Ocean Parking - waited too long to appeal?

sluzz

Hi all,

My wife has been given a PCN by Ocean Parking. The charge is for failure to pay but she said she genuinely didn't see the sign (I know).

I've been through this process before so I told her to wait for the Notice to Keeper (NTK). We've had a couple of letters through, one reminder notice, and a debt recovery letter.
I've just reread the newbies post to double-check things and it seems the "reminder notice" was in fact the NTK.

It's now been 44 days since the reminder notice, it is too late to start the appeals process using the template?

Thanks.

Coupon-mad

Yes. Just ignore them.

sluzz

Right, ok thanks for the reply - I thought the guidance now was don't ignore it?

Coupon-mad

What choice do you have because you can't rewind the clock. The NEWBIES Guidance was not to wait for a letter but to appeal on day 26 with a windscreen PCN. That's long gone. You can't appeal now.

Obviously PLAN A is always open in every case, all stages. NEWBIES thread explains.

sluzz

Ok, thanks again for the advice. When complaining to the land owner, should you also attach proof of purchase?

Fruitcake

Yes, attach proof of purchase. 

Complain to your MP as well.

Get photos of the site and signage in case Ocean decide to take this further at a later date.

There is nothing stopping the keeper from sending a late appeal by post.