MET Parking services

[Shazwall]

Hi,
I was issued a parking charge notice of £100 for overstay at the BP garage near to stansted airport, however it states ‘despite our earlier correspondence this charge remains unpaid’.
I did not receive an earlier correspondence otherwise I would have addressed it then. Also the date of incident was 18th August 24 and only received notification of parking charge on 25th September 24.
my question is should I still pay this fine or try to contest that I did not receive the first letter.

many thanks
sharon

[des8]

Easier to advise if we can see a copy of their NTK, but if it was the filling station located at CM24 1PY that notice will not be compliant with the regulations.
Please post up a copy of the complete notice (ex identifying details) so we can check

Do not identify the driver when communicating with them, or on here

[Shazwall]

I have tried to upload the letter blanking out name & address but this site doesn’t seem to accept it? Do I need to pay for this site is that why?

[Shazwall]

Here is the letter.

[des8]

So you could write to them along the following lines:

Dear Sirs

PCN number;xxxxxxxx

I am in receipt of your "FINAL REMINDER" letter of 25th Sept concerning an incident at the BP filling station located at CM24 1PY

I have not yet received the parking charge Notice to Keeper (NTK) to which you refer and would appreciate a copy at your convenience,

In the meantime I note the location is within Stanstead Airfield boundary and hence is not relevant land as defined in Schedule 4 of the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012.
Accordingly liability for any unpaid parking charges cannot be transferred from the driver to me, the registered keeper.

Other than sending me a copy of the original NTK I do not expect to hear from you again except to confirm you are deleting my data from your records

Yours etc.

They probably won't accept it as a valid reason, but it should be a win at POPLA