PCN - Napier Parking at Station Hill , Chippenham

Coupon-mad

Jigglypuff_12 said:

In light of my IAS appeal. I have won and Napier have conceded the PCN 🥳

Ooh! Please post the decision or did Napier just offer no contest? This might help @lily10

GreenFraggle

I've just received the decision to my appeal and they have cancelled the parking charge!! Happy days!! 

lily10

GreenFraggle said:

I've just received the decision to my appeal and they have cancelled the parking charge!! Happy days!! 

That's fantastic - well done! I didn't appeal through the IAS ( mainly because this forum seems to suggest that it is usually a waste of time). So all I did was appeal directly to Napier - they rejected that but reduced the fine from £60 to £30 ( I think because they know they don't have a leg to stand on). The date to pay this expired a week ago and I've had nothing since. 

I expect that something will arrive in the post in the next week or so and I'll update here.

MNrhubarb

Glad I found this thread. I just got a PCN from guess who? For guess where? I was 'parked' for 5 minutes. Well within the grace period. Well, from 18:34 to 18:39:13. 

On the date in question (6 Nov 2025) there were roadworks on Station Hill and the main entrance to the Sainsbury's car park was partially blocked so I went round to the other entrance. I did not know it was the private car park. I tried to read the signs, couldn't make head nor tail of them so drove out. Then I get this.

I have just submitted my appeal and I wish I had been on time to contribute to the public consultation. 

I also used my work email to reply to them (I work for HM Courts & Tribunals) so they are really playing with the wrong person.

I hope everyone else who gets a ticket sees this thread and follows the very pertinent advice. 

lily10

So..just an update here which is that after rejecting my direct appeal to Napier ( not via IAS) and then offering me a reduced settlement of £30 payable by 10/10 which I ignored I have heard absolutely nothing since. Their letter effectively said that if I didn't accept the £30 it went to £100 payable by 24/10/25. So a month has passed and I've heard diddly squat!

I'm assuming not to contact them but am just slightly concerned that I might not have received correspondence that I might need to deal with. Any advice please as to what you think my next move should be, if any?
Thank you

Coupon-mad

Do they hold two addresses?

lily10

Coupon-mad said:

Do they hold two addresses?

Not that I know of - there should be no reason for that. I've lived at my current address for 25 years. 

Coupon-mad

Ok you haven't missed anything. There's often a gap before the £170 threatograms start!

MNrhubarb

Update to mine. They have photos of my daughter getting into the car, so they are alleging that I was there to pick someone up, which is true. 

I have stated that I was not parked, as I never got out of the car. And the photos show that at the entrance to the car park there is a great big sign that says 45 mins free. Their signs are all small and thrown onto a lamppost.

They did reply to my appeal with the IAC and uploaded not only the images of my car in a bay with my daughter getting in, but also their signs in PDF format.

I replied that they failed to show the positioning or size of those signs.

I have not heard anything from the IAC since. I presume the adjudicator will decide. I would be surprised if they rule against me seeing as they have upheld recent appeals on the same grounds, but you never know.

Coupon-mad

Did you show the IAS the sign offering 45 minutes free? That's the crux. Doesn't matter what the driver was doing.