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I left car park for 11 minutes and spoke to security guard who said it was ok.
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Guess who probably issued that PCN/took the photos??!
Submit the usual appeal - honestly, submit that, no changes, on day 26 if it's a windscreen PCN - and complain to McDonalds as well, which may well get it cancelled. As per the NEWBIES thread where it explains that landowner/retailer complaint is the first thing to do, and why to wait till day 26 for appeal, if the PCN was a windscreen one.
Then at POPLA stage, why not search the forum for
POPLA left the site and copy one someone wrote this year, in a similar situation? There are a few MET ones already this year, where their
security guard chappie takes sneaky photos of a person walking away from their car, then sends the photos to MET who issue a postal PCN. Read those threads by searching.
PRIVATE 'PCN'? DON'T PAY BUT DON'T IGNORE IT UNLESS IN SCOTLAND OR NI
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