a POPLA code. Please refer to the NEWBIES FAQ sticky, third post, for information on how to put together a POPLA appeal. 

Not the clearest between the DO NOT POST HERE, the posts immediately after (Why?!) and the sheer weight of info and TLA's (three letter acronyms). 

This isn't easy peasy, lemon squeezy, open a thread and the magic will be sprinkled - it's actually quite a complicated bit of contract law. The easiest way to deal with it is to pay it and get it out of your way, then you can deal with the far more complicated issue of avoiding COVID 19. But we never recommend paying, as most cases we help are successful. 

But it's your choice, your money, it's yours to decide what you want to do, then let us know.

Redx

you complain to the people who engaged the PPC , whoever that may be , irrespective of if the council own the land

ie:- somebody contracted with OPS, complain to that somebody

Fruitcake

Generally, a council owned car park cannot be run as if it was privately owned, so you do need to determine who actually owns it.
Start by asking the council. You will need the answer in writing.

If it is council owned then you will have additional points to put in your PoPLA appeal.

Scrapit

Sounds a bit wooly. Where to start with that? Council parking at the town hall?

Scrapit

Also whats the timescale on popla?

KeithP

Scrapit said:

Also whats the timescale on popla?

Read your letter that supplies the PoPLA code. Does it not say?

MistyZ

Nobody can tell you exactly what to do.  You need to do some digging around though and phoning the Council parking department seems like a good starting point.  If the Council deny owning it and for some silly reason won't say who does, then the next step would be to find out who pays the non-domestic rates for the land - that should be the landowner.  

Coupon-mad

Timescale is get a short appeal in and it will be 'on hold' right now, as per BrownTrout's thread, and you will then get a chance to add more later as long as POPLA don't muck up their promise:

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6126237/popla-update

Which car park please, as OPS are usually in Sussex (my area)?   
What contravention? 
Did you use the blue writing template appeal from the NEWBIES thread & not admit to driving?

Fruitcake

Scrapit said:

Sounds a bit wooly. Where to start with that? Council parking at the town hall?

There is nothing woolly at all about it. 

Read this thread here, especially the posts by Coupon-mad,

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/70895919#Comment_70895919

… and this thread, paying particular attention to edna-basher's posts.

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5527635/euro-car-parks-ticket

You have been asked several questions by other posters. Please answer ALL of them. The regulars don't ask them for fun, but to get the information they need to help you.