Civil Enforcement Ltd - Parking Charge Notice received

[Dazmeister]

Hi All,

My girlfriend has just received a Parking Charge Notice from Civil Enforcement Ltd when we overstayed at a free Homebase carpark near ours. It arrived by post this morning. We overstayed as the "agreement" was apparently for 1 hour. We were with our daughter and were actually shopping in Homebase for the entire time which is additionally annoying.

It was midday on a Tuesday and the carpark was practically empty.

I have seen various threads on here and the internet that say we should request something called a POPLA code and appeal.

Is this the right course of action?

Regards,

Daz

[mystery1]

Re: Civil Enforcement Ltd - Parking Charge Notice received

As well as giving the boss at Homebase some grief,

Dear Sirs,


I, as registered keeper, wish to invoke your appeals procedure. The driver was a genuine customer on site ( proof of purchase attached). In any event your charges are penal in nature and not a genuine pre estimate of loss.


I am under no statutory obligation to name the driver and will not do so.


If you reject my appeal please supply a popla code.


Yours etc

If they give a popla code, come back for further advice.

M1