GBP Management PCN - Auth Vehicles Only

[ibrahih6]

I received a Notice to Keeper from GBP Management Limited dated 15 April 2026 for an alleged parking event on 16 March 2026.

The parking attendant sneakily came round to give the ticket when the driver went to an establishment which happened to be closed, which literally took 5 minutes, no grace period was given whatsoever, when questioned by the driver, the parking attendant said that there was no grace period and it was too late because the PCN had already been processed. It seems that in the middle of the back and forth with the driver, the parking attendant forgot to serve the notice on the windscreen and/or give it to the driver, however their evidence pic shows the PCN ticket being held by the parking attendant but this was not served on the windscreen nor given to the driver

The PCN letter received in the post states I can no longer appeal because the time has elapsed, but the notice also refers to appeals and POPLA. Can anyone advise whether the delayed keeper notice and service of the PCN give me grounds to challenge this?

PCN Letter
https://ibb.co/FbkKysBs
https://ibb.co/vvBjQWJt

Evidence from Parking Company
https://ibb.co/h1F3d4Ns

[des8]

Well you could write to them, telling them that even though their Notice to Keeper was received too late for you to appeal you have no intention of paying their charge.


Dear Sirs,
I have received your Notice to Keeper xxxxx for vehicle VRM xxxx.

Although this has left me no time in which to appeal, I write to inform you I have no intention of paying your speculative .charge

You have failed to comply with the requirements of Schedule 4 of The Protection Of Freedoms Act 2012 namely, but not limited to, failing to specify the period of parking to which this notice applies as prescribed by section 9 (2) (e) of the Act. You cannot, therefore, transfer liability for the alleged charge from the driver at the time to me, the keeper.

There is no legal requirement to name the driver at the time and I will not be doing so.

I do not expect to hear from you again, or your debt collectors, except to confirm that no further action will be taken on this matter and my personal details have been removed from your records.
Yours etc

I doubt they will immediately give up, but it will put them on notice they are going to have a fight on their hands.
Just do not identify the driver when communicating with them or on here.

[ibrahih6]

Thanks , any point of adding any of the other details mentioned above?

[des8]

not really, but it is up to you.
The problem might be that you inadvertently write something from which they can infer the driver's identity.
At this point you are just letting them know you have no intention of quietly rolling over

[SteveReeves]

Had one off ParkingEye at Crown Point retail park in Denton a few years back. Same setup. No ticket on the windscreen, just a brown envelope three weeks later telling me I owed £100.
Made the mistake of writing back as the driver first time round. Got me nowhere. des8 has the right of it though, never name who was at the wheel. Once I wrote back as the keeper saying I wasn't paying and couldn't be sure who'd been driving that morning, the letters slowed right down. They still kept sending the "debt recovery" pantomime for about 5 months but nothing came of it.
Hang on to every envelope by the way. The postmark dates came in handy when I was disputing whether their Notice to Keeper had been served in time.