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I accidentally drove through the T4 drop off zone while trying to get to the next door Hilton hotel where I had booked a park and fly package. I drive a company lease car and their admin team sent me an email advising the PCN had been issued on 9th December over seven weeks after driving through the area. A PCN was then issued on 17th January by post. I appealed on the basis I did not stop or drop off anyone and that the images confirm that it took me 2 minutes to drive through. I would have been quicker had it not been for a road sweeper blocking part of the area. They have rejected the appeal stating that there are clear signs stating a £5 charge applies for any visit to the drop off. This appears unfair and unreasonable to me as a visit to a drop off surely is for longer than 2 minutes and involves actually stopping and dropping people and/or baggage off. Is it worth appealing to POPLA and if so what is the best approach please?
I accidentally drove through the T4 drop off zone while trying to get to the next door Hilton hotel where I had booked a park and fly package. I drive a company lease car and their admin team sent me an email advising the PCN had been issued on 9th December over seven weeks after driving through the area. A PCN was then issued on 17th January by post. I appealed on the basis I did not stop or drop off anyone and that the images confirm that it took me 2 minutes to drive through. I would have been quicker had it not been for a road sweeper blocking part of the area. They have rejected the appeal stating that there are clear signs stating a £5 charge applies for any visit to the drop off. This appears unfair and unreasonable to me as a visit to a drop off surely is for longer than 2 minutes and involves actually stopping and dropping people and/or baggage off. Is it worth appealing to POPLA and if so what is the best approach please?
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