Lost Horizon!

gavspav2

I received a parking fine as the registered keeper of a vehicle which overstayed it's welcome at a Tesco's car park at 10pm on a Saturday evening. 20 minutes over. 

I replied as per the newbies thread, telling them "
I dispute your 'parking charge', as the keeper of the vehicle.......There will be no admissions as to who was driving and no assumptions can be drawn etc"

They then emailed that my appeal had been rejected (wording below)
In the meantime I seem to have lost (possibly burnt) the original letter.
Not ideal! Does it matter?
Should I do a POPLA appeal now? And if so on what grounds?
The parking period is 2 hours in the day time, but it is apparently 1 hour at night.
I don't know much about the signs and whether they were clear, as I wasn't there when the offence took place and it's 45 minutes from where I live.
They say if I appeal to POPLA I will lose the reduction offer. Is this true or just a scam?

Thanks for any help!



"Review of your Appeal

 

 The Parking Charge was issued lawfully and in full and proper accordance with the Private Parking Sector Single Code of Practice issued by the British Parking Association (the ‘BPA’).

 

There are signs located at the entrance to, and within the car park that state the terms and conditions that apply when parking.

 

One of the terms and conditions is that vehicles must not exceed the maximum stay period allowed. As this vehicle was found to be parked longer than the maximum period allowed, a Parking Charge was correctly issued.

 

The signs throughout the car park are clear and comply fully with the BPA’s prescribed rules and regulations.  When parking on private land, it is the driver’s responsibility to ensure they adhere to the terms and conditions of the car park concerned.

 

As we have not been provided with the name and a serviceable address for the driver/hirer, under Schedule 4 of the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012, we do have the right, subject to meeting the requirements of the Act, to recover from the Registered Keeper the amount that remains outstanding. We have obtained the name and address of the registered keeper of the vehicle from the DVLA for the purposes of enforcing this charge.

 

Given the above, and whilst we have considered your representations carefully, on this occasion your appeal has been rejected."

Car1980

I don't know much about the signs and whether they were clear, as I wasn't there when the offence took place and it's 45 minutes from where I live.

Show us the original PCN because we'd be more interested in whether they have correctly made use of the POFA legislation.

gavspav2

As I said above, I think I've lost the original PCN. Doh! I'd best have another look.

gavspav2

Aha. Found it! Any grounds for appeal here?

TIA.

Coupon-mad

You can see that matches one of the Horizon examples in my NTK pictures thread, so we don't need to advise. You can see it matches.