Parking Charge from UKPC, will appeal, have two options which one to go for?

gompertz

Received a Parking Charge from UK Parking Control Ltd. I will be appealing but there are two things wrong with the notice so I would like others opinions on which route to take:

1. the parking charge date is 4/11/25. Date of letter 11/11/25. Received today 20/11/25 (of course, there is no datestamp on envelope). Therefore it's been more than 14 days since the parking charge - from what I've read here and on CAB they must inform you within 14 days.

2. the charge gives the location as "Horsted Retail Park - Service Yard" stating "The vehicle was parked in an area designated for registered users only..." but my wife parked in the regular car park for the retail park, not the service yard.  I am aware that using this option essentially means we are informing UKPC who the driver is.

My concern is if my appeal based on #1 is rejected do I still have the option of using #2 later? (perhaps via POPLA)

On the other hand am I better off just writing to the landlord (Royal London Asset Management)?  My concern here is getting a prompt response or none at all and ending up having to pay the full £100.

NB: Parking is free up to 4 hours.

ChirpyChicken

Why do you think you have to pay ? When of course that isnt true at all

Gr1pr

1) the 11th was 7 days later,  Tuesday,  so the letter was presumed to be delivered 2 business days later,  on Thursday 13th November,  well within the Pofa2012 deadline 

Besides which the default is 6 months to obtain keeper details and one month to get the pcn to the keeper,  so 7 months,  so they passed on both counts 

Check if the NTK PCN letter complies with POFA or not,  post 1 in the newbies sticky thread in announcements near the top of the forum,  because if it complies then revealing who was driving or not is irrelevant 

Plan A is definitely a landowner complain pt

Plan B is either appeal as keeper OR name the driver 

Plan C is a popla appeal 

Plan D is defend in court 

There is no compulsion to pay a penny unless a judge says so,  in court 

Study the official MSE advice at the top of the forum too, learn about the topic before committing 

gompertz

Gr1pr said:

1) the 11th was 7 days later,  Tuesday,  so the letter was presumed to be delivered 2 business days later,  on Thursday 13th November,  well within the Pofa2012 deadline 

From the guide here: "...a Notice to Keeper must be served – in other words, received – within 14 days of the alleged parking incident. Where NTKs are delivered after the 14-day window, the firm only has a right to take action against the driver." 
From CAB: "...you must receive a notice within 14 days of when you parked. If you didn’t receive the notice in time, tell the parking company you don’t have to pay the charge." 

Letter complies with POFA.

Coupon-mad

But that argument 1 doesn't work because you can't prove the date received.

And CAB's advice is sadly hopeless on this subject, so stop reading their website. They have no idea about private parking.

The MSE Guide is correct but like I say, the keeper can't prove it.

The Service Yard point is OK (and potentially breaches POFA re the location of the relevant land not being identified) but appealing like that absolutely does not involve telling them who was driving!

The keeper appellant just says that the driver wasn't parked in the Service Yard.

UKPC will reject it but ... so what? And "so what" again, if POPLA also rejects it?

You've read the MSE Guide. NOBODY PAYS.

Gr1pr

Deemed service is 2 business days after posting, as determined by the Court of Appeal 

https://www.moneyclaimsuk.co.uk/creditor-and-claimant-questions-and-answers/when-is-meant-by-deemed-served.aspx

Unless the contrary can be proven , by you, the date of issue is presumed to be the posting date and delivery 2 business days later, that is the current status of when it arrived,  so the claimant posted it 7 days after the incident and so reasonably expected delivery 2 business days later,  so Tuesday and Thursday , 9 days later, within the Pofa2012 window 

The term "Royal Mail service deadline Court of Appeal" primarily relates to the legal rules surrounding the "deemed service" date of court documents sent by post and the strict time limits for filing appeals. 

Deemed Service Date

The Court of Appeal has held that legal documents sent via Royal Mail's Signed For 1st Class postal service are deemed to be served on the second business day after they are posted. This means the date a document is considered legally delivered is not necessarily the date it arrives, but a date set by the Civil Procedure Rules (CPR) to ensure procedural certainty. 

The CAB haven't a clue when it comes to private parking company charges 

Yes Pofa2012 can transfer liability from the driver to the keeper,  if they meet the criteria,  you cannot prove the delivery date,  so are on the back foot

Nothing to see there,  you wont succeed with that argument,  so move along please