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Hello,

Hoping for some help moving forwards as got myself overwhelmed and confused. I have read the newbys thread countless times but feel the next step is out of date regarding my case regarding lack of proper signage and popla appeal.

I received the letter attached below and using the newbies thread contested it through their website with the template found in the newbies thread. They have rejected this and given me a POPLA appeal number to use which i think is my next step?

My arguement being there was not a single sign on the entrance or exit to the carpark and only some small spread out signs dotted around which unless you parked near would totally miss. I have been back and taken photos of these.

In the newbies thread the template regarding lack of correct signage is out of date to use with POPLA which is why I'm now stuck on my next step!?

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Hopefully someone can guide my in the right direction!

Thank you

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  • Gr1pr
    Gr1pr Posts: 13,262 Forumite
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    edited 7 April at 7:32PM

    Check if the NTK PCN letter complies with Pofa2012 or not for starters

    The main 2 other points with popla are no landowner authority and poor and inadequate signage Etc, they are always in a popla appeal, add your own pictures to the popla appeal about the poor signage

    Study the recent winning popla cases in the Popla decisions thread too, anything in the last 15 months

  • Coupon-mad
    Coupon-mad Posts: 161,235 Forumite
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    edited 7 April at 10:30PM

    That's a POFA worded version.

    You don't need a template for POPLA. Just write it based on:

    1. no landowner authority (citing clause 14 of the Joint CoP and Appendix G which you can write yourself or search the forum for one to copy from), and
    2. lack of entrance signs (written yourself) like you said:

    My argument being there was not a single sign on the entrance or exit to the carpark and only some small spread out signs dotted around which unless you parked near would totally miss. I have been back and taken photos of these

    I hate appeal templates! Can you tell?!

    People should write their own stuff for POPLA, ideally. Like this person just did:


    Always with date-stamped photo evidence.

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