MET Parking PCN - McDonald's Leytonstone

Coupon-mad

Lana2025 said:

Yes, terrible mistake... So far I only received their letter requesting the full payment after popla rejected my appeal. 

Oh that's nothing. I thought you had a court claim already. You'll get the £170 threatograms next but you've seen all those in pictures in the 4th post of the NEWBIES thread.

And if you want to be part of the push to change things in future, it's very important that people like you tell the Government NOW that:

a) you have no faith in POPLA or the IAS and that there must be the SINGLE APPEALS SERVICE that the Parking (Code of Practice) Act 2019 *almost* promised. As long as it is fully independent and impartial (and only ONE appeals service, not two involved in a race to the bottom) that will give a real option to resolve disputed cases out of court.

b).  THAT THE ENRICHMENT OF 'DEBT RECOVERY FEES' MUST BE COMPLETELY BANNED. DISPUTED CASES ARE NOT SOLVED BY DEMANDING MORE MONEY AND ENGINEERING A 'PAYMENT PLAN'.

c). Tell them about your experience and the POPLA outcome that means you will now ignore all the £170 demands and will be happy to use the only fair dispute resolution: court.

Responses are invited to the Consultation now:

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6617396/parking-code-of-practice-consultation-8-weeks-from-11th-july-2025/p1

Do it this month or in August at the latest pleeease! We will discuss it all on that thread.

Umkomaas

DRP cannot do anything other than send silly letters/emails. Ignore them, but come back on this thread if you receive a Letter Of/Before Claim, or a County Court claim from the Northampton CNBC.

Lana2025

Coupon-mad said:

Lana2025 said:

Yes, terrible mistake... So far I only received their letter requesting the full payment after popla rejected my appeal. 

Oh that's nothing. I thought you had a court claim already. You'll get the £170 threatograms next but you've seen all those in pictures in the 4th post of the NEWBIES thread.

And if you want to be part of the push to change things in future, it's very important that people like you tell the Government NOW that:

a) you have no faith in POPLA or the IAS and that there must be the SINGLE APPEALS SERVICE that the Parking (Code of Practice) Act 2019 *almost* promised. As long as it is fully independent and impartial (and only ONE appeals service, not two involved in a race to the bottom) that will give a real option to resolve disputed cases out of court.

b).  THAT THE ENRICHMENT OF 'DEBT RECOVERY FEES' MUST BE COMPLETELY BANNED. DISPUTED CASES ARE NOT SOLVED BY DEMANDING MORE MONEY AND ENGINEERING A 'PAYMENT PLAN'.

c). Tell them about your experience and the POPLA outcome that means you will now ignore all the £170 demands and will be happy to use the only fair dispute resolution: court.

Responses are invited to the Consultation now:

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6617396/parking-code-of-practice-consultation-8-weeks-from-11th-july-2025/p1

Do it this month or in August at the latest pleeease! We will discuss it all on that thread.

I have just seen this post now, I'm not sure how to do it but I'll try and get back to you if needed. Thank you

Coupon-mad

We've provided guidance now.

See this thread: -

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6617396/parking-code-of-practice-consultation-8-weeks-from-11th-july-2025/p1

We understand that you may need some pointers. It looks laborious, we get that.

It doesn't matter; no knowledge is needed except re your own experiences so you can call out a scam industry and you'll protect millions of motorists and help change the law.

I've written some guidance on that thread. I have covered almost every question, providing ideas if you agree with our stance on things like DRFs, which we say must be banned.

Ordinary people like you are falling victim to this scam 15 million times per annum. Motorists need your voice added please.

CLOSES ON FRIDAY. Just days to go.

grassmarket

fisherjim said:

Please note "defense" is American you mean defence.

 How is that relevant? Maybe Lana2025 IS American? Rather unkind to criticise the spelling (twice) of a newbie who’s just looking for some help here? 

As it is equally unnecessary, to point out the difference between defence & complaint/appeal - as some above have. This forum isn’t a court! 

But agree with the actual advice: sit tight & try not to worry. Unless you get a real legal letter (eg Letter before Claim - not just any old ‘frightener’ from their legal firm) - there’s nothing you need to do. Just check the letters that arrive & then file them away. 

Ignore all the debt collection ones (increasingly alarming, but toothless) & only communicate with them to notify of any change your address. 

Judging by all the impressive effort you’ve put in so far, you seem like the sort of person who might feel better actually doing something? Is so, you could try appealing to either of the landowners. Assuming you did actually buy something in McDonald’s & can prove it - you might be lucky. They won’t want to annoy their customers so they might just tell the parking operator to cancel the charge. I once spent 4hrs in Lidl (sad, I know!) - but could prove I was there throughout so got the charge cancelled. But McDonald’s may not be so amenable - so don’t hold your breath! 

Good luck! 

grassmarket

Lana2025 said:

I have just seen this post now, I'm not sure how to do it but I'll try and get back to you if needed. Thank you

No need to read the above Forum post at all. 5th Sept is the deadline - just send your own views direct. 

Either online, or via email to parking@communities.gov.uk. Doubt you’d have time to digest the Forum post in 6 days! 

The more motorists who reply - the better, & any reply is far better than none at all.  

The full online survey is here:

https://consult.communities.gov.uk/off-road-parking-team/private-parking-code-of-practice-consultation/

If you don’t have time for that - the actual list of questions is here:

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/686be7d9a08d3a3ca3b67845/private-parking-consultation-questions.pdf

In either case - no need to wade through it all. The full survey is very long & much is far too esoteric for us ordinary motorists. 

Just pick the questions you want to answer & if you’re sending via email - make it clear which ones you’re answering. 

Many thanks 👍 

Lana2025

Are they extending the closing time to 19th September now? It started to show me 'Closes 19th Sep 2025'! I was praying they extend the time for it as it is really long and I wanted to spread the word about it and didn't wanna rush myself through it. I had to deal with other penalties too, which is incredibly stressful. 

Lana2025

now it says 26 Sep 2025!

Coupon-mad

Lana2025 said:

now it says 26 Sep 2025!

Yep!

I was almost ready to press the button this afternoon but now I can add more evidence.

Also the Labour chaos and Angela Rayner stepping down today means a Housing Dept reshuffle which might see a different Minister take on parking.

Even if not, there's a new Secretary of State (Steve Reed) and all this will inevitably delay things this month, so it makes sense to extend the Consultation until the dust settles.

grassmarket

The Consultation extension has nothing to do with any Cabinet reshuffle. Instead, it has everything to do with the PCS civil servants’ STRIKE at MHCLG - taking place throughout September until 25/9. There’s no one ‘at home’ to do any real work ‘at the coal face’. Probably no one left who even knows how to close the Consultation anyway! 

Assuming the PCS strike does end on 25/9 (not a given) & the Consultation does then close - basic common sense tells us it will take some considerable time before the results are even brought to the attention of a Minister. 

The responses must be analysed, collated, simplified & the relevant Minister briefed via ‘executive summary’ aka words of one syllable. 

We can safely conclude then, that there’s ample time for many more Cabinet reshuffles before that ever takes place…