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APCOA railway station parking charge
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Got a reply as follows where they declined the appeal
What would the next steps be?
"We refer to your correspondence received 11th April 2026.
We have carefully reviewed your appeal provided, taking into consideration all the points you have raised in relation to this Parking Charge.
On this occasion, your appeal has been unsuccessful for the following reason.
This Parking Charge has been issued in accordance with the requirements of the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012. As you have declined to name the driver, we can now hold you liable for the charge as the Registered Keeper of the vehicle on the date the contravention occurred.
Whilst I have noted the points raised in your appeal, we have been unable to locate a ticket to cover your vehicle on this occasion. As per the Terms and Conditions of parking 'Failure to purchase a valid parking session, APCOA Connect session or valid parking permit' may result in a Parking Charge being issued."
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I did tell you that they would reject it back on page 1
If you were to appeal to POPLA, on what legal grounds would you dispute the pcn ?
An appeal is only worth trying if there are good grounds to appeal, otherwise its pointless, so what were you expecting them to do. ? They are saying that the pcn was correctly issued for no authorised parking payment
The alternative is not to appeal, and ignore them
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It's APCOA nothing will happen there are no more steps really.
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Absolutely you did. So, with apcoa, would they keep sending letters or take you to court or anything else that may affect me personally?
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Definitely Letters, either from them, or from powerless debt collectors like drpl or Trace, or eventually from a legal firm like Moorside Legal
Currently they don't issue court claims, but that may change n the future
Bear in mind that the Pofa2012 status changes only happened on Boxing Day, so the new scenarios are in their infancy, so we will have to see what happens over the next 6 years. The parking companies that manage these stations have been given the right to pursue keepers like you, if their new PCN's comply with Pofa2012
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Ah okay. So I essentially just ignore those letters? I won't be at risk of them clamping the car or anything like that etc?
Also, the template says the parking charge should show the signs but apcoa didn't reply to that part and the letter didn't include any photos of signage.
Does that mean the letter did not conform to pofa2012?
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Definitely wont be clamped
I did query if they complied with POFA, as did coupon mad as well
My replies are based on you telling us that it did comply !
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Yeah I mean it looks exactly like the one that's in the newbies thread that says POFA2012 so yeah
Can they take you to court over it?
Would it help if I share a picture of the pcn?
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You are allowed to post redacted pictures of both sides of the pcn on here ( leave the dates and times showing, but no personal information )
Anyone in the country can issue a court claim using MCOL, so yes they can issue a Money Claim. !
The small claims track has existed since 1973
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These are the two letters received via post
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